Objective: Green Cobra

Okay, so I have promised myself that I will not buy anymore guppies until I find a "green" strain. Well ladies and gentlemen, I finally found a store in my area which sells Green Cobras. However, they are sold out at the moment. The next shipment comes in on Friday. I'll be waiting with bated breath!

I believe the Green Cobra strain is the strain on which I would like to focus my "individual" attention. It may be fun to see what beautiful combinations arise from mixed breeding, but the joy of working with a specific strain seems rewarding as well.

My only problem seems to be that all information and pictures online seem to point to the "Green Cobra Guppy" as being more yellow in color, not the deep and brilliant green that I saw in the picture at the pet store today. Hmmm...

Waiting Game

All ten guppies are doing well. The seemingly sick female recovered well and seems to be the most active of the three females in her tank.

This morning at feeding time, I was able to observe my double-sword male "courting" one of the females in his tank. She didn't seem to be very interested (ignoring him really), but I am hopeful for babies soon.

Now, I sit back and wait. I am hoping that all of my pretties are fertile and that I should have fry within the month.

Day 2

The guppies are doing great today. Everyone seems to have a great appetite so far. Miss White Spot Tail seems to be holding steady with the same spot on her tail (I do think it is just her pattern). Miss Red Spotted Tummy seems to be doing fine as well.

I couldn't help myself either... found a handsome snakeskin male guppy today and HAD to get him.



I also found an awesome tank vacuum/filler hose today with a 25 foot length that hooks up to my sink faucet. The husband and I had fun playing with it earlier to get my two 10 gallons up and running. Click here to link to its Amazon page

The Fish

My favorite male on the left, my yellow male on the top, and a couple of the females.


The beautiful lady fish

First Problems

My favorite female guppy that I picked out went kamikaze on me in the store and hopped out on to the floor. Looking at her midsection, it looks like she has red spotting inside, but I am not sure if that is simply her body design or not. (She is the fish to the far left in this picture). I will be observing her over the next (hopefully!) several days to make sure that she is doing well.

Also, I am observing a small white spot on another female guppy's tail. It is not fuzzy or splotchy like I usually observe Ick being. I am not sure at this point whether it is simply part of her tail coloration (it is an iridescent blue color, and the "white" could be a variant of a silver tone to the blue.) I will be keeping a very close eye on her to make sure that I do not have an Ick outbreak. Otherwise, I guess I will be seeing a lot of purple soon! *sigh*

The Beginning

I am excited to have begun my guppy hobby strongly with 2 males and 4 females of assorted varieties.

Currently my six new friends are housed in a 2.5 gallon aquarium to get acclimatized to each other, the hubby and the cats and me, and the apartment. As soon as the guppies are settled in, they will be able to be transferred to the two ten gallon tanks that I have prepared for them.

I will be feeding a crushed mix of Top Fin Tropical Color-Enhancing Flakes, Omega One Freeze Dried Krill, and Omega One Freeze Dried Bloodworms.