Cute guppy behaviour

I had to share this story, it’s just so cute but only a true guppy lover will appreciate it.

I wanted to add some colour to my tank, so after a discussion with the guy at my local aquarium I brought a small school of neon tetras.

So I’ve got the plastic bag in the tank to match the temperature, and the guppies swarm around it. I figure they’re just curious, so I leave them there while I go put some other things away.
I come back, and start adding tank water to the bag. I’ve found the easiest way to do this is to untie the bag, and just dunk the bag to let a little water in.
On the first dunk, three guppies got in the bag.
Second dunk, another two get in the bag.
Third dunk, one guppy made its way out of the bag… but two more got in.

By the time I had fully acclimatised the tetras, I had 9 guppies in the bag with them.
Now they’re in the tank the school of tetras is being shadowed by a gaggle of guppies.

I do believe the guppy are a little curious.


Are anyone elses guppies this interested in new finsh/things?

 

Haha. Sounds like they were really curious!

Whenever I add more fish, the current fish always swarm around the bag. The have that "are you food or friend?" look.

 

That is too cute.

 

Definitely cute but try to avoid it, the method you are using ensures that the water from the LFS is getting mixed with your tank's water. It's never a good idea to let that happen cause you never know what the LFS might be carrying.

 

Definitely cute but try to avoid it, the method you are using ensures that the water from the LFS is getting mixed with your tank's water. It's never a good idea to let that happen cause you never know what the LFS might be carrying.

That's an excellent point, however other methods (such as mixing the water, and then netting the fish) have never had good results for me. I find they lead to very stressed out fish.
Plus chances are anything in the water is also in/on the fish, and due to the landlord having a one tank policy, I can’t quarantine them in anything more than a bucket... And it's WAY to cold for fish to go in a bucket, lol.

 

I had to share this story, it’s just so cute but only a true guppy lover will appreciate it.

I wanted to add some colour to my tank, so after a discussion with the guy at my local aquarium I brought a small school of neon tetras.

So I’ve got the plastic bag in the tank to match the temperature, and the guppies swarm around it. I figure they’re just curious, so I leave them there while I go put some other things away.
I come back, and start adding tank water to the bag. I’ve found the easiest way to do this is to untie the bag, and just dunk the bag to let a little water in.
On the first dunk, three guppies got in the bag.
Second dunk, another two get in the bag.
Third dunk, one guppy made its way out of the bag… but two more got in.

By the time I had fully acclimatised the tetras, I had 9 guppies in the bag with them.
Now they’re in the tank the school of tetras is being shadowed by a gaggle of guppies.

I do believe the guppy are a little curious.

Are anyone elses guppies this interested in new finsh/things?

My guppies where like that with my cories and one still follows the group around

 

I added a pair of Cobra's that my fiance fell in love with at the store to my community tank last week that has some various other feeder guppies I had used to cycle the tank months ago. There's a sunburst male that has 3 very pregnant females to himself in there.

The two Cobra's are male and they are either gay or severely confused. They follow the sunburst male in a courting fashion while the sunburst follows the females. I think since they are different sub-species, the Cobra's are completely confused as to what is a male and female. It's funny to watch.