Black Eye Koi Guppy

Remarks:  A perfect starter fish! Guppies are peaceful community fish that reproduce with ease. They are livebearers, meaning the females release live fry rather than laying eggs. It is recommended to keep more females than males, as males can easily harass females with relentless attempts to reproduce, leading to stress in the females. Black eye koi guppies display a form of partial albinism with their bodies lacking black pigment but still having black eyes instead of pink. They typically have white/platinum bodies and bright orange heads, tails, and fins. As these beautiful fish have pigment in their eyes, they are not as sensitive to light compared to complete albinos.

  For most strains, males are very colorful while the females remain a gray or silver color. However, there are some exceptions to this rule so sexing these fish is best done by looking at the anal fin. The females will have short, rounded triangle shaped anal fins with a black spot on the body directly above it, these are her female reproductive organs. Males will have long, thin, pointed anal fins that form his male reproductive organs called the gonopodium.