Fancy Guppies
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Scientific Name. Poecilia reticulata. |
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Above: Male Fancy Guppies, inc Metallic, Gold
Cobra and various other colour varieties of male Guppies
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Above: Various Male Fancy Guppies
Above: Young male Red Variegated Guppy
Detail:
Male Guppies are
available in many different colours inc Red, Blue, Gold, Green,
Black, etc. Most Guppy females are gray or tan. They are fairly
easy to breed.
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FACT: Appropriate Home. Guppies will live best in an Aquarium with an External Power Filter with a BIO-Wheel, 1/4 inch or less of gravel, and an Aquarium Heater adjusted to between 78 and 82 degrees F.
Like most livebearers Guppies will do better with 1 Tablespoon of Aquarium Salt per 5 gallons of water in their aquarium
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Diet:
Floating flake food and freeze dried
blood worms. Both of these foods are available in most stores that
sell pet fish. Guppies will do better, if fed a little bit of frozen
brine shrimp and a few live Black Worms.
Compatibility.
Fancy Guppies are best kept in a group with at least three male
Fancy Guppies and about twice as many female Fancy Guppies.
Good tank mates for Fancy Guppies are
Cory Catfish,
Small Tetras such as Neon Tetras,
White Clouds,
Honey Gourami,
Glass Fish,
Ghost Shrimp,
and African Dwarf Frogs.
Quite often large Mollies will attack Guppies. Even though both
Mollies and Guppies are often sold as "Community Fish", usually
large Mollies and Guppies are not compatible tank mates.
Swordtails and Platies are also not good tank mates for Guppies.
Guppies do better with smaller tank mates like the ones listed
above.
Life Span:
Guppies will generally live between 2 and 3 years.
Sometimes Guppies will live longer.
Size:
Male Guppies can grow to about 2"
including their long tails. Females can grow to be 2.5" long.
Sometimes Guppies will grow bigger.
