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.
They didn't evolve there. They evolved in fresh water in Trinidad.
They come from creeks, rivers pond in Trinidad, Tobago and most of the lesser Antilles
Guppies need to be kept above 60F otherwise they could die. Their optimum temperature range is 68F to 75F
In natural habitats, guppies live lives like minnows do in small ponds and against the shore.
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.
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
Fries (the term for baby guppies), are eaten by older guppies, but guppies are eaten by fish like tuna.
Only guppies breed with guppies naturally.
What are guppies
No, guppies are fish.
Guppies do not migrate.
Guppies are guppies are guppies. Tiger just describes their colouring/markings. They are the same in temperament as any other guppy.