Species Care

ENDLERS GUPPY - RED NEON MALE

Poecilia wingei

Keeping Snapshot:
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  • Temperature: 22-26 degrees celsius
  • pH Level: 7.0-8.0
  • General Hardness: Moderate

Range: Laguna de Patos, Venezuela (wild form)

Reproduction: Guppies are a livebearer, the females giving birth to fully formed fry. Males will mate with several females: from one mating females give birth to multiple batches of fry. Gestation period is around 28 days at 26-27°C, longer at cooler temperatures. Very easy to breed.

Feeding: Omnivorous. Eats most smaller sized aquarium foods.

Additional Comments: Endler's Guppy has become very popular, particularly for nano tanks. The males are very attractive with their luminescent colours. Previously considered a variety of Guppy, it is now considered a separate species. Males only grow to around half the size of the females which can grow to 4-4.5cm. A number of colour varieties have been created by breeders, some the result of hybridising with Guppies. Ideal fish for Nano tanks.

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