We just bought 2 baby guppies. My mom wants to put them in a large vase with some sort of plant living on the top. Will this hurt the guppies? if not, what kind of plant should be used?
2007-05-23 08:52:13 · 4 answers · asked by flyaway_far 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Botany
no..they need the pump to refresh their environment.
the only ones I know that live like you would like are
Bettas...and they do quite well like this..I have one in a HUGE vase on my kitchen table..Betta's have a gland that functions like a lung and they are able to breathe air above water as well as under...which is why they don't require a pump to circulate the oxygen in their tanks..
2007-05-23 09:02:09 · answer #1 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are they the same sex? Guppies breed faster than rabbits do! I had two guppies and in 2 months, I had over 300....
Anyhow, the guppy prefers a hard water aquarium and can withstand levels of salinity up to 150% that of normal sea water. Which has led to them being occasionally included in marine tropical community tanks, as well as in freshwater tropical tanks. Adding a plant shouldn't hurt them...
2007-05-23 16:02:23 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think so. I think I've seen it before and nothing really happened to the guppies. I'm not an expert, but besides, don't fish usually live in the ocean with a bunch of plants growing there? I think the guppies will be fine.
2007-05-23 15:59:48 · answer #3 · answered by idkkkk 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.
2007-05-23 15:57:39 · answer #4 · answered by JJB 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋