Red Guppy Fish – Everything You Need To Know

Red Guppy Fish Specifications

Red Guppies are one of the best beautiful fish to catch people’s attention. They have a dominant solid red color all over their body including fins. Red Guppies generally have bodies that are very large and development rate of fin growth is low. They can show several variations from gold, grey and albino. Getting a clear red color guppy is easy by eliminating and minimizing the black melanin gene. The quality of the color depends upon on the combinations of red with background of blue, purple and yellow colors. They can have color range from orange to deep maroon depending upon the basic red color selected and the blended color.

Red Guppy Fish are widely popular due to their easy availability and low price. They serve as a perfect combination for value for money package. One can buy a pair of red guppy fish for as low as 1 US Dollar. Also maintaining these fishes and keeping them as pet is very easy. Even less experienced persons with basic knowledge can keep them healthy.

Half Black Red Guppy Fish

Half Black Red Guppies have at least half of their body in black and the remaining in red color. These type of guppy fish is very attractive to look because of striking color variations of black and bright red tail and fins. Finding a one is to one proportion of body length to tail length is very difficult in such fish.

Half Black Red Guppy Fish is as red guppy fish with the half black trait. Some of the fishes are genetically modified for a cleaner red tail but it also adversely affects the other black half of the body and therefore are very difficult to develop.

Red Bi Color Guppy Fish

These are essentially red guppies but they have several color variations in their bodies and their fins. Like some other types of guppies, there are certain criteria for being included in this category, and they are as follows.

1. In the tail of the fish, the secondary color must be minimum of 25% of that tail.
2. The dorsal and the fin needs to match exactly in color and in pattern.
3. The base and the secondary color must be distinctly different from one another.
4. If a third color is included, that color has to be 15% of the body of the fish or lower. If they are more than 15%, they are classified as a multi colored guppy.
5. The red bi color guppy must have a base color of red and the secondary color must be at least 25% of the tail color. Both colors must be distinct. No other third color that is more that 15% should be present in it otherwise it would be considered as a  multi colored guppy. The dorsal of the fish should match the same color and pattern in the tail.

Red Eye Guppy Fish

Red Eye Guppies are one of the rarest type of guppy fish as most guppies have darker eyes. Therefore these kind of guppies are unique and look very different from other kind of guppies. They can be further classified in two types they are

• The real red eye guppies, or RREs have red eyes but are not albino type of fish. Because these guppies generally have very small bodies, now a days breeders are working to develop RREs that are a bit larger than current fish.
• The real red eye albino. These fish lack melanin pigment in their eyes and end up with red eyes. Compared to the RREs, the albino version has eyes that are a little bit paler.

Red Mosaic Guppy Fish

Red Mosaic Guppies have abstract mosaic patterns on their tails. These kind of guppies have more elongated body posture and show color variations of red with pieces of stone on it. The mosaic patterns look awesome and elegant when the fish swims and is a attention grabber for sure. Other characteristics of the fish are similar to that of other red guppy fish.

Singapore Super Red Guppy Fish

As the name suggests Singapore Super Red Guppy Fish is a type of guppy fish which has origins from Singapore. This type of guppy fish has a very bright red color all over the body with long tail and fins. This fish has a similar body posture and characteristics as other red guppies.

Metal Red King Cobra Half Moon Guppy Fish

It is a very highly genetically breed of guppies. As its name suggests it poses a metallic red color throughout its body with cobra skin patterns over the body, tail and fins. Interestingly tail of these type of fish looks like a half moon and gives immense character and uniqueness to this fish. Metal Red King Cobra Half Moon Guppy Fish looks pretty under different lighting conditions and is very difficult to develop and demands a hefty price.

Red Lace Snakeskin Guppy Fish

It is a very elegant looking guppy with body covered in red batik color. It poses a snake skin pattern all over the body, fins and tail. It also has beautiful fins which looks similar to a lace and thus named after it. It is one of the prettiest guppy to own in a fish aquarium.

Red Blonde Guppy Fish

Red Blonde Guppies have a very beautiful and long tail which is red colored. These type of guppies generally are very small in overall body dimension and posture when compared with other guppies. Due to their small appearance they look very striking and attractive. They generally swim faster than other varieties and watching them swim is a experience one could never forget. They are easily available and generally seek high demand due to their low selling price and easy maintenance.

Red Guppy Fish Habitat In The Wild

Guppies are one of the most popular widely distributed tropical fish. They are also the most popular freshwater aquarium fish species.

Guppy Fish have their origins in South America. They were later introduced to different habitats and now they are available all over the world.

Guppies are very adaptable fish that can survive in different ecosystems and environments.

They prefer Brackish water which is basically a mixture of freshwater and saltwater. It has salinity more than fresh water but less than sea water.

Guppies in the wild survives by eating worms, larvae, blood-worm and various small insects.

Red Guppy Fish Size

Red Guppies are very small sized fish with a elongated body. They look very attractive due to their short dimensions.

Sizes of male and female guppy differs from each other. Male guppies are 0.6 to 1.4 inches long, whereas female guppies are 1.2 to 2.4 inches long.

Gender Of Red Guppy Fish

Distinguishing a Red guppy male from female is a very simple task.

Red Male guppies are generally shorter, slimmer in length, have bright colors, attractive tail and patterns, large fins, anal fin is modified into gonopodium.

Red Female Guppies are longer, bulkier, have pale colors, short fins, large abdomen with dark gravid spot, eggs also clearly visible in pregnant females.

Find more information about Distinguishing Female Guppies From Male.

Lifespan Of Red Guppy Fish

Red Guppy fish on average has a lifespan of about 2 years. Although they can even live upto 3 years, If they are kept healthy with good tank maintenance and guppy fish caring.

Ideal Water Temperature For Red Guppy Fish

Red Guppies are tropical fish and prefer a warmer temperature of water.

Temperature plays a very important role as it is inversely proportional to the metabolism rate of guppies.

So if aquarium tank temperature rises considerably the guppies in the tank will have shorter lifespan. Gestation period will also become shorter and new babies will have less immunity towards diseases.

If the aquarium tank temperature is lowered considerably, the guppies will grow larger and will have larger lifespan. Although they can easily get ill. Babies born will be larger in size but will suffer from different health conditions at later stages of life.

Therefore maintaining a stable temperature for keeping guppies healthy is very important. The ideal temperature for guppies is between 22 to 28°С (72 to 80°F). You can install a heater in the fish tank to maintain a healthy warmer climate for your guppies.

Ideal pH Levels For Red Guppies

Red Guppies are generally very hard fish and they can exist in different pH levels. Although they don’t like soft acidic water. The ideal pH for keeping guppies is 7 to 8. It is very advisable to keep Best pH levels for your guppies.

If you would like to increase pH levels in your fish tank, then please read our article Increase pH levels in your aquarium fish tank.

Also, If you would like to reduce pH levels in your fish tank, then please read our article reduce pH levels in your aquarium fish tank.

Feeding Red Guppy Fish

Red Guppies love eating different kinds of food such as live, artificial and frozen. Guppies have very small mouth and stomach and therefore the food should be small in size. We suggest you to feed them 2 to 3 times in a day with a quantity that they can eat up in 3 minutes.

Live food for Red guppies includes blood worm, tubifex, brine shrimp and corethra.

Artificial food for Red guppies includes flakes, pellets and other famous trademarked packaged foods. Guppies gladly eats these type of foods.

Frozen food for Red guppies include vegetables, fruits and other packaged foods. Vegetables and fruits are very healthy source of feed for guppies and are said to increase their immunity.

Breeding Red Guppy Fish

Red Guppies are one of the most easiest breeding fish with very less care and maintenance. They are also called beginner’s fish. Basically a single male guppy is sufficient for 3 to 5 females to start breeding process. Mating is performed multiple times in order to achieve offspring’s with better health and immunity.

Guppies are live bearers i.e. they give birth to live swimming offspring’s instead of laying eggs. If you want to learn more about breeding guppies in brief, Please read our article 8 Easy Steps For Breeding Guppies Like A Pro.

Red Guppies Other Compatible Fish

Red Guppies are very peaceful and non-aggressive fish that doesn’t troubles it’s tank mates.

Red Guppies will be compatible with other peaceful and small fishes such as Dwarf Gourami, Harlequin Rasbora, Mollies, Platy, Cherry Barb, White Cloud Mountain Minnow and Bristle-nose Pleco.

Red Guppies should not be kept with large and predator fishes such as Green Terror, Tiger Barb, Tetra Fish, Angelfish and Jack Dempsey.