9 Most Sought-After Types of Guppy Fish for Aquarium Decoration, Recognize Their Physical Characteristics

Kapanlagi.com - Guppy fish is one of the most adorable types of ornamental fish for aquariums. This fish, also known as the cere fish, is a freshwater fish that many people idolize. It has a colorful body, but the males have brighter colors compared to the females. The length of this fish is only about 35 millimeters. Taking care of this type of fish is also very easy, just by providing easily obtainable powdered feed.

The main reason why most people keep guppy fish is because of their beautiful colors. It's no wonder that fish enthusiasts hunt for guppy fish with various beautiful patterns. This easy-to-breed fish has many types that you need to know. However, there are several types of guppy fish that are most popular and highly sought after. What are they? Let's find out in the following complete review.

1. Guppy Young Pair Champion Purple

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The first type of guppy fish is the Guppy Young Pair Champion Purple. It is known that this type of guppy fish is the most expensive in the world. This is because the pattern of this type of guppy is very beautiful. The physical characteristics include having a body pattern with a blue gradient color from the head to the tail that darkens. If you want to buy this type of guppy fish, you have to prepare a budget of Rp. 1 million per tail. It is also known that this type of fish is very rare.

2. Guppy Albino

Next, the type of guppy fish for your aquarium decoration is the albino guppy fish. This albino guppy fish is called Red albino Delta. They have a different color with their eyes remaining white. So, their vision is not very good because of the red pigment in their eyes, which gives a unique and beautiful impression.

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This type of guppy fish has a dominant sky blue color that is very noticeable on its tail and fins. This Japan blue type is estimated to originate from wild guppies in Japan. Due to the influence of other genes, its color becomes highly varied, ranging from purple to turquoise.

The latest development of the Japan Blue type is Lazuli, which generally has a sky blue color on its head and base of the tail.

4. Tuxedo Guppy Fish

Tuxedo guppy fish is also one of the most sought-after types of fish. This is because tuxedo guppies have a unique feature in their fins, which makes them look different from regular guppies. The physical characteristics of this guppy type include having a dark color on the back of the body, such as dark blue and black. However, the coverage level varies for each guppy. Generally, it covers half of the back body.

5. Guppy Mosaic Fish

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The next type of fish to beautify your aquarium is the guppy mosaic. This fish has a distinctive pattern and wavy motif on its fins and tail. The pattern has a neat and orderly arrangement of blue with yellow or red with dark blue. To obtain this mosaic gene, it must be crossbred with other genes to produce such beautiful patterns.

6. Red Guppy Fish

Red guppy fish is one of the guppy fish species that is quite easy to find in Indonesia. This native ornamental fish from South America and northeastern has a dominant solid red color on its body and fins. However, there are also other types of guppy fish such as gold or ash.

7. Magenta Guppy Fish

Next, the type of guppy fish that is very beautiful is magenta. The basic color of this magenta type is pink or light red. You should also know that this type of ornamental fish comes from Indonesia. It's no wonder that you will easily find this type of fish for aquarium decoration.

8. Guppy Cobra Fish

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Although it has a slightly terrifying pattern similar to a cobra snake, this type of guppy fish is also highly admired. In male cobra guppies, the tail color is dominated by white, yellow, or black. Its exotic appearance resembling snake skin is the attraction of this type of guppy. Are you interested in buying this type of guppy fish?

9. Leopard Guppy Fish

An easy way to identify the leopard guppy fish is by its characteristic thick and randomly scattered spots on its fins and tail. Basically, this type of guppy fish can be obtained by crossbreeding cobra guppies with plain guppies. By doing so, you will obtain a unique and beautiful pattern.

Those are a series of guppy fish types that are suitable for you to keep. Which type of guppy fish are you interested in buying?

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