Steve Helm Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 Currently I have 4 orange/red micky mouse platys, 6 zebra danios and 8 olive nerite snails in a 20 gallon. I'm wanting to add guppies now and upgrade to a 60 around Christmas with angels. What are thoughts and recommendations? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 The danios may out compete the guppy’s for food and neither species really likes the water as warm as Angelfish do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Helm Posted September 10, 2020 Author Share Posted September 10, 2020 I keep seeing them as capatible with each other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Helm Posted September 10, 2020 Author Share Posted September 10, 2020 What would be a good center peice fish with the above group if not angels? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADMWNDSR83 Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 My immediate concern would be for the well being of the guppies once the angels get big enough to eat them, but that always seems to be my concern. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sykes Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 A good thing to think about here might be population management. Platys, zebra danios, and guppies can all be prolific breeders. If you have plants or other good hiding places, there's a good chance you'll start seeing babies soon even if you don't intend to, and they can quickly overrun a 20 gallon (I've had zebra danios alone overpopulate a 29 gallon, ended up donating well over 100 offspring to my LFS). Do you have a plan for what you want to do with the babies? The answer may restrict what else you can include in the 60 when you upgrade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Ellison Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 I currently keep angels/rams/mollies/tetras/guppies in a 75 gallon and find the angels only really pick on each other and basically ignore everyone else. My mollies have even had a few fry make it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Helm Posted September 10, 2020 Author Share Posted September 10, 2020 Planning on taking overcrowding fish to lfs. Why I'm going with angels. He needs those and bristlenose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sykes Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 Sounds like it could work then. Personally I'd wait for the 60 before adding the guppies, but that'd mostly be to keep the maintenance requirements down. If you're willing to keep up with the extra maintenance and your LFS is willing to take the babies, I'd say go for it! We all know how hard it can be to wait when you want a new fish. Definitely guilty of multiple-tank syndrome here. Speaking of which, I'd recommend keeping the 20 g when you upgrade. It could be a good breeding tank, or could house that next 'gotta have it' fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Ellison Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 Or a hospital/quarantine tank for all those new guppies 😀 I find guppies to be more than average disease/parasite carriers. I strongly recommend quarantining them. A around of ick or callanus worms will make you a believer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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