All Male guppy tank

I am still debating my choice of fish for my tank is a all male guppy tank possible, also are guppys bad fin nippers.

Thanks

 

An all male guppy tank would be awesome!! They will chase each other around but I haven't noticed mine doing any nipping.
Carol

 

thanks alot

 

Be sure to not add any females or else all the males will fight over the female.

 

If you have all males, they will go after any female that you add and she will get overwhelmed. I think that all guppies would be fine. They shouldn't nip each other. They are good with each other. If they do start nipping, separate them because one of mine got picked on and nipped, not by another guppy, but by a blue tetra, and died shortly after, so make sure to watch them. They should be fine, though.

 

Okay, So I was at PetSmart PERFECTLY ready to get some guppies and so I say to the dude "yeah gimme bout 4 of the male guppies" and hes all like "duuh hhh I wouldnt do that If I were you all males will kill eachother" is this correct. Can I Keep All Male In a tank cuz the females are just dull and boring. He Also said if I was gonna keep males I would need 4 females to one male

 

Sometimes fish establish a pecking order but guppies are relatively peaceful. Only get females if you wants lots of fry and have somewhere to put them.

It would be a good idea to get your ammonia problem straightened out before adding anything to the tank.

 

Male guppys definitly won't kill each other, and the guy went a bit over the top on the male:female ratio, obviously more is better but I have a male with just 2 females in a 6G Hex and they are fine

 

I have 3 male guppies together in a tank, they chase each other around a bit but nothing major and they probably couldn't kill each other no matter how hard they tried!

And definitely listen to Lucy, guppies breed like rabbits....

 

I've had up to six male guppies together in a 29 gal tank, without much problem. I found that their temperaments vary widely. Some are peaceful, others are aggressive 24/7. Just depends on the particular fish. I would observe them closely after introducing them to a tank, just to make sure they are not bullying or stressing any particular one.

 

I'm soon to be running a same sex species guppy tank as in all males all guppy!

Has anyone got similar and is there anything I should be made aware of apart from randy guppies trying to mate with males?

It will be cycled and adequately sized, not sure on substrate and furniture yet! tyia

 

I have not done this, but can't think of a problem. Good luck! That may be a very colorful & fun tank!

 

Hello Car...

An all male Guppy tank is a good idea. Lots of colorful fish and you don't have to worry about over population. I had a 20 gallon all male Guppy tank for quite a while and the fish did fine. They'll practice their mating rituals in front of one another all day and the colors are fantastic. Be sure to put in some floating plants like Water sprite or Hornwort, so the fish feel at home in the tank. Water changes should be 50 percent or more every week or so to maintain steady water condtions. Basic aquarium pea gravel is a good substrate. It's easy to keep clean.

Have fun!

Old

 

Thank you both for the replies. I am looking foward to some nice displays. Never had guppies before and want to ensure I do things the right way, first time. TY!

 

Any general idea of tank size? It's best you get at least a 10 gallon, so that you can get more males. Too few males and sometimes you'll encounter aggression.

 

I'm doing something similar with a 20 gallon long. It will be mainly comprised of guppies, kuhlI loaches, and a few peacock gudgeons

 

I have had an all male guppy 10 gallon tank for over a month. I started with two, cycled my tank and then added two more. The last two were bullied for a couple of days. They had fancier tails and they were nipped on quite a bit by the older guppies. After a couple of days that stopped and they ate all quite happy. They will be even happier when I put them in my 55 gallon after it cycles.

Guppies are so fun to watch! Good luck!

 

I wouldn't do this with any tank smaller than a 10g...
Imo, a 10 gallon could support 6 male guppies max, maybe even 8 would be ok.... just be sure to keep up on your water changes, and gravel vacs which can be combined as one.

 

Hello Car...

20 gallon all male Guppy tank for quite a while and the fish did fine .... Water changes should be 50 percent or more every seek or so, to maintain steady water conditions.

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Just wondering how many guppies did you have in the tank oldsalt777 ?

 

I'll have around 8 maybe in 16 gal which will be over 100% over filtered and 33% water change per week maybe

 

That sounds ok (rather new to this myself) but the question was to the person recommending 50+% water changes .... (OldSalt) just FYI

 

No worries

 

I think Many people here suggest 50% water changes because this provides more fresh water and helps stabilize the tank (most of the time). Also on some level, for many tanks the difference in effort between 25% and 50% is not big enough to make a notable difference.
Frequent large water changes will also help you from falling into Old Tank Syndrome (as will testing your water weekly).

 

I'll be sure to keep on top of it thanks

 

Hello for...

As I recall, there were roughly 20 to 30 adult fish. The tank ran for 8 to 10 months and then, I sold the tank and gave the fish to some locals who were on one of the fish forums I frequent. These were nice, large male Guppies. Guppies will get small if they interbreed too long.

Old

 

I think Many people here suggest 50% water changes because this provides more fresh water and helps stabilize the tank (most of the time). Also on some level, for many tanks the difference in effort between 25% and 50% is not big enough to make a notable difference.
Frequent large water changes will also help you from falling into Old Tank Syndrome (as will testing your water weekly).

Sorry to hijack this thread, but what is Old Tank Syndrome? I am pretty new at this stuff.

 

I'm doing something similar with a 20 gallon long. It will be mainly comprised of guppies, kuhlI loaches, and a few peacock gudgeons

Wish we could find some of those peacock gudgeons up here, hubby would love some but so far no where here carries them.

 

have you tried online. I know trinsfish has carried them in the past. You could ask them to see if they are going to be ordering anymore any time soon. You could look at aquabid as well.

 

Sorry to hijack this thread, but what is Old Tank Syndrome? I am pretty new at this stuff.

I read about it here and then learned more from our friend Google. Basically, it is a slow degradation of water quality. Everything is going well... I can skip the water change this week, etc. Your current fish adapt to the slow change, then you add a new fish which can't adapt and dies quickly.

Here is a link...

and Liveaquaria has a pdf...

I think the summary is - keep on top of water testing and water changes...
Oh the random things we learn about in this hobby.

 

I have a livebearer tank with 1 male and 2 female Molly and 1 male and 3 female platy.
If I add guppies can I do all males or will they be **** bc they don't have females? lol

 

If you add guppies, all male will be fine. You may have crossbreeding of the male guppies with female mollies though.

 

I'm not keeping fry they will be eaten in the tank or given to friend with big fish if they get too big to be eaten by parents lol

 

Well I guess you’re good to go then!

 

All males are fine for sure. They get frisky when females are around. Otherwise, they are generally very tolerant of each other.

 

Will it matter if there are female Molly present? I know the can cross breed but will they get aggressive over female mollies or only female guppies?

 

Yeah they may get a bit aggressive over her, but in general, they should be fine. I would just try to ensure lots of hiding places and structures that can break up there view (tall plants, driftwood, etc) while swimming to help limit this.

 

I'm bumping this just to see if there is any other members with experience that think it would be ok. I wanna try to cover all my bases. I do know every fish is different also.

 

All males are fine for sure. They get frisky when females are around. Otherwise, they are generally very tolerant of each other.

I have actually had problems keeping only male guppies. It might have been an isolated incident, though.

I had 5 male guppies. No females. And what happened was they bullied the weakest guppy to death. Then when that one died, they moved on to the next weakest. I only had 3 guppies left when I rehomed them, and the weakest of the 3 was already injured. I had surrendered them to a local fish store and they put them in a not-for-sale tank. I checked on them last week and only 1 guppy remains.

 

I have actually had problems keeping only male guppies. It might have been an isolated incident, though.

I had 5 male guppies. No females. And what happened was they bullied the weakest guppy to death. Then when that one died, they moved on to the next weakest. I only had 3 guppies left when I rehomed them, and the weakest of the 3 was already injured. I had surrendered them to a local fish store and they put them in a not-for-sale tank. I checked on them last week and only 1 guppy remains.

Dang.

 

I have actually had problems keeping only male guppies. It might have been an isolated incident, though.

I had 5 male guppies. No females. And what happened was they bullied the weakest guppy to death. Then when that one died, they moved on to the next weakest. I only had 3 guppies left when I rehomed them, and the weakest of the 3 was already injured. I had surrendered them to a local fish store and they put them in a not-for-sale tank. I checked on them last week and only 1 guppy remains.

Wow. I usually over stock a bit and have lots of hiding spots so I have never had this issue. Sorry to hear that it went poorly for you.