Small Guppy Fish - Maintenance and Care

If you dream of buying fish, but do not know what species to lodge in a new aquarium, fish guppies will suit you the best way. The content of these variegated babies does not require special knowledge in the field of aquaristics, since this kind of fish tolerates even extreme conditions. Small creatures with multi-colored fan-shaped tails will effectively decorate your aquarium. These are males of guppies. Samples of a less intense color, and their tail is not as beautiful as in the male, often transparent and colorless. There are different colors of guppies, the types of which can be learned from the seller himself or from other sources of information.

In nature, they inhabit the reservoirs of the islands and countries of South America, West Africa. Very popular guppies in the fight against mosquitoes - mosquitoes, which suffer a dangerous infection of malaria. Several decades ago, naturalists noticed that near the water bodies where guppies live, there are no mosquitoes, as it turned out that guppies eat mosquito larvae, thus destroying the population of insects. Later guppies were distributed almost all over the world and even in the Moscow River. Therefore, to buy these inhabitants of reservoirs is easy on the bird market at affordable prices.

Guppy content in the aquarium

Guppies will not give you much trouble to care for them. They are completely indiscriminate. Live and multiply at a water temperature of +20 ... +25 degrees, although they feel great even at +18. If you are an aspiring aquarist, Then the guppies are exactly the kind on which you can learn how to grow fish, gain experience, breed fry.

If you want the males not to lose their mottled color, it is necessary to put the aquarium so that in the morning and in the evening direct sun rays hit it. Guppies are also sensitive to the change in their normal environment, that is, they do not like too polluted water and prefer to be replaced by parts, adding pure and stable with a certain pH.

Guppies are very harmless and peace-loving creatures. They get along well with other fish, of course, here we are not talking about predators. Prefer the upper layer of the water. They swim in flocks for each other.

Guppies are bold and agile. They snatch food from fish, which are twice as large as themselves. They do not need food special, dry daphnia will do.

Breeding guppies

Dilute this fish The rocks are quite simple. They do not require special conditions for spawning. Even at low temperatures they are able to actively swim and multiply. Fish guppies are viviparous. A female can give birth to 5 to 100 fish per pregnancy. It happens that the young female does not have fry for the first time, but then with each fertilization the offspring appear.

If your female is already pregnant, then you can clearly see the inflated abdomen, and the characteristic spots near the anus are somewhat darkened, it's time to move the guppies to another container of water. It can even be a three liter bank. If it is too late to make a landing, the female can not give birth and even die from the change of environment.

Guppy fries grow slowly. In order to accelerate their growth and development, you need sunlight, regular feeding and large space. That is to breed the fry the second aquarium is necessary. There the fish will feel vigorous, active, will grow faster and gain a color of their body.