Purple Variegated Guppy (Pair)

Purple variegated guppies have very large, flowing fins and deep purple highlights on the body with lavender spotted tails. Females not so much. These guppies come from Thailand and the breeder is often out, so when we can stock them we make sure we do!

Quick Facts

Care Guide

Tank setup: Give them a heater, a gentle filter and plenty of plants, including some floating plants where babies can hide. Guppies like slightly hard water.

Feeding: Feed a quality flake or small pellet once or twice a day, only as much as they eat in a couple of minutes. They also enjoy frozen foods like bloodworms and brine shrimp.

Tankmates: Guppies get along with other small, peaceful fish such as platies, mollies, corydoras, small tetras and rasboras. Avoid fin-nippers like tiger barbs and larger fish that could eat them.

Breeding: Guppies are livebearers and breed easily. Females give birth to live babies about once a month, and adults will eat the babies, so thick plants give them a place to hide.

Good to know: Males carry the big fins and purple color; females are plainer but needed for breeding.