Red Rosetail Guppy (Poecilia reticulata)

Remarks:  Red rosetail guppies (Poecilia reticulata) are a brightly colored and elegant strain of guppy. Mature males have long, flowing, vibrant, reddish-orange dorsal and caudal (tail) fins that give the appearance of flower petals with how they overlap when not fully spread out. Their bodies also show half-black and snakeskin characteristics adding a nice addition of pattern to pair with their fantastic colors. Females are mostly silver but also will often show orange, red, and yellow color in their fins upon maturity. If you are looking for a strain that has both colorful males and females, theses red rosetail guppies are a great choice.

  A perfect starter fish! Guppies (Poecilia reticulata) are peaceful community fish that reproduce with ease. They are livebearers, meaning the females release live fry rather than laying eggs. It is recommended to keep more females than males, as males can easily harass females with relentless attempts to reproduce, leading to stress in the females.

  For most strains, males are very colorful while the females remain a gray or silver color. However, there are some exceptions to this rule so sexing these fish is best done by looking at the anal fin. The females will have short, rounded triangle shaped anal fins with a black spot on the body directly above it, these are her female reproductive organs. Males will have long, thin, pointed anal fins that form his male reproductive organs called the gonopodium.