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I Was Just Wondering What Would Be A Good Tankmate With Guppies (I Am Thinkin Something Colourful)

How big is your tank?

Gee

Gee

!!I think I just learned somthing new!!

15+ gallons that is all i know

Depending on your size of your tank, u can get alot of types of colorful fish.

Gee

Gee

!!I think I just learned somthing new!!

i need to know what type

well in a 15 gallon you have quite a few options.
From what i know, you wont want to get any different types of livebearers becuase they will cross breed.

For the bottom level of your tank you could get a smaller pleco (such as a BN) or a shoal of smaller corys (pandas, pygmys, etc)

With my guppys I have a dwarf fire gourami that adds quite a bit of color, but if you do decide to go with a gourami, make sure if is a dwarf, the others get too big!

As far as i know you could also get a school of the smaller tetras (glo lights, neons etc)
Although a 15 might not provide enough room for them, you may want to get a second opinion.

Keep in mind that you cannot have ALL of the above in your tank at once!
How many guppies do you have in the tank now?

Sam

with guppies,
i go with gold barbs,
rainbows,
rams,
dwarf gourmai,
cory(if u find them colorful)
(painted tetras) like the blue ones,
danios,
blind cave fish(for a white color)
sword tails,
rosy bars,
etc. the list goes on.

no painted fish (im assuming you mean that kind that are dyed) its a cruel practice to the fish,and the color fades. Stay with natural colored fish

Sam

Guppies can be astonishing when a group of them are placed together (but remenber 2-3 females for every 1 male). Depending on background/gravel many different varieties can be found to satisfy almost any setting and any personal preference. IMO guppies are the universal satisfier. Also cardinal tetras, cory cats, and possibly some unusual platys could be added.

First take the measurements of your tank, and let us know what they are L x W x H...or enter it [link=here]http://www.fishprofiles.com/interactive/convert.asp?type=length" style="COLOR: #ccc6cb[/link] then it will tell you the size of tank that you have. I know that I found it nice to have a school of Neon Tetras with your guppies...I always found my neons would force my guppies to school with them, and the guppies would try to mate with the neonsheidi

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