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How many Guppy colour forms are there? is there anywhere on the web that has all or most of the colour varieties listed with pics? How do shops decide what colour name to give the guppies they are selling.... The ones I have are Bright tomato red males (red all over) and Blue blonde females...

Thanks to the advise I received here...my platies and guppy fry are still now freely living in the big tank! None got eaten and they have grown lots. Most of the guppies are pale yellow with lovely bright red tails. Will have to rehome some now. Thanks again...

They are in a separate 1.5 gallon tank with own filter heater etc... I'm doing weekly water changes, temp 80F , feeding 3 times daily crushed flake food now. I have two or three Guppies which have just got to 1 inch which I am going to put back in the big tank. I might transfer some back into...

Hi there My platies and Guppies had babies at various intervals from the beginning of September 04 - I separated them from the big tank to save them from being eaten. they range in age - the 6 platies are the oldest - the other 30 guppies are all different ages. I started feeding them liquid...

Hi Recently I bought 10 Neon tetras which where put in a plastic bag to bring home as usual. When I got home and floated the bag I realised that there was a shrimp in the bag too! In the tank with the neons in the shop there were shrimps advertised as 'filter shrimps'. Does anyone know...

oops, now I feel silly, I'm posting from the UK and haven't heard it called cyclig before! I've been out of the fishkeeping field for about 8 years - I've only just got back into it again after moving! Yes I 'Cycled' my tank - I used the chemical - can't remember the name of it though. I...

Hi I recently bought 3 female and 2 male sunset wagtail platies - I also got 4 red guppies. All the red guppies were male, but I thought as I didn't have any female guppies that wouldn't matter. I thought wrong, the poor female platies not only had the male platies after them, but also all...

Hi there I recently set up a 24x15x21 tank. I set it all up the usual way, matured the water etc, and started adding some hardy community species. I first added platies, gradually I added guppies, weather loach and plec, and I bought 2 moonlight gouramis and a shoal of 10 Neons. Well after...

Hi all I've been keeping fish for about eight years now! In the past I've had coldwater and tropical freshwater fish - I've had 3', 4' and 2' tanks. I currenly have a 24"x15"x21" tank with community freshwater fish. This tank has only been set up for a couple of months now. fishy regards...