I'm new at this guppy and tetra thing. So can any of you experience aquarist enlighten me on the difference between female guppy and female tetra??? I was made to understand they are pretty much alike...Have no idea about the truth of that statement.

Anyway, can anyone tell me where I can get nice guppy in Kuching...Having a hard time locating the as most of the LFS are 'littered' with flowerhorn........

Thanx!

ERrr, a guppies and tetras are 2 completely unrelated species of fish. Guppies originate from central America and tetras mostly come from South America. Guppies produce life young (ie livebearer), while tetras produce thousands of eggs scattered all over the aquarium. What we generally call 'peacock fish' which we use as feeder fish are guppies (the wild form). The domesticated form have big nice colourful tails.

Tetras on the other hand are generally shoaling fish which do best in larger numbers in the aqaurium (generally 6 and above is a good number). Some of the more common tetras in M'sia re the Neon Tetra, Serpae tetra and Black skirt tetra.

Hmmm......ok......Anyway, I'm very new with tetra. I'm currently keeping neon tetras (or what's left of them after the blood parrot attack! ). I know that male guppies have very nice colouring to it while the female guppies are usually larger and plain. So my question is, does this applies to neon tetra too??? How do I differentiate between the males from the females? Or do both sexes have the nice striking blue line to it???

Generally, neons can be harder to sex. The females do get larger than the males, but both sexes have the colouration.