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  2. Guppy - Wikipedia

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    Guppies prefer a hard-water aquarium with a temperature between 25.5 and 27.8 °C (78 and 82 °F) and salt levels equivalent to one tablespoon per 19 L (5 US gal). [60] They can withstand levels of salinity up to 150% that of normal seawater , [ 61 ] which has led to them being occasionally included in marine tropical community tanks, as well ...

  3. Livebearers - Wikipedia

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    Among aquarium fish, livebearers are nearly all members of the family Poeciliidae and include: guppies, mollies, platies and swordtails. [ 1 ] The advantages of livebearing to the aquarist are that the newborn juvenile fish are larger than newly-hatched fry, have a lower chance of mortality and are easier to care for.

  4. Poecilia wingei - Wikipedia

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    Poecilia wingei is a very colorful guppy species, similar to the fancy guppy often found in pet shops. The species was first collected from Laguna de Patos in Venezuela by Franklyn F. Bond in 1937, and rediscovered by Dr. John Endler in 1975. The latter were the first examples of this fish to make it to the aquarium trade. More have been ...

  5. Feeder fish - Wikipedia

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    Guppies are a common example of feeder fish. Feeder fish is the common name for certain types of small, inexpensive fish commonly fed as live food to other captive animals such as predatory fishes (e.g. aquarium sharks, farmed salmon and tuna) or carnivorous aquarium fish (e.g. oscars, gar, grouper and rays), turtles, crocodilians and other piscivores that naturally hunt in fresh, brackish or ...

  6. Pregnant Dog Unable to Walk Delivers 11 Adorable Puppies - AOL

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    Austin Pets Alive! posted on Facebook, "the sun is shining on the best mama dog: Meter Maid, who just gave birth to 11 PUPPIES!She might not need much help doting on her little ones, but we do ...

  7. Talk:Guppy - Wikipedia

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    It's not scientific, but only one guppy tends to be a lot less active, like a depressed fish. It's only observation, and as it's observation, it's maybe not scientifically objective, but it's widely admitted. The article mixes wild guppies and aquarium guppies. As far as I know, guppies always shoal in an aquarium.

  8. Poecilia picta - Wikipedia

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    P. picta forms a clade with P. parae that is a sister taxon to the common guppy, P. reticulata. [2] Some authorities place the species in the genus Poecilia, subgenus Lebistes, along with P. reticulata, P. parae, P. branneri, and P. amazonica; others place it in the genus Micropoecilia along with P. parae and P. branneri.

  9. Those unable to fall back on the generous aid of mum and dad when buying a home may have little alternative but staying with the parents and further swell the growing U.K. ranks of young "Guppies".