Origin:  South America, north of the Amazon.

Size:  two inches

Diet:  prepared foods and small live foods.

Water:  temperature sevent to seventy eight degrees F; hard (one hundrded to one hundred and fifty mg/l) and alkaline pH seven point five.

Temperament:  active and placid, good community fish.

Breeding:  one of the easiest to breed, livebearer. Up to 100 offspring. Offspring should be separated from adults as they will be eaten. If a pure line is desired, they should not be mixed with other lines of guppies as they will interbreed. Gestation period 30-35 days.

Gender:  males are characterized by their bright colorization and large tail fin. Males have a gonopodium. Females are typically 1 1/3 times as large as males and are drab in color.

 

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