Guppies, among the most common aquarium fish are also among the most prolific breeders – put a couple together, and they will breed, giving birth to anything upto 200 fry every 28 days or so. Moreover, female guppies have the ability to store sperm for upto 3 months, so the females can give birth about [...]
Discovered by Robert John Lechmere Guppy in Trinidad in 1866, this tiny fish with the wonderfully vibrant tail is today one of the most popular freshwater aquarium fish species in the world. They are also called millionsfish. It is a small member of the Poecilidae family (females 4-6 centimetres long, males 2½–3½ centimetres long) and [...]
Highly unadvisable. Yes, there have been instances, that a male Betta or Siamese fighting fish (or fighter), has managed to live in harmony with guppies in the same tank, but that is more the exception than the norm. The chances that the betta will nibble at the guppies is very high – partly because the [...]
