Tropical Fish Information

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I recently bought a tank, its all set up as we set it up last night.

How long should I leave it before purchasing tropical fish for it?

Can you give me any information on what to and not to do?

And also what are the best types of tropical fish for me to get since I am a beginner?

Oh and which types of tropical fish breed because I don’t really want the fish to breed??

Any other information that a beginner should know is welcome to. Thanks =] x
I have around a 60 cm tank. How many fish would it be wise to get??

Hi! I am going to have a 10 gallon tank. I was going to keep Guppies and Platies in their. They would have to be all male because I don’t have room for breeding. But, then I heard that the male Guppies can sometimes fight with the male Platies… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRP1hThJLBk

So, then my next thought was just to get an all guppy tank. I really like the fancy tailed guppies. The guppies at the pet store I go to look like this:

http://types-of-tropical-fish.com/images/281345410_73f995fdea.jpg

Except with a solid color tail. Those tails don’t really look "fancy" to me… is that just because they are babies? Will the tail grow out nicely like these?

http://biol1114.okstate.edu/study_guides/labs/lab14/guppies.jpg

Also, another example is if you scroll down I like C, not K:

http://cae2k.com/photos-rammstein-0/pictures-of-guppy.html

Finally, my last few questions:
1. If I have all males, will they fight?
2. I cannot risk having all females, one could already be pregnant
3. How many guppies could I keep in a 10 gallon?

THANKS! Thank you all so much! =)
Ok, thank you AnimalGirl! I will be sure not to get all males. You mentioned that they fancy tails are commonly sold at pet stores, DO they look like the first picture, or are they just labeled "Fancy Tail"

Thanks again!
Alright… now I’m confused because Gary C says I can keep male Guppies together…