help with male guppies

On Thu, 17 Aug 2006 21:38:41 GMT, "fishqueen" u25426@uwe wrote:

I have been having some problems with keeping my male guppies alive. When the
tank was first set up I started with 1 male and 1 female guppy. They lived
for about 3 months then both died a few days appart. So I went to PetCo and
got 2 females and 2 males. The males then both died a few days later, the guy
at PetCo said it was because the males fought for the females and killed each
other. So then I only bought 1 male to put with the 2 females and he just
died and I only had him for less than a week. It is driving me crazy! If
anyone has any ideas to why this is happening or what to do, please help!

I had funny thing happen with male platties and mollies. I separated
the boys from the girls, tired of too many kiddies. I lost all of the
males within a week, some of the girls are still living 2 years later.

Could be chance or combination, poor stock to start with, poor male
genetics and water parameters. Hey, look at humans, the women
consistently outlive us weaker males. Look where the money goes.

dick