JohnnyUSA

Hi everyone, I'm a new person to this place so first I just want to say hi to everyone in here.

I would like to ask is this ok for me to keep 2 male and 5 females of guppies ?

Amnagrla

Yes, that is a good ratio of males to females. However, just make sure you are aware that they are little horndogs and will be poppin' out some babies eventually with that amount of females!!

And hello!

JohnnyUSA

hehe I think so too.

armadillo

Hi Johnny. I think it's a great idea to keep the ratio of females way higher than that of males, as what you're doing. Buuuuut, as Amanda is saying, you'll be swomped with fry soon. Ah well, then you can come to the conclusion that you need to separate the males and the females, get yourself another tank (we all have Multiple Tank Syndrome here! ) and have a male tank and a female tank. If you decide to do that, make sure you have plenty of males or they get pretty aggressive to each other.

The problems with lots of babies are tank pollution (your water becomes toxic if you're overpopulated and don't keep up to a gruelling cleaning routine), and inbreeding (once the babies grow up, they will breed with their parents, giving rise to all sorts of genetic weaknesses and a very poor bloodline).

JohnnyUSA

armadillo thanks for your suggestion. My tank is 30 gallon so I believe it should be fine for those guppies to live well.

Cody

yes that is excellent good first choice....just don't ever have more males then females that will cause the males to fight amongst themselves...just like us the men will do stupid stuff just for some action