do zebra fish and guppies mix?

Question

i recently got a 14 gallon tank and already had guppies, one male 4 females. i decided to add some zebra fish, 2 long finned, 2 danio's, and three of those new fangled Glofish and the largest of the long finned seems to go after my male guppy a lot. is this normal? will the zebra kill my guppies?

Answer 1

Guppies and Zebra Danios (what you referred to as "zebra fish") will be fine together in a 14 gallon tank, however, the Goldfish will not. By "new fangled" I assume you mean a Fancy Goldfish, which will reach at least 8 inches and needs cold water, while your Danios and Guppies need tropical to subtropical temperatures. The Goldfish will also grow large enough to eat the other two species. Either get rid of the Goldfish or get them roughly a 30 gallon tank...

The reason you are seeing aggression from the Danios is because they are schooling fish, but you do not have them in the proper school... You should have 5+ fish of one type (Longfinned Danios will rarely school with normal Zebra Danios). I suggest getting rid of the 2 "normal" Danios and replacing them with 2-4 Longfinned Danios, which will greatly ease their aggression. If you let them go as they are, it has a very good chance of killing your Guppy. Feel free to email me if you have any questions.

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EDIT: Sorry, I read that wrong... with 7 Danios and 3 different types, you still don't have a school... Get rid of all the types but one and make a proper school (5-7) of them. That will remove most of the aggression and save your Guppy.

Answer 2

zebra danios can be mean, my mom had some that constantly attacked her swordtails.

I have 3 glofish (2 pink and 1 green) and 3 guppies in my tank together and they all get along, so I guess it depends on the temperament of the individual fish.

It might kill you guppy, when it comes to fish, guppies are pretty wimpy.

Answer 3

Yes. It's normal. They are just playing. Yes they mix well because they are both small, tropical, freshwater fishes.

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