Colours may vary from picture Guppies are playful, hardy, and peaceful fish that can tolerate a wide range of water parameters. They're a tropical species and prefer water around 26 degrees C. They'll eat a variety of food including flakes, pellets, and frozen food. Feed them once a day and try keep their diet varied to maintain their health and colouring. Avoid overfeeding them as this can be toxic to fish. Care Level: Easy Water Conditions: 5.5-8.0 pH and Moderately Hard to Very Hard Temperature: 18-29 °C Maximum Size: 4.5 cm Diet: omnivorous, eat most smaller sized aquarium foods. Reproduction: Guppies are a livebearer, the females giving birth to fully formed fry. Males will mate with several females: from one mating females give birth to multiple batches of fry. Gestation period is around 28 days at 26-27°C, longer at cooler temperatures. Very easy to breed.