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HELP! GUPPIES!!!!

I've seen some brilliant ones from breeders, juts the run of the mill ones in shops don't do much for me.
 
nayr88 said:
I've seen some brilliant ones from breeders, juts the run of the mill ones in shops don't do much for me.
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when I got my first batch somewhat 8 years ago, they were all beutiful, colourful, and so on, I havent bought a guppy since, lost loads, but they keep their populations up and maintain numbers themselves. They all are brown now bar a few pale ones :wideyed:
 
Garuf said:
Yup, pretty much damn near impossible but they're much nicer fish. ;)
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Altums aint even as hard to keep as discus far less fussy. Near impossible to breed tho in captivity. All they need is a big deep tank and good water
 
There's some german produced hybrids I've very excited about (rumour has it they're actually a naturally occuring hybrid) either way, they're supposed to be stunning, and from the pictures as good as impossible to tell apart from p. scalare on body shape alone.
 
Garuf said:
There's some german produced hybrids I've very excited about (rumour has it they're actually a naturally occuring hybrid) either way, they're supposed to be stunning, and from the pictures as good as impossible to tell apart from p. scalare on body shape alone.
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any pics?
 
I'll see what I can do, i've only seen them in tropical fish hobbyist magazine.
:http://www.tfhmagazine.com/
 
I've been given a red beta a couple of guppies as a present when I was at the uni. I liked and kept the fish for a long time but was a bit upset because I was planning to get different species.

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Betta and guppies!! Must of been a calm betta, I've had trouble keeping mine with anything his just to violent. A black hmpk :)

Any shopworker that would let someone walk in and buy in one purchase a betta and a few male guppies should slapped! Haha
 
That's what you get when you don't get to pick the fish yourself.

I agree with you but I think that some/many shopworkers are not that knowledgable about aquariums, or at least, they evaluate what you know and advice you accordingly - sometimes wrongly unfortunately.

In my case I suppose I was lucky - the betta was actually quite a pacific fella.
 
Garuf said:
There's some german produced hybrids I've very excited about (rumour has it they're actually a naturally occuring hybrid) either way, they're supposed to be stunning, and from the pictures as good as impossible to tell apart from p. scalare on body shape alone.
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Tony tan is captive breeding some stunning ones he's labled them as altums but they rant they are one of the others supposedly. Still stunning tho and £30 for a nearly adult sized one I'd have some if I had room in with me discus
 
Leopoldii maybe? They're sometimes called long nose altums. Do you have a link for them?
 
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