On Wed, 22 Mar 2006 19:17:05 -0600, NetMax wrote
(in article ):



It's a bad idea to move any fish into a tank which is having problems.
Also it can be a bad idea to buy function fish, as the function is
quickly addressed leaving you with a fish to cater to. This is never so
obvious as when adding an Oscar to a Guppy tank. If you want an Oscar,
then buy an Oscar. If you have too many Guppies, bag them all to the
LFS. An Oscar will not stop with the small Guppies, and will basically
wipe the population out. If you want a carnivorous predator, Bettas,
medium Gouramis and medium sized cichlids will fill that role, but you
don't have a healthy tank to put them in. jmo, best wishes with that.


"Function fish"! I love that term. I wish I had heard it when I was working
as a fish professional. I couldn't believe how many people wanted to add a
fish to a tank with problems in order to solve that problem. A bit like the
old lady who swallowed the fly.

Once the guppies from the original post are thinned out and a few partials
have been done, I'd recommend a couple of black skirt tetras to keep the
babies in check. Or better still, net a few Gambusia from the local ditch and
witness the livebearer on livebearer mayhem. Gambusia are the toughest fish
under two inches.

-E