community tank

[Lisa Beth]

Hi All-

I may have posted this awhile ago but ewas unable to find the responses.

I have 2 tanks and each are 15Gs. I am thinking about combining the fish and upgrading to a 55G.

Do you think it is ok to mix tropical swords, guppies and endlers?
What else should I add?

Thanks Everyone!

 

[Jesshika]

I don't see any problem with putting those together in that size since guppies and endlers are so similar anyways. Platties are great community fish too, or mollies. =) In my 55 gallon I have a school of tiger barbs too with a couple platties, neon tetras and cory cats.

 

[wataugachicken]

i wouldn't do it, eventually you will have all hybrids and no pureblooded guppies or endlers. they won't fight with each other and it will be a nice peaceful tank, but i personally would prefer to keep the species separate.

 

[jpappy789]

I agree with what wata said.

You will also have a lot of fry to deal with in one tank but if that doesn't seem like a problem to you then go for it!

 

[furfinsfeathers]

I agree, too. You'd also probably have very few fry. Swordtails and guppies are more likely than Endler's to be fry eaters.

i wouldn't do it, eventually you will have all hybrids and no pureblooded guppies or endlers. they won't fight with each other and it will be a nice peaceful tank, but i personally would prefer to keep the species separate.

 

[Lupin]

No swordtails for that tank. These are larger than most people can imagine at 6 inches and possibly even bigger though rarely done. They need plenty of swimming space and in a cramped space, they may have a tendency to harass smaller tankmates.

 

[Eupterus]

So a 55 gal is too small for sword-tails?..What size tank do they require?.

 

[Lupin]

So a 55 gal is too small for sword-tails?..What size tank do they require?.

My bad.:duh: I was concentrating on 15g.erv: A 55g is fine.

 

[Eupterus]

Oh...because I was like..WOW I guess I'm misinformed about these fish.
I was curious since they are on my list of future to keep fish.
Good luck with the upgrading there.

 

[DarrylR]

Could always just get all male or all female of the species your interested in to knock down fry population. Also can invest in fry eaters as well.

I would love a 55 gallon filled with mollies/platies/guppies/corycats than 1 species tank, might as well make it a dwarf puffer tank erv:.

resizing the smiley doesn't make it bigger. School of neons and tetras are also nice.