|Scientific name:||Poecilia Reticulata| |Origin:||Central
America to Brazil| |Adult Size:||2.5 inches (6 cm)| |Tank
Level:||Top, Mid dweller|| | |Minimum Tank Size:||5 gallons|
|Diet:||Omnivore, eats a variety of foods| |Ideal pH:||7.0 -
8.5| |Temperature:||64-82 F (18-28 C)| |Sexing:||Males have
longer, more colourful finnage and are smaller than females,
which tend to be dull coloured. However, the most definitive
feature in males is the gonopodium - a stick-like modified anal
fin (used in breeding), instead of the normal rounded anal fin
in females.|| | |Breeding:||An easily bred and prolific fish. It
is advisable to keep 2-3 females per male to reduce stress on
specific females from the male. Around 30 young are normally
produced.| The female guppy is drab brown to grey in colour. The
much smaller male naturally has a colourful caudal fin
(tailfin), showing wide variety in the wild, depending on where
the stock comes from. These colourful variations have been
considerably enhanced in shape and colour by s