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How do guppies breed?

If you have an aquarium at home, then you probably want to have fish that are easy to feed, that they survive well in an aquarium, that they are beautiful and that they are interesting to watch. One fish that fulfills all of these requirements is the guppy, sometimes referred to as the "rainbow fish". Guppies are distinguished by the fact that they produce offspring in a very peculiar way. You can observe almost the entire process in your aquarium. Instead of spawning like other fish, they carry it in their bodies.

Having fully developed, the eggs come out through a special hole in the body in the form of small, but perfectly repeating the shape of an adult fish, fry. They can already swim, feed and avoid large fish that would be happy to feast on them. By the way, the mother herself is quite capable of swallowing several of her cubs, especially when she is very hungry.

But there is an easy way to save fry. The first instinct of newborns is to swim towards the light. If the lighted part of the aquarium is densely planted with algae, not so many cubs will be eaten. When small fish have the opportunity to hide, they will always outwit the adult fish.

Guppies came to us from the northern part of South America, namely from Venezuela and the countries adjacent to it. Their varieties were once collected by a man from Trinidad named Lahmer Guppy and sent to the British Museum for identification. This fish has received many scientific names from different scientists, but now only one is used, namely: Lebistes Reticolatus. Among her other names was Girardinus Guppi, shortened to "guppy", and it became widely known throughout the world. Male guppies are much brighter than females, and each male is at least somewhat different. No matter how hard you try, you will not be able to find at least two exactly the same.

Author: Likum A.

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