Can anybody recommend a specific type of guppy that grows fairly large, is very prolific (has a lot of babies), and is still cool-looking?
I've been buying "fancy" guppies which are long tailed ones from my LFS, hoping the adults would reproduce enough in my tank to provide an ever-present food source for some tentacled snakes.
Unfortunately, the long tails seem to slow down the adults and they get picked off really fast, like the snakes pick them out of a crowd of other feeder fish. I've noticed, however, that slightly larger fish are ignored by the snakes, and I've seen guppies ("moscow" variety I think?) that were significantly larger than the ones I've been buying. I figure I get a few big adults and most of their offspring get picked off as they grow up, when they're an appealing size to the snake.
So I guess I'm looking for something large, big into reproduction, and maybe not slowed down by a droopy tail (unless it's strong/fast enough so this makes little difference).
I know very little about specific types of guppies.
Thanks!
I've been buying "fancy" guppies which are long tailed ones from my LFS, hoping the adults would reproduce enough in my tank to provide an ever-present food source for some tentacled snakes.
Unfortunately, the long tails seem to slow down the adults and they get picked off really fast, like the snakes pick them out of a crowd of other feeder fish. I've noticed, however, that slightly larger fish are ignored by the snakes, and I've seen guppies ("moscow" variety I think?) that were significantly larger than the ones I've been buying. I figure I get a few big adults and most of their offspring get picked off as they grow up, when they're an appealing size to the snake.
So I guess I'm looking for something large, big into reproduction, and maybe not slowed down by a droopy tail (unless it's strong/fast enough so this makes little difference).
I know very little about specific types of guppies.
Thanks!
