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how much female adult guppies fit in a 12. gal. tank?

depends, size and breeding, and age.

and do u have tanks for the young. if they are small and young girls that have no contact with a male, than stock 6 but if they are breeding in there and the babys are being left in their, i would go with 1, if u have adults and have breeding room in other tanks, maybe 3-4 or maybe 5

actually, if you have a store that takes on extra fry, then i would get 4, and add a betta, that way, then the fry wont last long, and if some fry do survive, then you can keep maybe 1 favorite (female) and keep like a 1-5 gallon tank to keep juvinile males that survive, collect them before they reach sexual maturity, and eventually your problems should be over (well in a few months lol)

but you can go chris's way too

I would go for 6+maybe FM only but they will be pregnant unless you get them as fry, or Males only that way you will never have a population explosion. With the FMs very soon you will have too many as you will want to this one then that one next thing you will have a massive polution problem.

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It's better to be under stocked & so i suggest that you can get 6 female Guppy's in a 12 gal. tank.


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Four females and a fish like a dwarf gourami for population control.


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If you just want female guppies, I'd get four, because more than likely, they'll be pregnant.

I just took down my breeding set up. I kept the male and female fry in seperate tanks. If you've got good filtration you can easily keep up to 30 or so. I kept them in 10 gal tanks with a foam filter and had no problems.

james