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Im buying guppies soon Help2007-11-24 23:37:01

I'm hoping to buy a few guppies, but I only have a 2 gallon tank so I'm not sure how many to get or what to do. Does anyone know about how much a 5-10 gallon tank costs? Also, I don't know too much about guppies, is there anything I need to know about them before I buy them?

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usually a tank (just the tank no accessories) is about $1 per gallon after you get to the 5 gallon size (ie $10 for 10 gal, $30 for 30 gal) when buying guppies I would only get females, only males will get a little agressive w/ each other and males and females will multiply constantly causing the females to die of fatigue. If you do get males and females together make sure you have at least 3 females per male or the males will "bother" the female until her death. For a 2 gal tank I would get about 4 or 5 guppies, if you get all the same sex you might could get a few more but not if you mixed them (they will over crowd quickly)

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Hi Munchkin,

Guppies are easy and inexpensive. Just don't over feed them.

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a 10 gallon tank costs about $20 where i bought one. guppies die easily ive had them before. the boys are colorful, and the girls are plain and usually bigger than the boys. and one thing for sure, do not put them with a chinese fighting fish, the chinese fighting fish will bite them and kill them. oh, and if a boy and a girl guppy have babies an you see them, take the babies out and put them in a different tank or jar, with water that is not from the sink or they'll die.