I have 3 male guppies and I just got 3 dwarf sunset coral platies today. ALL my fish are males. My orange guppy is following my platys around and "pecking" on their sides. HELP! What is he doing? :sad:
My guppy is "pecking" my platy?
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Do you have plenty of hiding places for them? I found that having plants that reach all the way to the top of the tank (my guppies swim around the top a lot) helped reduce some of the chasing
I think male guppies peck like that to get females to look at them. Your guppy must be confused about who/what hes supposed to be interested in.
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I just moved my male guppy into a tank with 6 neons and 2 dwarf platies. Almost immediately my guppy began following the platies around and almost nuzzled them. He rubbed up against them and I did see him peck at their sides a few times as you have described. ODD! He chases the neons, but saves his pecking for the platies! Do you think this dangerous or just amorous?
I just moved my male guppy into a tank with 6 neons and 2 dwarf platies. Almost immediately my guppy began following the platies around and almost nuzzled them. He rubbed up against them and I did see him peck at their sides a few times as you have described. ODD! He chases the neons, but saves his pecking for the platies! Do you think this dangerous or just amorous?
He's picking on them a bit.. Guppies can actually be a little agressive in small numbers. Look to see if he's swimming up next to another fish, spreading out his display fins, and quivering a bit. That's mating behavour. If there's mating behavour, he's tapping them to get their attention. If he's not doing the quiver, he's being agressive.