After Pretty Jr’s death (see Death of Pretty Jr), Pretty became the only female guppy to be left in the Main Planted Tank, accompanied by five other male guppies. Furthermore, Pretty is quite old and I don’t think she’s as attractive to the males as before. Lately, besides having a croaked back, she has been quite inactive, showing that age has caught up with her health.
So after a weekly water change today, I decided to hand-pick a suitable female guppy from the Guppy Tank to accompany the guppies in the main tank.
It wasn’t as easy as I thought, as some female-looking guppies turned out to be males upon closer observation. Finally, I netted up one uniquely looking female guppy, with faint black uniformly spaced spots and pinkish colour on her tail. I decided to call her ‘Pinky’ due to her pinkish taint.
Upon entering the main tank, she seemed pretty calm and her main concern was to look for food, as she started nipping any stray moving leaves from the plants. Looks like she will be enjoying life here in this less congested tank.
Filed under: General, Newcomer | Tagged: female guppy
