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    From Cichlids to Fancy Guppies...lost

    2007 - 5 tanks of tiny shell dwelling cichlids. Hard to find, I had bred some gorgeous pairs that took years to produce. Invested waaay too much money. I sold all my tanks. I was done.

    Fast forward to 2012

    My 4yr old daughter sees a picture of me an all my tanks and is upset that we don't have one now. I roll my eyes and think Guppies! You can't kill Guppies. They are cheap. They have them everywhere, Petsmart - even Walmart. Perfect.

    Of course someone like me just has to start googling about what other colors are out there. Now I'm ready to feed my Petsmart guppies to a friend's South American tank and start over. Where can you go in Houston for more interesting guppies? Is there a good website that helps catalog common guppies and some crosses? I need to learn MORE!!!
    Can you run across some more interesting guppies at Petsmart?
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    i think ultimate had some variants. you can try endlers too.
    75g Tank,
    2- Wild Scalare Angel 2-wild Angel snakeskin, 2-half blue half black Angels, 5-Guianacara Geayi, 4- Blue Rams(1m/3f), 1- L144, 1- Pleco unknown type 1-Blue Neon Goby
    2.5g Mini Monter - Shrimp Tank
    10-RCS, 1-Red Sakura 5-Malawa, 8-Boraras Brigittie, 1-Adonis Pleco, 1-Zebra Nerite, 1-Horned Nerite
    10g Tank
    Hospital 2-F. Endlers

    2-29g Empty Tank, 20L Empty Tank , 125g Empty Tank[SIGPIC]sigpic

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    • #3
      Guppies for Sale: Live Fancy Guppies with Many Guppy Fish Varieties Available
      http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/aquarium-fish-supplies.cfm?c=830+1100
      Find fancy guppy fish on sale at LiveAquaria.com. We carry a large selection of fancy tail guppies. Visit us online today!
      180g - 2 Red Oscars, 1 Tiger Oscar, 1 JD, Convicts, convicts & more convicts
      75g - 1 Silver Aro, 1 Mean Koi Angel
      50g - Various platy & mollies
      10g - 1 Green Spotted Puffer

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      • #4
        Oh thanks! Prices are much better!

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        • #5
          Oh, except that shipping is crazy. Is there not a place (or person) in Houston who has them?

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          • #6
            I have some Black Moscows, Albino Blue Topaz, and endler hyrbids for sale.
            29 Gallon SA Tank -- 5 Bleeding Heart Tetras, Mated Pair of Angels, 7 Green Corys, and a Rubberlip Pleco

            30 Gallon Breeder -- 20+ neon tetras, 3 albino cories, 2 albino bristlenose plecos, female betta, 1 angel

            5 Gallon Shrimp Nano - Sakura Red Shrimp, Boraras Brigittae, Oto Cats, Olive Nerites, and Pink Ramshorn

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            • #7
              Houston Aquatics breeds many varieties on site and has quite a selection. It is the only local store I know that deals in them heavily and they are very reasonable on prices...
              In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
              Desiderius Erasmus
              GHAC President

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              • #8
                there are tiger endlers at HAW. my petco (sugarland) has guppies divided into 4 tanks, females, regular fancy males, lyretail males, and cobra males. the cobras are essentially snakeskin. all are priced at 2.99$. be careful though, there have been issues with illness recently although it seems to be better now.
                my fish house:
                2.5g- ramshorn hatchery
                6g eclipse- yellow shrimp, chili rasboras, yellow apple snails
                29g- geo grow-out, angels, 12"fire eel, dwarf frog, apple snails
                45g- jade sleeper gobies, native killifish, feeder endlers
                75g-                 2 oscars, parrot, silver dollars, albino channel cat, syno euptera, bichir, baby jaguar, convicts, yabby
                125g- fahaka puffer, rainbow shark
                and about a dozen bettas....

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                • #9
                  I think we have a registered guppy breeder on here. I heard about the person a few times. Villa1973 breeds some nice looking ones. HAW has some freakishly large guppies. They're about 2.5"!!

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                  • #10
                    tangomike breeds the tiger strain endlers. and i think ntype endlers too. there was i think called iloveguppies but she has retired from the hobby.
                    75g Tank,
                    2- Wild Scalare Angel 2-wild Angel snakeskin, 2-half blue half black Angels, 5-Guianacara Geayi, 4- Blue Rams(1m/3f), 1- L144, 1- Pleco unknown type 1-Blue Neon Goby
                    2.5g Mini Monter - Shrimp Tank
                    10-RCS, 1-Red Sakura 5-Malawa, 8-Boraras Brigittie, 1-Adonis Pleco, 1-Zebra Nerite, 1-Horned Nerite
                    10g Tank
                    Hospital 2-F. Endlers

                    2-29g Empty Tank, 20L Empty Tank , 125g Empty Tank[SIGPIC]sigpic

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                    • #11
                      Chris,
                      I'm looking for black moscow and albino blue topaz. Can you send me some pics and how much for them? Thanks.
                      Thanks so much,
                      Lydia
                      409-499-1279

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                      • #12
                        Ive sent Villa several PMs about his guppies with no response...just FYI...maybe he's no longer doing guppies
                        Thanks so much,
                        Lydia
                        409-499-1279

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                        • #13
                          the guppies at HAW are freakishly large but they are still just regular guppies. OP doesn't want regular guppies, I thought.
                          my fish house:
                          2.5g- ramshorn hatchery
                          6g eclipse- yellow shrimp, chili rasboras, yellow apple snails
                          29g- geo grow-out, angels, 12"fire eel, dwarf frog, apple snails
                          45g- jade sleeper gobies, native killifish, feeder endlers
                          75g-                           2 oscars, parrot, silver dollars, albino channel cat, syno euptera, bichir, baby jaguar, convicts, yabby
                          125g- fahaka puffer, rainbow shark
                          and about a dozen bettas....

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                          • #14
                            I am working with Albino Blue Topaz, Albino Blue Topaz Red's, Yellow Snakeskin, SupperCross and a probably a blue japan variant.
                            Guppies:
                            Hi-fin pepper Cory's, Black Cory's, Long Fin Golden Aneus, Swordtails, some lyretail(RREA's, Red, Albino Koi, Red & Gold Tux), Different types of BN plecos(albino, calico, long fin, blue eyed short & long fin)
                            Mystery Snails, Yellow Shrimp, CPDs

                            HAS Master Aquatic Gardener awarded 1997
                            HAS Master Fish Breeder awarded 1998

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                            • #15
                              here are some pictures
                              DSCN8872.jpgDSCN8925.jpgDSCN8963.jpgDSCN8722.jpgDSCN8724.jpgDSCN8743.jpg

                              Yellow Snakeskin Albino Blue topaz Supercross & Japan blue variant, Albino blue topaz reds
                              Last edited by Fancyfish; 09-18-2012, 08:33 PM. Reason: added descriptions.
                              Guppies:
                              Hi-fin pepper Cory's, Black Cory's, Long Fin Golden Aneus, Swordtails, some lyretail(RREA's, Red, Albino Koi, Red & Gold Tux), Different types of BN plecos(albino, calico, long fin, blue eyed short & long fin)
                              Mystery Snails, Yellow Shrimp, CPDs

                              HAS Master Aquatic Gardener awarded 1997
                              HAS Master Fish Breeder awarded 1998

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