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Curated Guppies and Tanganyika cichlids, simple guides, and gear we actually use.
Learn, set up, and feed your fish with confidence – all in one place.
Beginner & advanced setups
Hand-picked products
Real breeding experience
Built by aquarists , not just marketers.
Guppies (Poecilia reticulata)
Colorful, active and constantly breeding – ideal to start your first livebearer colony or experiment with selective lines.
Solid pale/white bodies with delicate fins, great for starting a clean, elegant line.
Perfect for planted tanks and community setups with peaceful species.
Temp: 74–80 °F
pH: 7.0–8.0
Tank: 10+ gal
Behavior: Peaceful
Diet: High quality flakes, micro-pellets, baby brine shrimp, daphnia.
Selected fry from our stronger lines. Ideal if you want to grow, cull and select your own adults.
Temp: 76–80 °F
pH: 7.0–7.8
Tank: 20+ gal
Behavior: Very active
Diet: Crushed pellets, powder food, live baby brine shrimp for fast growth.
Tanganyika Cichlids
Unique behaviors, rock-dwelling and shell-dwelling species from Lake Tanganyika.
Higher pH, harder water and incredible personality.
One of the smallest cichlids in the world. They live and breed inside shells,
forming small colonies with fascinating social behavior.
Temp: 75–79 °F
pH: 7.8–8.6
Tank: 20+ gal
Behavior: Territorial around shells
Diet: Quality cichlid pellets, frozen foods, baby brine shrimp.
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Temp: 75–80 °F
pH: 7.8–8.6
Tank: 30+ gal
Behavior: Territorial
Diet: High protein pellets, frozen foods, occasional live foods.
Food & Essentials
We only recommend foods and equipment that we actually use in our own tanks.
Start with stable basics – you can upgrade later.
Staple Guppy / Community Flake
Daily diet
For guppies & small fish
Balanced flakes that hold shape in the water and don’t pollute the tank when fed correctly.
Ideal as base food for guppies and livebearers.
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Beginner friendly
Baby Brine Shrimp / Fry Food
Growth booster
For fry & small fish
Perfect for guppy fry and small Tanganyika juveniles. Use 1–2 times a day in small amounts
for faster growth and stronger fish.
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For breeders
Sponge Filter – Breeding Tanks
Filtration
10–40 gal tanks
Gentle flow, safe for fry, and easy to clean. We use sponge filters in most breeding and grow-out tanks.
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Ypira pick
Water Test Kit – Basic Parameters
Water testing
pH, ammonia, nitrite, nitrate
Testing water is more important than buying “magic” products. This kit lets you see real numbers and act early.
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Must-have
Guides & Tutorials
Simple, practical guides based on real tanks – no theory only, everything tested with live fish.
How to cycle your first guppy tank Step-by-step: filter, bacteria, first fish, and common mistakes.
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Beginner Tanganyika setup Substrate, rocks, shells and water parameters that actually work.
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Feeding for breeding How we feed guppies and Tanganyika to trigger healthy spawns.
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