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Yes, it's normal. Albino guppies that only have red eyes (total lack of melanin in the eyes) but have colors cells in the skin are called oculair albinos. Total albinos are also lacking color cells in their skin and are called oculocutaneous albinos (OCA). Albino guppies are also known as Real...

In general it's hard to determine the exact due date. If a female squares off, will be a sign that the due date is almost there but it also means that she has used the max gestation period possible to her. For not all pregnant females will square off when almost due. And not all pregnant females...

Do all albino corys school as long as they are the same color The answer is "no" but they can school together. So, this means that they can school together but often also swim apart from another. At least, that's my experience with these cories. Even if they're a mixed group of cory strains...

When a pregnant female eats, the belly can look bigger and may give the impression that she's further in pregnancy than she actually is. I'm not sure what kind of stuff is on the bottom but if she has dropped fry, fry can hide in there... Have you already checked that?

Just as in the other thread, the answer is yes, she's pregnant. But even with this shape it's not certain when she'll be due. Not all females will square off when almost due and not every heavily pregnant female will become large. It will be more a matter of watching her close and see if she...

Even with this shape, it's hard to give a proper estimate about the due time. Not all females will get large close to due time. And not all females will square off when almost due.

Welll, yes... I needed new additions for my current populations to keep the bloodline fresh... In this case: Xenotoca doadrioi, Poecilia chica, Limia vittata and yellow metalhead guppies.

They absolutely love their new environment. It's absolutely a wonderful platy species.

I've ordered some livebearer species that were scheduled to be delivered by tomorrow. I got a call today that it's postponed for a week and I'll get them next week on Wednesday instead of tomorrow. The tanks are already waiting for them. Well, it gives me another week to look forward to...

I just finished doing a fish swap in two tanks. My Xiphophorus evelynae population is growing bigger and bigger while my wild guppies from Barbados are taking their time to reproduce at this moment. So, I've moved my Xiphophorus evelynae to the tank of those wild guppies and those wild guppies...

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I was at an lfs today and surprise, surprise... I didn't get any fish...! But I did buy myself some cryptos overthere. They had two types of hifin platies overthere. And some nice pintail platies. But I told myself not to buy any of them...

When a pecking order starts to occur, it's mostly a temporary thing when everyone knows their place in the tank. But it differs per situation how long this will take.

It's a hierarchy that's going on. A pecking order. The dominant one decides which ones she allowes to come near.

A very warm welcome... :hi: I'm a livebearer fan myself and have a number of wild platy species overhere...

No worries, I knew what you meant...☺️

Fingers crossed...🤞

Welcome to TFF... :hi: Those fish are protected by a dragon...👍👍👍

If they're wild caught, I could defintely understand the price but these are European captive bred ones. Or the shipping and other relevant costs has been calculated into this price. That could be the reason of a high price...

Well Tyler, it's already a positive thing that you are giving it thoughts right now. Yes, with any kind of tank you'll set up, it's important to think about the fish species you could get for your tank. Multiple fish species should be compatible among eachother, share the same requirements (look...

Welll, welcome to the forum, Gail... :hi: When I started, there wasn't internet yet as well. So, much info came from my parents and literature. When I was older I also paid visits to certain endemic places on this globe to learn more about all kinds of fish (but livebearers are my main focus)...

Learning things means time investment... In this case you're able to do that by working at a relevant store. Good job...! 👍

So glad to read that there's another old school aquarist... I'm just like that! I keep things as basic as possible which has always worked for me...

Welcome to our forum... :hi: I do get the impression that you're quite young (I could be mistaken, btw...) but anyways... we have a lot of experienced members overhere who are willing to help you out with all of your questions.

Congratulations on the win... 🏆

The male endler probably thought that this male guppy was a female. This guppy seems to be a late male.

Well hi and welcome to TFF... :hi: Sufficient livebearer keepers overhere and I'm one of them...😊

Plants are always good for most fish (guppies in this case).

Just by looking at them, they should already be able to breed... But I also have to mention that it's the female which decides if she allows a male to mate with her or not. |So, if she's not attracted to a male, no actual mating will take place no matter how often a male tries to mate with her...

Basically of what could be the reason for this behavior has already been given by Colin...

Just finished watching the paralympics opening ceremony... I'm not much of an athlete myself but I do love to watch these games where athletes with a disability give it all... For a disability doesn't have to mean that one can't do anything anymore... If I look at myself, I've learned not to...

Some new pics...