VoidParadigm
04-19-2010, 01:41 PM
I put one of my delta tailed male guppies into the "big tank" to see if guppies would at all be tolerated by the fish in there. The bigger fish in there had been good with the minnows lately, and I was hoping to expand my options as the stocking is getting low.
Bad decision, in any case. They shredded his big red tail.
However, he used to be the weakest fish in the guppy tank. Always hindered by his tail and slowed down. Without 80% of his tail there he has turned into the fastest. Always the first one to eat, and now can hold his own when the males start picking on each other in the early morning.
Honestly, I'll be sad if the rest of his tail grows in properly.
Such an obvious difference has led me to decide to boycott the Delta-tailed varieties of guppy. Not saying everyone should, just that, from what I've seen, it hinders more than it's beauty is worth.
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In other news, my guppy fry are growing beautifully! thumbs2:
I think they take after Mom more, but it's still early in their life. Who knows.
Bad decision, in any case. They shredded his big red tail.
However, he used to be the weakest fish in the guppy tank. Always hindered by his tail and slowed down. Without 80% of his tail there he has turned into the fastest. Always the first one to eat, and now can hold his own when the males start picking on each other in the early morning.
Honestly, I'll be sad if the rest of his tail grows in properly.
Such an obvious difference has led me to decide to boycott the Delta-tailed varieties of guppy. Not saying everyone should, just that, from what I've seen, it hinders more than it's beauty is worth.
---
In other news, my guppy fry are growing beautifully! thumbs2:
I think they take after Mom more, but it's still early in their life. Who knows.