10 gallon stocking question

[PuppyFluffer]

I have a 10 gallon tank with three male platys and one male guppy.

I am seeing some aggression with one of the platys. Should I get more to help diffuse this? How many? Dpes the varitey matter? The three I have are sunsets. Should I mix up the colors a bit?

I am not interested in getting any more male guppys, while they are pretty, I have not found them to be hardy.

 

[jpappy789]

They are probably cramped or need some females to chase after. But I wouldn't add anything more, you are pretty much stocked IMO.

 

[PuppyFluffer]

I'm not liking the dynamics so something has to change.

It's fully cycled tank but newly planted so plants are immature. I have a sizeable ball of java moss free floating, a small piece of driftwood, a small anubias, narrow leaf java fern and two short grass like plant I can't recall the name of. (all plants obtained from Msjinkz)

I've got a platy hiding out under the java moss or driftwood and the aggressive one chasing the other one around. It's not constant but it's frequent enough that I think it's stressful for the fish. I have males because I don't want to deal with fry. I don't wish to keep fish in a bad arrangement. Should I reconsider my stocking all together?

 

[Hooked Newbie]

I agree that you are stocked already. If you don't like the current dynamic, you may need to rethink the entire thing.

 

[jm1212]

it is probably because there arent any females in the tank.

you could have the same setup with all females.

 

[Cory Keeper]

I'm with jm1212, no females. I dunno about stocked, depends on the filter. But I wouldn't add females, unless you can do something with all the babies.

 

[msjinkzd]

The grassy plant is sagittaria subulata wish i could help with the stocking issue but I have never kept platy.

 

[PuppyFluffer]

Thanks Jinkz! It's growing well and sending out runners with new plants. Poor things floated until today when I finally planted them!

I got the platy because I understood that they were easy first fish. I really like the orange coloration too.

I may have to rethink the whole tank.