Recent content by GuppyFan

Here's an interesting tidbit. I'm spending the summer in Virginia beach and my girlfirend has a summer job at the pet store where they have a juvenile common octopus. She is pretty much responsible for taking care of it and I have to say it is the most amazing animal I have ever encountered...

It really all depends on location I suppose. When we had our first batch of guppy fry, we called around to see what the deal was with the lfs policy on buying back fish. Well, One store said they would take only fully mature guppys without giving even store credit. Turns out the lfs down the...

Hey all, Just wanted to let you know/gloat that my partner in crime, Tiff, just landed a three week summer internship at the national aquarium in Baltimore. She's gonna be workin one on one with one of the biologists there and we dont know exactly what she'll be doing, but if you've ever been to...

Sasha We have been breeding guppies for a few months now. From our experience, we have seen that a few fry are born with bent backs, all of which are born with store bought females who are pregnant when we bought them. We assume that the fish were probably impregnated by unknown males who may...

Was at Petsmart today checking out the selection when I happened upon what looked like young Platys. Turns out they were labeled as "Dwarf Sunset Platy" They were too cool to resist, especially at only $0.89 apiece. Searched the forums but there are no mention of them. Has anyone else seen these...