Breeding Pair Male Female. All Auction Buy It Now. View: Gallery View. Gender Breeding Pair Male Female see all. Temperament Peaceful Moderate see all. Water Temperature Tropical see all. Buying Format All Listings filter applied. Only 1 left! Results Pagination - Page 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Live Aquarium Guppy Fish Members of the Poecilia reticulata species, the guppy is a tiny fish, but the great variety in its forms and colors make it a favorite of tropical fish fanciers.
What sort of guppies are available? What is an ideal aquarium environment for a guppy? Breed because you enjoy it as a hobby, not for money. Click to expand Corey has some Interesting things to say, but he also owns his own fish store.
He does a lot of his own breeding I think. Yeah Petco and Petsmart will normally not give you money or store credit for your fish, LFS are the best place! Sometimes they will give you more money if you have high quality guppies and not just fancy guppies. He's long winded, and I don't agree with everything. Most places around me do store credit only. I don't want to end up with a ton of little babies.
No store wants non adult fish. So stage one, you must have fully grown and developed adult guppies, or forget it. If you plan to have them but don't yet, I have never met a store owner who won't say yes to theoretical fish. Once the fish are real, it's a different game. One of the locally run chains was interested in some fish I had. They wanted a minimum adults at a time.
I didn't go there. For smaller numbers, a good local store might give credits. If you get 10 cents a guppy, that means they actually pay 4, with the markups Markups are huge.
You are competing with industrialized mega farms in tropical climates. Their fish are incredibly cheap shipping them isn't, hence their costs to consumers. A fish that starts at 25 cents will sell for 4 or 5 dollars. You are lucky to get 25 cents Similar Aquarium Threads. Replies 12 Views Sep 8, yamato. Can anyone identify this breed?
Replies 4 Views Nov 4, andy So, they might not prefer buying fish from you. Instead of big brand pet stores, you can target local fish stores in your vicinity to sell your guppies. If you are selling on a one-time basis, you need to ensure that your guppies are healthy to fetch a reasonable price in return. If you intend to sell guppies regularly, you can always target a single fish store closest to your home. It will ensure that you minimize a lot of your time and effort.
Besides, you can also avoid competition. Once you start selling guppies to a particular fish store, avoid selling them on classified ad websites or local fish club auctions. If you try to sell guppies at different places at the same time, you will be indirectly competing with the fish store. This may not go down well with the fish store. Apart from selling guppies to local fish stores, friends, and relatives, you can sell your guppies from the comfort of your home. The best way to sell guppies is online.
You will find a lot of enthusiastic people online who will be keen to buy guppies. To sell guppies online, you will need to click photos of your guppies and upload them on various online platforms. You should mention the physical characteristics of your guppies along with the price. If you want to sell guppy fry, you need to separate them from the adult guppies once they are born.
You can sell the guppy fry online. You can even put them for sale on aquarist community forums. Raising guppies is not that difficult as they are hardy species. A balanced nutritious diet coupled with favorable water parameters will ensure healthy guppies with a strong immune system and beautiful colors.
Now that you know of the various ways to sell guppies, the next big question is the pricing. The prices of guppies vary according to their patterns, colors, and exclusive traits. The guppies that are harder to breed are generally expensive.
Rare strains of guppies have a higher price tag than regular guppies. Fancy guppies have vibrant colors and patterns that set them apart from regular guppies. Besides their colors, fancy guppies have long flowy fins and beautiful tail patterns that differentiate them from other guppy species. They are the most expensive as they need generations of selective breeding for creating striking physical characteristics.
The color of Purple Moscow guppies is entirely different than that of other common guppies. Hence, they cost higher than other guppy species. Fancy guppies are not as hardy compared to regular guppies due to their selective breeding.
They are highly sensitive to changes in water chemistry. Hence, these guppies require frequent tank maintenance for their optimum growth.
Competition guppies are also known as Show guppies. In terms of physical traits and lineage, these guppies are similar to fancy guppies. Hence, the cost of these guppies is higher compared to common guppies. As the name suggests, these guppies are predominantly blue. There are fewer strains of these types of guppies. Hence, their price range does not vary much.
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