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2007-06-13 02:56:15
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answered by magicman116 7
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The Guppy fish is probably the most popular aquarium species in the world. Small, beautiful, peaceful, lively, curious and hardy, there are many colorful variations that can be collected and easily bred. The Guppy fish is one of the best choices for beginners, especially children.
Guppy females are much larger and rounder than males. They even do not look like one species. Females are dull grey and males are very colorful and have large fins. There are many types of Guppy fish and with breeding you can get new variants. In size they are: 4.0 - 6.0 cm ( 1.6 - 2.3 in).
Guppy fish can be feed a wide variety of foods (flakes, Spirulina, lettuce, spinach, freeze dried foods, mosquito larvae). They eat almost everything. Guppies have small stomachs and can only consume a little bit of food at one feeding. By the way, it is entertaining to watch them eat larvae, which are almost as big as Guppies. They eat them like big spaghetti. It is best is to feed them in small amounts at least 3 times daily.
When males and females are together they will breed. The males will perform a courtship display in front of the female by spreading their fins and curving their body. The Guppies are livebearers. Fry can fend for themselves immediately after they are born. As a matter of fact, the guppy fry are a delicacy to most fish. Floating plants are good hiding places for fry. Female guppies mature in about 3 months, males mature sooner. A female’s period lasts about 4 weeks. They are quick breeders, so if you have only Guppies in the tank, they can over breed.
Guppy fish require fairly warm temperatures (23-24 °C, 82-84°F), but they can live in water between 19.0 - 29.0°C (69 - 86 °F) and quiet vegetated water for survival. They are community fish. It is good to have more than 5 Guppies in a tank. It is recommended to have 1 male to 3 females. They seem to be annoying to other fish in the tank, because they often follow other fish around incessantly, but they do no harm. Only sometimes other fish bite their fins. And some big fish can eat them. So be careful what fish is in the tank with them. The water in the tank should be the pH 7.0 - 8.5 and DH of water dGH 12.0 - 18.0 °N.
2007-06-13 01:48:11
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answered by wbd! 3
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Do you want to know how to breed them or information of the different types of guppies?
2007-06-13 01:50:48
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answered by ibewhoever@yahoo.com 4
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i like them a lot. i have about 300 of. them. i started with 2 guppies! i tried breeding a yellow tailed one and a black tailed one and they had a beautiful baby. they eat anything they also eat breed, but water gets messy. there good they get to many baby's. sadly i feed a lot to my puffer fish. if you get them i hope there children don't get eaten
2007-06-13 02:03:28
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answered by Anonymous
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there very gentle they dont fight theres the feeder kinds with duller colors or u can buy the very fancy ones those are very bright wth atonocolor
2007-06-13 02:49:46
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answered by tkerbag 4
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Same as Goldfish their ultimate fate is flushed
2007-06-13 01:48:46
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answered by itsmyopinionsothere 7
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only 1 per glass they fight
2007-06-13 01:45:41
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answered by Ash 2
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Might do
2007-06-13 01:45:34
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answered by ๑۩۞۩๑Jake๑۩۞۩๑ 3
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