Top 10 Tankmates for Guppies (Poecilia reticulata, Million Fish)

[@TomatoeSoupLuv]

he keeps looking back at the tank like he's checking with the guppies that these are in fact good tankmates for them lol

[@a1den623]

😂

[@yahier7546]

Lol

[@ZakaPatch]

fr fr 😂

[@missyflutter5562]

😂

[@asphyxiated1242]

Everyone in the comments: "Omg those are Neons, not Cardinals." apparently you guys were too busy typing your comment instead of listening to him say he doesn't have video of Cardinals.

[@astridschindlergg2224]

But then he says he will show cardinals and still showsneons haha

[@Giobemo]

08:25 "They won't eat any of the fry that the guppy have, unless they get the chance to, in which case they definitely will." 🤣

[@cayleighmadison6715]

“They are just like the guppies, just a different species” hahah 🤣😝

[@meikahidenori]

I used to have a betta in with a few guppies. He absolutely loved eating the fry which was good for me as our tank wasn't massive and guppies have a tendency to just breed like crazy. The adults never bothered him and he never got aggressive with them either so they were a perfect match.

[@PrestonHon]

Our otocinclus has outlived just about every fish we've had in our tank. Sometimes we think he's dead because we haven't seen him for a while but then he pops up again 😅.

[@Sk9junk]

Loved this video I have mollies and guppies it is the best combination ever they are so alike and do not bother each other at all

[@fumaaa5643]

Dont put up swordtails to your guppies, they tend to nip those beautiful fins of your guppies. Learned it the hard way

[@rhyanlumilay6317]

Actually when I decided to try having a Guppy I never even thought about housing them with other fish aside from Mollies because as far as I know they are some what related and they do crossbred rarely and they are both chill and share the same diet. I just run into a bit of problem on what food to feed them both since they have small mouth and come across a powder type food for juvenile fish and I mix them with a fine powder feeds for the fry, so all fishes can be fed at once.

[@BugTheSandWorm]

I feed my mollies Tetra tropical flakes. Just in case you wanted a easier way of feeding them :)

[@robbieggllan861]

Freaking yes I love that guppy Aquarium Aquarius and Aquarius Hobby

[@bobjames9618]

Number 1 rule of fish is if its fits in in mouth it's as good as gone. Doesn't matter what species.

[@aure4330]

Some fishes might munch on the guppies fins and some fight with them

[@rakshesha3089]

You looks like andy on toy story 😂

[@KeepingFishSimple]

Idk if that’s a compliment 😂

[@geraldwalker7609]

@@KeepingFishSimple Yes, take it as one!

[@gheufbfff]

Not a bad video. Although the point about Corydoras (not corydorous like you said) needing sand substrate is incorrect. Rounded non course substrate is favourable for them. Sand substrate needs to be very fine as anything sharp with damage the barbels.

[@robertcombs4381]

Those were NOT Cardinal Tetra son, they were Neon Tetra...

[@Meaties]

yes they are defo neons not cardinal tetras

[@alienprotein5173]

u o viously didnt bother listening to him. he literally said he didnt have any footage of cardinal, thats why

[@rishabhparmar5925]

at last a video that i was actually looking for.

[@timbirch5445]

The only problems I have had with ottos is I had one jump, I found it 6 feet away from my tank

[@____________838]

They also prefer /giant/ schools.

[@Giobemo]

That's a pretty big problem though. If you're just going to have one problem, that's not a good one to have...

[@diego_amador]

thanks

[@TuanCaCanh]

Great video

[@littlelife1959]

Do you think I could have guppies patties and one black nerite snail in the same aquarium together

[@sweetheartwhispers401]

This was a life saver 😭 I have baby guppies and baby platy I was wondering if i could put them together

[@miltonnelson1916]

Great job and very helpful. Had concerns because we heard Mollies need salt in the water. But found that this is not true.

[@Ob-sw9sd]

Mollies are actually poecilla sphenops

[@ΣτέλιοςΠαύλου-β3θ]

Most of the fishes you propose need different water parameters. Be careful and do some study

[@annacollier5372]

I think my mollies have killed my guppies? 😔 and eaten most of them?? They seem to have just vanished. Never had a problem when it was just platy and guppy but when I added mollies the guppies mysteriously vanished one by one!

[@Terror-Gene]

3:15 These are neon tetras. Cardinals have a longer red streak.

[@boscoitalics]

what about white cloud minnows? my neice gave me her lone minnow as wondering if i can keep with the male guppies.they are the same size

[@jeffereyhopkins750]

The only thing with white cloud minnows is they generally like cooler temperatures than guppies (68 to 72F)compared to guppies at 75 to 80F.

[@beshoreofyourself9834]

I found that a oscar went quite well with my Guppy community

[@hkh2316]

My female guppy yes ,male not 😂

[@mellewedin8221]

I'm surprised the Oscar didn't eat any.

[@supportthebandsstopfakecop1679]

That must have been until you introduced them to goldfish

[@Mark-yb1sp]

Good video, however, you have WAY TOO MUCH echo in the room.

[@BugTheSandWorm]

The “cardinal” tetra is a neon tetra

[@Kat-hs2ij]

there's 2 different species but they do look alike a lot.

[@Boggy_thesassyB.]

Can I have about 8 guppies, 2 bristlenose plecos, and 6 corydoras in a 20 gal? I’m starting my first planted tank and I want to know if they can live together

[@ArunaNamal]

good video

[@jflo30]

Aren't those neons?

[@KeepingFishSimple]

Yes, no cc footage of cardinals

[@jflo30]

@@KeepingFishSimple oh okay. Nice vid btw 💯

[@imabud1203]

10/10

[@Ms.CringeSwirlz16]

When I learned about Mollies... cause I can't tell between a guppies and a Molly. I asked mom to buy a female guppie because for my male guppies and when she bought her, I was, Its normal. And after I watched this video, I look at my first female guppie, she looks like the mollies. Did I just make a hybrid ON ACCIDENT?

[@marlenebolte3071]

What kind of fish can I put in a tank with a Betta? I had my Betta in with the guppies? And his fins are all straggly.

[@pugmaster8360]

Marlene Bolte some neons

[@pugmaster8360]

And Cory cats

[@catidk9832]

Do balloon mollies house with guppies too

[@tinadoyle3803]

Can they be kept with small Chiclid

[@TheCesiakitchen]

I have the cardinal tetra are they okay with female guppies??

[@salvolondon]

You haven’t considered at all water parameters that often are absolutely opposite from the ones of guppies . Most of the fish you listed require basically opposte water hardness and ph than guppies . I say best tankmates for guppies are other members of the poeclidae family .

[@ЗейнепУста]

İ have a question: one of my guppie keeps trying to mate with my female plant y`s is that normal?

[@AllIN498]

Can guppies live with glow fish?

[@davidcalcagno2600]

So you made a video copying bya’s list, even using there same ranking and claim as yours?

[@zerotick0994]

They could be the actual top 10 lol y u gotta be so rude

[@adityapadave8882]

Cherry barb will be tank mate for guppies

[@ashwinskumar6578]

For me, platies and telescopic eyes(except when breeding) were my best guppy buddies also white and yellow mollies, my mollies are huge but buddies with guppies, small koi are okay too. They've to be small. No Gouramis, oh god what a mistake that was. The neon tetras and zebras I got were aggressive, I've no Idea why. My guppies cant breed in the tank, as do the platies and mollies, they'll eat the fries. They breed a lot, I've a separate breeding tank and one as nursery. They all go along fine. I've to try the rasaboras and maybe give neon tetras another chance. no way I'm trying cherry shrimps, that's expensive food for the guppies.

[@jeffereyhopkins750]

Correct, gouramias are not good fish to keep with guppies. Besides getting to large for the tank potentially, they can become aggressive and if you want babies you definitely will not have any with them.

[@joshbaileyphotography]

I just bought my 16 gallon community tank today

[@lalshortshot2051]

Nice, what you plan on keeping in it?

[@joshbaileyphotography]

@@lalshortshot2051 guppies and a few mollies and platies

[@scrapdigidydog460]

Pretty sure cardinals have a red line which covers the bottom half of there body like head to tail

[@lukeanthony8]

My pleco killed my Guppies . I had 3 set of guppies put into the tank at different times they all died . The Neon Tetra about 10 of them are still alive. The last 3 pair all died the very next day . Pls Advice

[@BugTheSandWorm]

Pleco s shouldn’t kill fish at all. It sound to me your guppies had bad genes (thanks inbreeding) and died. That’s what happened to all my guppies. Every single guppy I bought died.

[@Tanish7817]

Okay

[@loluzivert1103]

I had 2 sword tails with 2 guppies and one of the swordtails killed both of my guppies

[@AKStingerGT185]

So what am I doing wrong? I have 5 tetras and they have been thriving for alittle over a year, I also have 3 rasboras and they also have been thriving for aver a year...but you said you need WAY more than that for them to be successful...what have I done wrong?

[@lorettamontierth9945]

The only one I don't agree with is the sword tail. I have had a bad experience. I bought some expensive guppy fry, about 30 of them... I came back in the room to admire my new babies. To find my sword tail s hunting them down. Only about 5 or 6of the bigger ones survived. I had not lost any fry, before adding Swords to my community tank 😭

[@akshaygummaraju488]

Can they live with zebra danios??

[@mellewedin8221]

Yes they can.

[@babumonke6194]

20 gallon for corydoroas??

[@Prakash-340i]

Is rummynose tetra good for guppy community?

[@chongtak]

i can not get rid of tiny black water snails in my tank which is outside. I wonder if they do any harm. Recently a tiny frog has settled down on my lotus leaves, it's less than a quarter of an inch long but I am a bit afraid of it's voracious babies.

[@PerplexiaX]

Some of these you mentioned are semi-aggressive, and I would never have them with Guppies, esp. a Gourami! (unless I put the Guppies in there as feeders)

[@CarpathianWolves]

i dont know man , i have that small stripe gourami about 4 mounts now , with guppies , never happened something , but i must say its a pretty large tank , like 200 litres ^_^

[@PerplexiaX]

@@CarpathianWolves 200 litres? That's about 50 gallons, right? (Sorry, I'm an American... yeah, I know, I know! lol) But, yeah, that's a big tank, and I suppose if you have a regular feeding schedule, there's nothing to worry about, but yeah, personally, I would never put any aggressive or semi-aggressive fish in with passives in a 20 gallon tank (75 litres) which is what most people have, I would assume! I have 8 small regular Goldfish, 1 small Pleco, 1 small Shebunkin (I'll be getting 2 more soon), 1 Julii Cory and 1 Peppered Cory, and 2 male and 2 female Fancy Guppies, and one regular female Guppy, all this in a 20 gallon show tank. I had 3 ghost shrimp, too, but I can't see 2 of them (of course, they are difficult to see)... They could be hiding in the plants, but I'm assuming the Pleco accidentally ate them! oops! lol :-) I didn't know about Cherry Shrimp until I saw one of this guy's videos! I'm going to see if I might be able to get a couple of these around here! They look so cool! :-) Oh, I live in So. California, in case you were wondering!

[@CarpathianWolves]

200 Litres it’s about 65 gallons , and you have a lil bit too much fish for that tank , your tank is about that gallons, think you get substrate and others in , that makes it even smaller, it’s ok but you have to maintain it weekly or more to be good , and as you said , it’s about space too , I don’t judge you , any keeper does what he think it works . Im from Romania 🇷🇴 . Take care

[@PerplexiaX]

@@CarpathianWolves Oh, that's bigger than I thought! They are still pretty small... once they grow, I can thin them out a bit. ...and yes I clean it out on a weekly basis. I'm thinking about maybe making another pond, or just get another big tank. I did a video on it if you're interested in seeing it! I just started it up again... haven't had it going for a few years now! kzbin.info/www/bejne/b2S8hZiCZd-mipo

[@CarpathianWolves]

Those goldfish of yours , I’ve watched your vid , gets huge .. they will stop grow in your tank , but their organs don’t , if you understand and they will eventually die in time from that , it’s beautiful but it’s a common mistake , watch 10 things about goldfish , that are mistaken , and other big channels , it’s ok to do mistakes but it’s even better to be informed about those animals , why to kill them , when you can enjoy them ? :D , have fun man

[@neptunemacaw3354]

I want to get a guppie tank but I’m looking for a center peice fish

[@ohrats731]

Waaaaait honey gourami need a school?? I’ve been purposely keeping mine solo because I thought the males would fight 😬

[@ohrats731]

James Merryman ohhhh okay well that makes a lot of sense! So the issues I had in the past came from only having two or three gourami. I think my little buddy is doing okay on his own right now though. I recently almost all of the fish in my biggest tank so I’m very hesitant to make any changes. They only thing that seemed out of whack was a sudden increase in water hardness. I don’t know if that could kill fish but something really affected my stock....

[@catidk9832]

Oh well at least you found out before it was too late

[@caroleighphillips3340]

I have snails in my fish tank and don't know the kind,they are breeding like mad and I need to control it

[@BugTheSandWorm]

If their shell is a skinny spiral shape with no point it’s a rams horn. If they have a whorl at the side it’s a mystery snail. If it has a point at the end it’s a pond snail. If it has a long cone shaped shell it’s Malaysian trumped horn. Or if they have Avery round shell sometimes with horns on them it’s a nerite snail. If you have pond snails or trumpet snail get rid of them by using some blanches veggies in a water bottle with the top cut off as a trap. Or you can try aquarium snail rid products but some snails are harder to kill than other. Or you remove them by hand.

[@lacrosseguy108]

do other fish pick up on fish behavior? i have some corydoras with some young guppies and some danios and they all seem to be copying the corydoras eating lol. i feed them from the top with flakes but notice they scavenge around now with them since i added the corydoras

[@jcjcj.]

Hey I just got one male fancy guppy and two young girl ones I added a molly that is orange and black at first I thought the guppy was playing with the molly and the molly was playing with the guppy but as I look closer it seems they are nipping each other! Do you think that will continue or would it stop, if it continues should I take the molly back? They just chase each other everywhere!!!

[@jcjcj.]

It’s too late turning out when I got the guppy it had early stages of fin rot 😥

[@jcjcj.]

And he passed

[@StrikeFighterExperience]

Bummer. I have 3 guppies with red tails and 1 with a blue tail and they ganged up on it. I then went and got 3 more blue guppies and the fin nipping completely stopped. The 1 blue guppy has a little under half it’s tail left but is still going super strong. Felt great to save the dilemma (:

[@jcjcj.]

Metz Myrah thAts nice 😔🤗

[@just1Kenny]

Is Fluval Stratum an okay substrate for Cory Catfish? I haven't set anything up yet or bought any fish, just wondering.

[@ucifer_c3036]

I got the top 3 fishes the fish are look alike like sword tail and platy is breeding like hybrid

[@pugmaster8360]

Should I get ride of my lamp eye tetras cause they pretty mean on the little guys and I just found one dead and no tail at all and I am scared (btw I have a gourami but he is the nicest thing doesn’t touch anyone)

[@grandhammer2921]

💥💥❤

[@learnmoreaboutparrots3432]

What about white clouds

[@youngrocky5139]

I have two fancy guppies with a crayfish and they dont attack each other for whatever reason

[@bryanjaygatpayat1601]

Super dope!!! Informative

[@xavierkoneski9762]

Corydoras dont need sand

[@khyunooo6010]

Is it ok if i put the Guppy with apple snails and Mickey mouse platy?

[@omnilothar]

danio is no good tank mate?

[@insanamon3456]

Can you keep german ram ciclid with guppies

[@salvolondon]

No , they require totally different water parameters ,rams needs soft water snd low ph , guppies like all poecilids need harder water and higher ph .

[@epenobeso1275]

Igot a red dragon fish and hbred fish and yellowtiager

[@ADHDturtle123]

4 out of the ten need soft water. Guppies are hard water fish.. You tried 🤷‍♂️

[@delaneysmrz5176]

Do u mind saying which four of those are good? I know this comment was a while ago but I would love to know so I don’t make a mistake

[@ADHDturtle123]

@@delaneysmrz5176 No worries, well in my tank I have chilli rasboras and albino corydoras. If you want corys you will need sand substrate and gravel/rock damages their fins and other parts. But honestly best bet is to Google hard water fish and look at what you think is best for your tank. (Also depends how big your tank is too obvs!)

[@KenAragorn]

what about danios?

[@BugTheSandWorm]

Danios fin nip a lot

[@srivathsa3387]

What is size of that tank

[@ehliyuh_elz4815]

But the shop said that guppies can eat shrimps, its a possibility that the guppies will eat the shrimps

[@matthewhodge6]

Hey hey

[@oceanlinbleu13]

Oops those were neons cardinals have a blue and red neon stripe from head to almost the tail

[@bella_swan7366]

What about betta fish

[@farizmammadov4965]

cardinal tetra loves low ph but guppy loves acidic water how they can mate

[@wodensblot]

A low PH means that the PH is below 7, making it acidic not alkaline like I'm assuming you mean

[@birby2931]

I have a koi and guppie in one tank and the koi is fully grown I have no problems

[@voluntaryismistheanswer]

Carp put out a vitamin b suppressing enzyme that slowly kills other fish (and I wouldn't even put a koi in my little pond). They are not aquarium fish.

[@birby2931]

@@voluntaryismistheanswer sorry i meant a pond

[@creatorxp3909]

Can betta be with guppies?

[@Scouse.raver1]

Bristlenose pleco need bigger tank than guppies, and mollys can be hit or miss cos they like salty water so can be a bit difficult for the beginner

[@christiandominicmendoza8078]

Pleco with guppy on a planted tank? O c’mon. 🤣🤣🤣

[@matthewzito6130]

Ancistrus stay fairly small. I haven't had any problems keeping them with plants.

[@nenwaalbaghdadi8605]

Then why a platy killed three of my gubbies and one platy as well? Do you have any idea why would some platy or even gubbies attach each other's tails (tails of their own species or another)???

[@confusedspoons]

What size is your tank? They might be showing territorial behaviour.

[@nenwaalbaghdadi8605]

@@confusedspoons 60 liters & i had about 13-14 fish there

[@edhiedwardmusic820]

Says cardinal tetra, shows neons lol

[@donnaabotsway3552]

Hi thanks the awesome video I Do you have a video showing your 10 gallon tanks

[@fumaaa5643]

All my red cherry shrimp died in my community tank. Why?

[@BugTheSandWorm]

Usually fish kill shrimp so it’s actually better to keep shrimp in a shrimp only tank

[@symeonbridges7796]

You crapped up again bro swordtails are good but not that good the do tend to get nippy when breeding.

[@justsomekid6587]

1: cherry shrimp 2:otocinclus 3:cardinal tetra 4:brístle nose pleckos Sry I couldn’t catch up with him

[@kshmilan]

Saw guppies picking on and eating cherry shrimps many times,stop spreading misinformation

[@BugTheSandWorm]

Sometimes guppie scan go with cherry shrimp if the tank is big enough, well planted and has lots of hiding spaces. But yeah if I had shrimp I would keep them in a shrimp only tank

[@apsaradahal1831]

And you can send me a male map turtle please help me and please reply

[@BiggestAmerican69]

They are all schooling fish and I only have 10 gal and I can’t get any because it’s too much gallons

[@salvolondon]

Otocinclus requires basically opposite water parameters than guppies . Just like neons .guppies , like all poecilids thrive in hard water with higher ph . True that they can adapt but there is difference between just keeping fish and keeping them well .

[@catalinchirita8328]

The video with the "cardinals" that you show, is presenting the neon tetra 😂😂😂😂

[@lalshortshot2051]

It is a cardinal tetra silly theres a differnce

[@leximyers9163]

He said that

[@scrapdigidydog460]

@@lalshortshot2051 it’s not a cardinal the full bottom half of a cardinal is red from nose to tail that’s a neon

[@theotheseaeagle]

@@lalshortshot2051 I’ve kept neon tetras and they have a red rump while cardinals have an entirely red belly.

[@Xprodigy9]

Lost all credibility after referring neons as cardinals...

[@Malmoe_sweden]

Apparently you also need a school of 30+!? Ridiculous! This video is not a good source for information...

[@Doctorjesus1982]

Beat me to it. Full of shit

[@jaketheglutenphreakharris6620]

Yep. Not even gunna finish the video.

[@toiletshark6368]

I mean, they do look incredibly similar

[@toiletshark6368]

And could easily get mixed up

[@chuckray6930]

I really would love for all you utube "experts" would stop telling peaple they can't keep corries on gravel!! That is pure bunk!!

[@MidnightGeekSS]

Yup gravel is fine as long you feed foods they don't have to dig for. Frozen bloodworms for example vs granules.

[@voluntaryismistheanswer]

Fine smooth gravel with large flat rocks, easy peasy

[@megazillasaurus]

You forgor black neon tetras

[@Jewel_Man_Kisser]

*My guppie with glofish*