HALFMOON TIGER GUPPY FISH
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- Live Arrival Guarantee
- All our live fish, shrimp, snails are care with love and passion, when through minimum of 14 days quarantined and shipped from Splashy Fish facility in Springfield, Virginia, USA
This is only apply to live fish order.
Live Arrival Guarantee:
Benefit from our extensive experience in shipping live fish. In 2021, our records indicated a mere 0.5% dead-on-arrival (DOA) rate for all live fish orders, compared to the industry standard of 1.5%. These numbers translate to only 5 out of 1000 orders experiencing DOA fish.
At Splashy Fish, customer satisfaction is our priority. That's why we provide a 100% Live Arrival Guarantee on all animals shipped via USPS, UPS, or FedEx. Please note - Splashy Fish reserves the right to void Live Arrival Guarantee protection under the following circumstances:
- The customer has chosen USPS First Class Mail as a shipping method.
- The shipping address is a PO Box address
- The order was refused delivery by the customer.
- If the order is returned to the sender for any reason. For instance, an incorrect shipping address, an undeliverable address, etc.
- The order was held for pick up at USPS, UPS, and FedEx offices for longer than 24 hours after the last update on the tracking number.
- The Live Arrival Guarantee claim does not include all the requirements mentioned below
- The Live Arrival Guarantee claim is made after the claim period mentioned below.
- The animals are not in their original packaging
Live Arrival Guarantee Claim Period:
For Live Fish and other invertebrates: one and a half hours (1.5 hours) after the posted delivery time.
For Snails: 48 hours after the posted delivery time.
Steps to claim Splashy Fish's Live Arrival Guarantee:
- Take a picture of the shipping box and the shipping label.
- For live fish and other invertebrates: Please provide two pictures of each bag (containing the dead fish) upon arrival. Ensure the images display the bag in its original, unopened condition with the original rubber band intact
- For Snails: Position the snail in one corner of the tank. If the snail does not move within 48 hours, please take several pictures of the snail's opening
- Send an email to DOA@splashyfishstore.com with the subject line: DOA and Your Order Number, or message us on social media.
- In the body of the email, include your tracking number.
- The claim must be sent within the claim period mentioned above.
After submitting the required information, please allow us 1-3 business days to determine the cause of the issue. If the claim is valid and approved by our team, you will
- Receive a store credit for future purchases, excluding the shipping cost, of the dead-on-arrival fish
If the Live Arrival Guarantee claim does not meet all listed requirements, Splashy Fish reserves the right to reject it.
Shipping live animals and plants is a complex process, and temperature plays a crucial role in ensuring the safe and secure delivery of your order.
If the highest daytime temperature in your location and the lowest nighttime temperature here in Springfield, Virginia—where our facility is situated—fall below 40°F or exceed 90°F, we will proactively delay your order. This measure is taken to prioritize the well-being of the animals and plants.
For the safety of our living cargo and to protect your investment, we retain the right to suspend shipping as necessary due to extreme weather conditions. Our Splashy Fish team will assess the situation and determine if it is unsuitable to ship, considering the safety of the animals.
To stay informed or address any questions or concerns, feel free to reach out to our dedicated Splashy Fish Support team via email at support@splashyfishstore.com.
Once our team prints and packs your order, we'll notify you via email. This notification will include your tracking number and the expected arrival day. If you opt for UPS 2 Day shipping, your package should arrive within 2 days after shipment. Similarly, if you choose UPS 1 Day, your order will reach you the day after it is shipped. In the case of orders containing only plants or dry goods, they may be shipped via USPS, provided that this is the selected shipping option during checkout.
We ship all of the customer orders from our warehouse located in Springfield, VA. We pack and ship our orders depending on the orders with the exception of someday we cannot ship out live fish.
All Live Fish orders will be shipped out on Tuesday and Wednesday each week for overnight shipping by UPS.
Monday to Saturday: We will pack and ship out all orders that do not contain live fish.
Sunday: (Splashy Day) Today is the day we let our hard-working team members and our fish to destress and ready for the following week's shipment.
For more information regarding about shipping please visit us our Shipping Policy and Schedule
Halfmoon Tiger Guppy Fish
The wonderful Guppy (scientific name: Poecilia reticulata) will “beat out” all other fish due to its variations, each of which presents a stunning appearance, interesting personalities and vivid interaction with community fish in your aquarium.
Halfmoon Tiger Guppy Fish are just like their name, “dressing” on their body an impressive tiger-like patterns cloak featured by black, yellow, blue and red tints, allowing each of its movement gracefully and eye-catching. Halfmoon Tiger Guppy Fish is truly a highlight you long for your aquarium fish tank. Guppies are native to northeast South America. Despite the fact, most Halfmoon Tiger Guppy specimens available in the aquarium market nowadays are captive-bred. Halfmoon Tiger Guppy Fish is quite easy-going in terms of water conditions, which makes them a strong recommendation for aquarium hobby beginners considering its hardiness, peaceful disposition, active personalities, and even cleverness enough to recognize you are nearby. It is also true to say the live-bearing fish can tolerate quite many beginner mistakes. Yet, given the stable water parameters environment (warm temperature around 70°F with hard water in the pH range of 6 – 8), Halfmoon Tiger Guppy Fish would thrive to their utmost. Little beautiful Halfmoon Tiger Guppy fish enjoy moderate current flows. In wild habitat, the guppies live on shoals hence, in captivity, Halfmoon Tiger Guppy Fish will appreciate living in groups. A 10-gallon fish tank could not be more perfect for a colony of Guppies though the bigger the better. Stick to the rule of thumb that one fish per two gallons in case you are unable to decide the proper aquarium for them.
Apart from the above, Halfmoon Tiger Guppy Fish do not have any special requirements for their living environment. You can fill up your tank with any decorative materials like live aquatic plants, driftwood, rock caves, or substrate as long as they meet your personal taste. Guppy is truly fond of live aquarium plants and they surely enjoy the surroundings added with java moss, java fern, amazon sword plants.
Halfmoon Tiger Guppy Fish are often regarded peaceful animals, therefore, they can get along well with many fish sharing such common disposition, such as platies, neon tetras, or zebrafish and so on. Besides, they are also not picky at all when it comes to diet. Halfmoon Tiger Guppy Fish can accept a variety of common fish food such as pellets, fish flakes, frozen/dry foods, bloodworms, brine shrimp, etc. Sometimes, they even graze on algae growing inside your aquarium. All you need to do is make sure they feed on high-quality food once or twice every day, with an amount enough for them to consume in two or three minutes.
Only one thing that seems to be the issue yet interesting is breeding. Guppy is easy to breed. If you randomly search for ‘Easy to Breed Fish’, Guppy is always at the top. There is no need for external stimulation to cause this little fish to breed. When they mature, the male will naturally chase the female for courting. And just after one insemination, the female can easily give birth several times since they can store sperm for multiple breeding, even after parting from males. Hence, if you intend to have a guppy group or guppy only tank, remember to separate the male from female or else a population boom may occur.
What You Can Expect From This Fish:
- Striking tiger-like pattern enhances the diversity of your fish tank
- Peaceful disposition
- Easy to care and a great choice for beginners
WATER CONDITIONS:
- Temperature: 68° - 78° F (20° - 26° C)
- pH: 6 – 8, but most preferred range is 7.0 – 7.2
- GH: prefer hard water
- Minimum tank size: 10 gallons
CARE REQUIREMENTS:
- Diet: Guppies are omnivores. They can accept a variety of common fish food such as pellets, fish flakes, frozen/dry foods, bloodworms, brine shrimp. Make sure you feed them high-quality food so they can stay healthy and thrive to optimal coloration.
- Social behavior: Shoaling, peaceful
- Origin: Northeast South America, but most are captive-bred nowadays
- Average adults: 2.5 inches
- Tank mates: platies, neon tetras, or zebrafish
- Lifespan: 1-2 years
See more details about Care Guide for Guppy in our blog
At Splashy Fish Store, we supply a wide variety of Halfmoon Tiger Guppy Fish which come from reliable stock. You don't just have one but many options when it comes to Halfmoon Tiger Guppy or Guppies with different color patterns. We further guarantee that all of our Halfmoon Tiger Guppy Fish go through the quarantine process for a period of 14-day before sale. We care about the quality and strive to provide you the best we can. Head to our website / facebook/ instagram or sign-up our newsletter to find more information about products and the surprise is waiting for you.
