A. Trifasciata vs guppy babies

[Neptunus]

Hello
I have a couple of guppies endler in my 240L tank with a couple of A. trifasciata among other fish.
I was hoping Apistos will hunt baby guppies and thus regulate their population, but they seem have NO interest to them .
Wondering if those are my Apisto who are peacefull or they are not hunting other fish alvins? Does any one have experience?

 

[Bart Hazes]

I fed some baby guppies at some point and found that my apistos tried to eat them but if they didn't get them right after I released the guppy fry then the guppy would swim to the surface between floating plants and there the apistos would not search for food. Once the guppies get a bit older I found they became too fast for my apistos. They do eat worms that are considerably bigger than guppy fry and I bet they would love to eat them but they just aren't good and fast hunters.

 

[Neptunus]

I saw my Apsito female ONCE trying to catch one of them , but you are right, they are too fast. She got more scared and "run" away in the opoosit direction.
You confirm my feeling: cant rely on guppy in feeding apistos, nor on apistos in controlling guppy pop. I had at least 14 when they were born and i still have 14 !

 

[yukondog]

I tried the same thing with my Borellii's a couple of days ago, I put in about 5 guppy fry and they had no interest.