Hi guppy keepers, anyone knows what type of guppy is this? saw this guppy today and bought it thinking that it's rather unique as i have never seen guppy in this colour before.. its body is goldish yellow and red finishing at the end of its tail

they should be sick.. cause could very well be dirty water/infection

This post has been edited by ryant3: Aug 11 2008, 07:20 PM

no symptoms of unusual behaviours before this? my guppies Died too due to dropsy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fish_Dropsy

my guppies all Died and the gourami was sick but survived.. other fishes not affected and i changed the water everyday for 4 days to eliminate all the contaminated water

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Added on August 11, 2008, 7:29 pmnow i use a bit of aquarium salt to help fishes produce a coat of slime that could protect them from some infection guppies can handle some dosage of aquarium salt

This post has been edited by ryant3: Aug 11 2008, 07:29 PM

it should cost u much because guppies by nature are hardy fishes.. they do not require plants in the tank and the size of the aquarium will depend on the number of guppies.. 3 or 4 guppies in a fish bowl should be fine.. feeding them common fish food will do as they are not picky eaters.. a tank with filtration(fully cycled) should go about changing water once in 1-2 weeks.. but since u're using a fish bowl i dont think there will be any filtration so in order to keep them healthy, say, 3 - 5 days 100% water change.. u will need to condition the water as well because chlorine in tap water is harmful to fishes.. the price for anti chlorine ranges to +- RM 2 to RM10++.. I am personally using cheap ones and didnt have any problems.. but I use aged water(water left overnight to neutralize chlorine) and anti chlorine to be on the safe side..