Fmxmatt Posted July 30, 2007 Report Share Posted July 30, 2007 Heyas I've got myself a guppy tank with both male and female fancy guppies. What i'm looking for is another fish to complement this tank who will also take on the role of snail and fry control. I'd love a Betta but know theres a risk that he/she will attack my male guppies. Is there anything else that will happily get along with the guppies and keep the fry/snail level quite low? Do you think that having the adult guppies will be enough to keep the fry population at a low level? I like to have fry, just not hundreds of them haha. Any other suggestions for fry control please let me know aswel. I have another tank which contains 2 Angels, 14 Neons, RTBS, 2 BNs & 2 Loaches. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ianab Posted July 31, 2007 Report Share Posted July 31, 2007 I dont know of any one fish that will do both.. and not eat guppies anyway. Zebra loaches are good snail eaters, and will live happily with guppies. But you will want several as they are a very social fish. Then most any medium size community fish will control the guppy fry. I have a kribensis in my guppy tank, keeps the numbers down, but occasionally a male gets it's tail trimmed So I wont really recommend them. Maybe some small barbs (golden etc) would do the job? Cheers Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted August 1, 2007 Report Share Posted August 1, 2007 If the tank isnot well planted it is likely that the parents will eat most of the fry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fmxmatt Posted August 1, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2007 Yeah its not planted. Theres hiding places, but they're few and far between. So might work out in the end Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ianab Posted August 1, 2007 Report Share Posted August 1, 2007 If the tank isnot well planted it is likely that the parents will eat most of the fry. Usually.. But you cant count on it No plants, but no shortage of guppies either Cheers Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fmxmatt Posted August 1, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2007 LOL! Thats alot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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