GameCzar Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 So thanks to watching @Cory's guppy vids, we have now caught the fever. We have our new 10 gallon cycling already and decided that instead of worrying about getting a Dwarf Gourami or two that might nip fins, maybe we could keep Zebras and Guppies together? A little quick research shows their parameters are close, and I think they are both peaceful. Does anyone have experience keeping them together? How many would you feel would be safe in a 10 gallon? (we aren't scared of water changes) Would the Guppies and Danios keep the guppy fry to a minimum? We don't really have an LFS to breed for, I guess we could give them away on Facebook or something. Any opinions are appreciated. Attached is our tank as it quietly cycles, with new LED bulbs and a new statue! 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taco Playz Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 So i have one zebra danio that is like 2 years old. Sadly his friends all died when I was new too fishkeeping and new nothing about aquarium keeping but he is still alive and very healthy. He actually schools with my male guppies. The zebra danio will though eat your fry so I would do maybe 3-4 male guppies and maybe 6-8 zebra danios. Its a little on the overstocked side but as long as you do water changes I guess you should be fine. THAT AQUARIUM IS BEAUTIFUL!!! Hope it goes well! 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GameCzar Posted July 13, 2021 Author Share Posted July 13, 2021 On 7/13/2021 at 4:00 PM, Taco Playz said: So i have one zebra danio that is like 2 years old. Sadly his friends all died when I was new too fishkeeping and new nothing about aquarium keeping but he is still alive and very healthy. He actually schools with my male guppies. The zebra danio will though eat your fry so I would do maybe 3-4 male guppies and maybe 6-8 zebra danios. Its a little on the overstocked side but as long as you do water changes I guess you should be fine. THAT AQUARIUM IS BEAUTIFUL!!! Hope it goes well! Poor guy probably thinks he's a Guppy now 😉 I'm totally fine for them to eat the fry, I really don't have room for an overflow tank! Thank you!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCzarista Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 On 7/13/2021 at 4:00 PM, Taco Playz said: So i have one zebra danio that is like 2 years old. Sadly his friends all died when I was new too fishkeeping and new nothing about aquarium keeping but he is still alive and very healthy. He actually schools with my male guppies. The zebra danio will though eat your fry so I would do maybe 3-4 male guppies and maybe 6-8 zebra danios. Its a little on the overstocked side but as long as you do water changes I guess you should be fine. THAT AQUARIUM IS BEAUTIFUL!!! Hope it goes well! Thanks for the compliment on the aquarium 🙂 Like he said, we actually don't mind losing fry, because we don't have room to have a thousand guppies, and we don't have a LFS to sell them to, so we don't mind a little population control. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 Zebras are fin nippers. One bit one of my mystery snails antenna off. Back to the LFS they went! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GameCzar Posted July 13, 2021 Author Share Posted July 13, 2021 Oh noes! I hadn't heard that before Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErinV Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 On 7/13/2021 at 5:39 PM, Guppysnail said: Zebras are fin nippers. One bit one of my mystery snails antenna off. Back to the LFS they went! Intresting, I have had zebras for a few years now and they are fast and crazy sometimes but get along very well with everyone else. Maybe you just had a bully? Or I have just lucked out. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taco Playz Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 Quote On 7/13/2021 at 5:02 PM, GameCzar said: Poor guy probably thinks he's a Guppy now 😉 I'm totally fine for them to eat the fry, I really don't have room for an overflow tank! Thank you!! Haha yeah he's about to lose most of his friends too. They are going to my lfs on thursday! He'll still have two of them though. And no problem! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lefty o Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 they tend to do fine together. they will snack on fry, as well as the adult guppy's, so you will probably not get too over run with guppy's too fast. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GameCzar Posted July 13, 2021 Author Share Posted July 13, 2021 (edited) On 7/13/2021 at 6:19 PM, lefty o said: they tend to do fine together. they will snack on fry, as well as the adult guppy's, so you will probably not get too over run with guppy's too fast. How many would be safe in a 10 gallon? We were thinking 6 danios and 3 guppies. Edited July 13, 2021 by GameCzar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lefty o Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 6 danios and 3 guppies would work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCzarista Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 On 7/13/2021 at 6:28 PM, lefty o said: 6 danios and 3 guppies would work. Yay!! Our plan will work! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GameCzar Posted July 14, 2021 Author Share Posted July 14, 2021 On 7/13/2021 at 7:59 PM, TheCzarista said: Yay!! Our plan will work! Yay! That means if it messes up its all @lefty o's fault. 😉 Kidding of course, thanks Lefty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lefty o Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 you can blame me!😈 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCzarista Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 The good news is that the ammonia is dropping steadily, and the nitrites are off the chart, nitrates at about 80. That may not sound like good news to most people, but it means the cycle is going! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HH Morant Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 If you go to Youtube and search for "zebra and guppies" you can see a few tanks that have both. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizzafan Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 That tank looks awesome!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernAquarist Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 Tank looks 👌 We have had Danio rerio with Poecilia and they seem okay with the shorter finned Poecilia....but longer finned (anything really lol) is a target with Danio rerio. Maybe not always or right away, but its very possible they will harass the Poecilia... They are very active fish, Danio rerio and in a small school are ok, but will harass other fish, and definitely snack on any fry lol. But not older fry, weird I know lol... but they never snacked on any fry that were decent size but still unidentifiable. But again, we successfully kept them with sorter finned Poecilia, in a 55g. No fry, no nipping at least what we saw and added a nice effect to the already colorful tank! You certainly have enough plants etc for the Danio's to zip around and through so a small school usually harassed itself...and usually eats their own eggs...but I wouldn't completely bet on the Danio eating all the eggs...as we have had Danio rerio parents leave a ton of eggs and fry alone to grow amongst them...yep. Sorry for page response and if I am just repeating what someone else has said. I would say Yay to shorter finned Poecilia and small school of Danio rerio, as other than above mentioned it did work for us. You could opt for Endler's Guppy as they are smaller and may be of less interest to the Danio's... Hope this helps, We are new to the hobby, but continue to learn and observe some wild stuff! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GameCzar Posted July 14, 2021 Author Share Posted July 14, 2021 Thank you @NorthernAquarist! We've looked at some Endler's too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben C. Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 To add to the list, I have leopard danios (just a color morph of zebra danios) with some endlers, and the endlers follow them around all day like little brothers 😂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snoflake2121 Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 So I have four Donios and five guppies. Three of the Danios school together and one of the Danios schools with the guppies. He’s so confused and it’s so funny but they all seem happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mynameisnobody Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 Most danios are fin nippers when in smaller groups. I have a dozen glow light danio’s and they are perfectly peaceful with platies, guppies, and white clouds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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