Quick question regarding my new girls

[Wyvern]

Ill be getting them on saturday. I spoke to the breeder and currently they are about 1.5cm (3 months old). Can I add them to the 10g tank with the guppies? Or should I keep them separate (I have a small tank I can use to grow them a bit more). (I just googled 1.5cm = 0.5inch)

My guppies are small tho - the largest one is 2cm the rest are between 1 and 2cm.

The tank has loads of plants as well as a few terracotta pots and a fake tree stumpy thing that has plenty of cover.

[Oldfishlady]

Personally I would QT the new females for at least 2 weeks....then add them to the guppy tank.....sometimes, not always...mixing guppies and Bettas can help the Bettas grow/develop bigger and faster and the guppies help teach them to feed faster/better too.....not to mention if the guppies drop fry and the Bettas get to enjoy some free range live food...triggering that hunt instinct.....

[Wyvern]

*mwa* Thanks OFL!!!!!!! That was what I was thinking. Now just to get a small heater (the smallest we get is 50W) so that the QT tank is ready for them on saturday.

[Betty]

Hi wyvern, totally agree with ofl, just out of interest, what colours are they???

[Wyvern]

That is the pic the showed me of the parents. So far this is what the fry looked like about a month ago


Btw im getting all three from him - his only girls that made it. We had some really bad and weird winter weather that threw the fry off :( He has about 7 males and the three girls. Im hopefull they will be as colourfull as their mom and dad because that colour is rather rare here.

[Here Fishy Fishy Fishy]

Wyvern,

Guppies are quite beautiful fish in their own right, like little jeweled butterflys... I only wish they had the size and life span of a betta!

[Wyvern]

Here Fishy - I will be honest guppies used to be my all time favourite fish ever! My uncle had a huge 400L tank that he had filled with guppies and one veiltail betta male. That tank lived in harmony till the betta passed on at the age of 4 plus years! That was were I got my love of guppies and betta's from. Ive currently got 10 different male's in the tank and they are so stunning. I got lucky and my LFS sold them to me for next to nothing and they are a mix of normal and show guppies.

[Here Fishy Fishy Fishy]

Four years is a good life span for a betta... he must have been very happy with his tank mates! :)

[Wyvern]

Hehe he was,
Darn the breeder just let me know hes not 100% sure he is selling me girls :S But I will take the chance, they are still tiny, how can we tell at what age they are boys or girls? they are about 1.5cms now - 3months

[HayrideHaunter]

i cant see the pics =( but awwww babies and guppies! my little brother has a guppy and two mollies...theyre quite adorable =)