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Top 10 Beginner-Friendly Tropical Fish
New to fishkeeping? Discover the top 10 tropical fish perfect for beginners—easy to care for, hardy, and full of personality.
Black "Fish" Friday | Black Guppy
Congratulations on finding the fourth of our limited-time-only BLACK FRIDAY deals! The male Guppy is one of the most popular tropical fish. They are bright and colourful which really stands out in any aquarium.
Fish Profiles: Lyretail Guppy
Once established, Lyre Tail guppies can tolerate varying warm water conditions and hardness, the more they breed in your aquaria, the hardier to your fish tank conditions they become.
Fish Profiles: Blue Cobra Guppy
Cobra guppies come in a variety of colours and patterns, including on their tails, with blue being one of the most sought after and popular.
Classifying Fishes: Order Cyprinodontiformes
The order Cyprinodontiformes contains the livebearers - fish that give birth to live fry rather than lay eggs, killifishes and a handful of other families.
OATA Care Guide: Guppies, Swordtails, Mollies & Platies
OATA produce a good range of free care sheets for coldwater, tropical freshwater and marine fish as well as for invertebrates, aquatic reptiles and plants. This group are known as livebearers because unusually for fish the females give birth to free swimming live fry (ovoviviparous) rather than laying eggs.
Do Guppies change gender?
The male Guppy is one of the most popular tropical fish. They are bright and colourful which really stands out in any aquarium. Originating from South America, Guppies can be found in mountain streams as well as brackish rivers.
