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I found a wild guppy population of what appeared to be Trinidad guppies in the South Platte River in Colorado last summer--I was shocked to find them are there wild guppies in the US?
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While at the creek today with my boys, they started catching, what we thought were minnows and putting them in a cup. When my youngest brought them to show me his catch, I realized they were actually guppies! I'm no expert, but I have always had guppies in our fish tank so I knew right away what they were. The only differences I noticed were they have dark spots right under their eyes and the males they caught were pretty small and had very little color but they were mature. We brought them home and put them in our tank. So far the wild guppies don't really want much to do with my store bought guppies and are just starting to check out the tank. But I am excited to see what happens! Oh, and all of the females they caught were very pregnant, so we will have a pretty full community tank since my 3 original females have been busy themselves.
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Why is that guppies are not found naturally in the sea?
They didn't evolve there. They evolved in fresh water in Trinidad.
Were do guppies live in the wild?
They come from creeks, rivers pond in Trinidad, Tobago and most of the lesser Antilles
Can you get coldwater guppies?
Guppies need to be kept above 60F otherwise they could die. Their optimum temperature range is 68F to 75F
Where do guppy's live?
In natural habitats, guppies live lives like minnows do in small ponds and against the shore.
Do guppies live in Africa?
Guppies came from Trinidad. They have now been introduced by unthinking and irresponsible people into tropical waterways all over the world including tropical Africa. They have also become feral in Australia and do tremendous damage to native fish and their environments.
Were do guppies live?
The guppy is named after the Rev. J.L. Guppy of Trinidad, an early collector of the species from the late 1800's. Guppies (Poecilia reticulata) are placed in the family as mollies and mosquitofish. The wild, original guppy is native to Central America, as well as Trinidad and northern South America. Today, many guppies are found in Asia, especially Singapore, where many fancy strains are bred in large fish farms, and shipped to pet stores all over the world. The Fancy Guppy Fancy guppies are the result of specialized breeding techniques and they only slightly resemble the small, wild guppy, often seen in pet stores labeled "feeder fish". Guppies are freshwater fish. Their tanks should contain no salt. http://www.TheExoticFish.com
What eats guppies?
Fries (the term for baby guppies), are eaten by older guppies, but guppies are eaten by fish like tuna.
Can you have 2 male guppies in one tank with 3 female guppies?
What are guppies
What fish brred best with guppies?
Only guppies breed with guppies naturally.
Are guppies mammels?
No, guppies are fish.
Do guppies migrate?
Guppies do not migrate.
What would you expect to occur in a captive population of guppies collected from Trinidad if you allowed them to breed for many generations in an aquarium without any predators?
The girl guppies are going to prefer the most brightly colored boy guppies. The plain color dull boy guppies will reproduce less. These two facts will continue as the guppies continue to reproduce. At the same time, those brightly colored boy guppies won't be happy with other brightly colored boy guppies, so there will be biting and bickering until some of the weakest brightly colored boy guppies will get injured and die off. The genes of non-related plain dull boy guppies won't get passed on, because they won't get a chance to breed; their gene lines will end as they die off. Assuming the tank and fish get enough filtration, air, and food, that tank will quickly fill up because guppies do like to breed. But over-crowding will kill off the weakest. Even the extremely plainest girls might not get picked by the brightest-colored boys so the girl population could suffer, too. And if more male guppies are born than female guppies, soon you'll have a tank of really grouchy guys who all want to be God-Guppy of the tank. Any girls left might even go into hiding to get away from the fighting. Eventually, there won't be reproduction, because either girls have died off too or the girls try to stay away from aggressive boys, and the most aggressive boys will kill off the weakest guys. Plus, guppies do eat their tiniest babies. So you'd end up with a tank of grumpy guppy males too scared of the God-guppy to even swim much..... making a very unhappy guppy life in a tank...
