Daniel

hi i have two pairs of platys, one pair of ballon mollys, two male guppies, a catfish and two cardinal tetras. my live bearers are fighting all the time what do i do when the 're all in a 60 litre tank?

jack11

Make sure you have plenty of plants for the weaker fish to hide in and amongst. hope it helps, good luck.

Jack

armadillo

Hi Daniel. Jack's advice is really good. Like he says: plenty of heavily planted areas in your tank, to break the view.

But also, livebearers should not be in pairs, but at least in trios, preferably more, with 1 male per at least 2 females.

If you're not sure how to sex them, could you please post pictures?

Chief_waterchanger

Also the tank is overstocked. Doesn't 60 liters equal 15 gallons? (I am not used to the metric system at all.)

4 platies
2 ballon mollies
2 guppies
1 catfish
2 cardinal tetras

The platies should be in trios as should the mollies. (If you want male only on fish try to have 3 (for livebearers especially) that way no one fish gets all the bullying.

What kind of catfish?

Cardinal tetras are schooling fish and need 5 or more to really be at ease, and can cause stress levels in the tank to elevate if they are stressed out.

COBettaCouple

how long have you had the fish? did you get them all at once? which ones seem to be starting the fighting?

armadillo

Yes, Ross. You're right, it's 15G.