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Whats a good 10 gal guppy and platy tank like2007-11-24 23:43:25

I may be getting a 10 gal soon, so how would be the best way to decorate it? Do they prefer lots of vegetation, or empty space to swim? Show pics please.

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Guppys and platys are livebearers and should have lots of fine leafed plants for the babies to hide in. If not, the adults will eat some or all of them. Keep them well fed and that will cut down on the cannabalism.

Have open spaces so they can swim around and you can see them. Live plants need at least 8-10 hours of strong light each day. Don't put the tank in front of a window, however, the sun will heat the water and in winter it will get too cold. You will also have way too much algae from all the sunlight.

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well thy do like plants..but allow room to swim too..and a good rule of thumb is 1in of fish per 1 gal of water if you over crowd they will slowly die off..well good question and good starter fish! have fun :)

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I'm sorry I don't have any pictures. But I used to have a 10 gallon tank and I had male and female guppies. My setup was pretty simple: some rocks in which I piled up and turned into a little cave, a small clay pot for them to hide in, live plants at both ends. I left them a lot of room to swim around in. At that time, I have 5 guppies: 2 males and 3 females, and after a month or two of having the tank up, the female was pregnant and then I had to take her out and place her in a 5 gallon tank on her own until she gave birth. Be careful. Make sure you move her in another tank as soon as she lets out all her babues becaus eshe will eat them.

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Place vegetation (take your pick of real or fake) along the back and then leave the front open. A thin layer of natural gravel and a couple rock accessories add a little flavor too.