I have 5 adult platies, 3 male and 2 female. I want them to stop breeding because they're only in a 20 gallon tank and it'll soon be overcrowded. I have 13 babies living in a breeder box I have in there. I have another tank that I will move one of the genders to that is a 26 gallon planted tank. Does it matter which gender goes in which tank? The 26 gallon already has 5 guppies and 10 neon tetras and I want them to get along and not be stressed.
Also, several of the babies have a curved spine, and I want to make sure they won't get bullied by the other species of fish, or even the adult platies because I've never introduced them so I don't know how it would go.
I'm not sure what gender any of the babies are yet, so because there would be only 2 or 3 adult platies in each tank if I moved them, would that stress them out too much to not have a lot of platies? I could wait until the babies are old enough to move them so that each tank will have about 8 fish.
Thanks.
Also, several of the babies have a curved spine, and I want to make sure they won't get bullied by the other species of fish, or even the adult platies because I've never introduced them so I don't know how it would go.
I'm not sure what gender any of the babies are yet, so because there would be only 2 or 3 adult platies in each tank if I moved them, would that stress them out too much to not have a lot of platies? I could wait until the babies are old enough to move them so that each tank will have about 8 fish.
Thanks.