Guppy Fish in Pune

Classic Guppy is a small home breeding setup in Ambegaon Pathar, Pune. We keep a handful of strains at a time, grow them out ourselves, and sell them as young adult pairs. Nothing on this page is bought in bulk from a wholesaler and flipped the same week.

If you are in Pune, there are two ways to get fish from us. If the strain is in stock we deliver anywhere in the city within 24 hours, or you can collect the pair from us yourself. Both are explained below.

Why our guppy fish cost more than market fish

A guppy from a street aquarium in Pune costs forty rupees. Ours start at two hundred. The gap is not branding, it is eight months of feeding, culling and tank space that happens before the fish is ever listed. Here is exactly what you are paying for.

Fed on live baby brine shrimp and imported food

Colour, body depth and fin size in a guppy are decided in the first two months. A fry raised on crushed flake never catches up, whatever you feed it afterwards. Ours hatch and go straight onto live baby brine shrimp, hatched fresh here every day, then move on to Otohime and NRD as they grow out. Both are imported feeds and both cost several times what local flake costs.

• Live baby brine shrimp from week one, hatched daily, never frozen
• Otohime for growth and body depth through the juvenile stage
• NRD for colour density, which is what makes a red stay red instead of fading to orange
• Vegetable matter once or twice a week so the gut stays clean and the fish do not bloat

Fin quality is checked before anything is bagged

Every fish is looked at on its own before it goes into a bag. A split caudal, a clamped dorsal, a nipped edge or a bent spine means the fish does not ship, even if it is the last one of that strain and someone is waiting on it. We would rather ask you to wait a week than send a pair that disappoints you the moment the bag opens.

Guppy fish price in Pune

Every price below is for one pair, meaning one male and one female of the same strain. Tap a name to see photographs of the actual parent fish rather than a stock image.

Strain	Price per pair	What it looks like
Albino White	₹200	Easy first strain, breeds readily
Metal Black	₹200	Solid black body, very hardy
Tuxedo White	₹200	Clean two tone, good for beginners
Platinum White Dumbo Ear	₹200	Large pectoral fins, slow grower
Red Lace	₹200	Olive body, red fins traced with lace
HB Blue	₹200	Half black body, sapphire blue fins
Platinum Red Tail Dumbo Ear	₹200	Dumbo ears, full tail, platinum sheen
Dark Knight Dragon	₹220	Gold to teal body, dragon scale fins
Albino Full Red	₹250	Bright red across the whole fish
Albino Sliverado Red Tail	₹250	Silver body with a red tail
Topaz Blue	₹250	Golden head, pastel blue tail
Albino Metal Yellow Lace	₹250	Lace pattern on a yellow body
Sliverado HB Blue Dumbo Ear	₹250	Half black blue with dumbo ears
Platinum Koi Dumbo Ear	₹250	Orange and platinum patches, large fins
Blond Yellow Mosaic	₹250	Pale body, yellow fins with black spots
Pink Mosaic	₹250	Pale pink body, wine red spotted fins
Platinum Red Tail Dumbo Ear Ribbon	₹250	Dumbo ears, ribbon tail, platinum sheen
Platinum Red Dumbo Ear Halfmoon	₹300	Dumbo ears with a halfmoon tail
Metal Blue Grass Short Body	₹300	Compact body, ice blue speckled fins
Black Metal Lace Short Body	₹300	Compact body, black fins with cream lace
Lazuli Blue	₹300	Deep cobalt blue body throughout
Blue Grass	₹350	Speckled grass tail, show favourite
Albino Koi Red Ear	₹350	Koi pattern, red cheek marking
Albino Koi Red Ear Ribbon	₹500	Ribbon finnage, slowest to grow out

Stock moves week to week because we only list what has already grown out. If a strain shows as sold out, message us and we will tell you when the next batch is close.

24-hour delivery anywhere in Pune

If the strain is in stock, Pune orders are delivered within 24 hours. Order before 11:30 AM and it reaches you the same day; order after 11:30 AM and it goes out the next day, because every fish is conditioned before it travels. Before we pack, we fix a delivery window with you on WhatsApp, because a bagged fish should not sit around waiting for someone to be home. The pair travels in a breather bag with fresh water and oxygen, inside an insulated box.

If you live outside the city limits, tell us your area when you order and we will confirm whether it falls inside the 24-hour run or goes by courier instead.

Pickup at Ambegaon Pathar

You are welcome to collect the fish in person. We are at Raje Chowk, near Pawar College, Ambegaon Pathar, Pune 411046. Message us first and we will fix a time. That way your pair is bagged and settled when you arrive instead of being chased around a tank while you wait.

Coming over is also the easiest way to see the parent stock, ask about a line you are thinking of starting, and pick your own male if two look similar in the photos.

Packing that gets them there in one piece

Packing is where most online fish orders are actually lost, and it is the part nobody photographs. Bag size matters as much as anything in it. Too small and ammonia builds before the box arrives, too large and the fish gets thrown around every time the carton is handled.

• Breather bag sized to the fish, not a one size poly bag, with fresh water and pure oxygen
• Double bagged so a single puncture does not end the trip
• Insulated box with packing around the bag so the temperature holds and nothing rolls
• Packed on the morning of dispatch, never the night before, so nothing sits bagged overnight before the journey even starts
• Fasted for a day before packing so the bag water stays clean in transit

Two years is a normal lifespan for our guppies

Most guppies bought locally in India die inside six months, and people assume that is just how guppies are. It is not. A well bred guppy on steady water and proper food lives around two years, and ours regularly do. The strain matters, but husbandry matters more, and that is the part you control.

Keeping guppies alive through a Pune year

Guppies are forgiving fish, but the first week after a move is when most of them are lost. Two things cause it: a rushed acclimatisation, and a tank that swings in temperature. Neither is hard to avoid.

The first hour

Float the sealed bag in your tank for about twenty minutes so the temperatures match. Then open it and add a small cup of your tank water every ten minutes for the next half hour. Net the fish across into the tank and throw the bag water away. Leave the light off for the rest of the day and skip feeding until the next morning.

April and May

Indoor tanks in Pune can sit above 30 degrees through the hot months. Guppies survive it, but they eat more, foul the water faster and age quicker. A small fan blowing across the surface drops a couple of degrees, and dropping the water level slightly increases surface movement. Feed a little less and change water a little more often.

December and January

Early mornings get cold enough that an unheated tank drifts down towards 20 degrees. The adults will be fine, but the females stop dropping fry and colour fades on the males. If you want fry through winter, a 25 watt heater set to 26 degrees is enough for a standard one foot tank.

Monsoon

The problem in the rains is not the water, it is the swing between a warm afternoon and a cold night with the windows open. Move the tank away from an open window and the swing mostly disappears.

Your tap water

Most Pune homes are on either the municipal supply or a society borewell. Borewell water is usually harder, and guppies actually prefer that, so hardness is rarely the issue. Chlorine is. Let fresh water stand overnight in a bucket, or use a dechlorinator, before it goes anywhere near the tank.

If you want the longer version, our guppy care guide and the note on preparing water cover it properly.

After sales support, for as long as you keep them

Buying the fish is the easy part. The questions start about four days later, and that is when most sellers stop replying. Message us on WhatsApp any time about your tank and we will answer, whether it is a week after delivery or a year later. There is no charge and you do not have to buy anything.

• How many should I keep? Tell us the tank size and we will give you a number, not a sales answer.
• What size tank do I need? One pair is fine in a one foot tank. Two feet if you want to raise the fry.
• Something looks wrong. Send a short video. We have seen most of it and will tell you what to do before you start dosing medicine at random.
• What do I feed, and how often? We will tell you exactly what we feed and what a workable home version costs.
• She dropped fry, now what? We will walk you through the first fortnight.

Everything we have written on keeping guppies alive

We have covered this from A to Z on the blog, so you are not left guessing after the box arrives. These are the guides worth reading in your first month.

Which strain to start with

• First tank, no experience: Albino White, Metal Black or Tuxedo White at ₹200 a pair. All three are easy to sex, easy to feed and will give you fry without any encouragement.
• You want colour you can see across the room: Albino Full Red or Blue Grass. The red holds under normal room light, and the grass tail looks better the bigger the male gets.
• You are building a line: the dumbo ear and ribbon strains take the longest to grow out, which is why they cost more. Start with a pair and give them a tank to themselves.

Whatever you pick, one pair in a one foot tank is plenty to begin with. People usually go wrong by buying six pairs of four strains on day one and then trying to keep track of who came from where.

Ordering from outside Pune

We ship across India. Delivery takes four to six days depending on where you are, and we can also send the box by train to your nearest station if you would rather collect it yourself. The full terms are on our shipping page, and there is a page written specifically for buyers outside Maharashtra.

If a fish arrives dead

We replace it free. The one thing we need is an unedited unboxing video that starts before the bag is opened and shows the fish clearly before anything is taken out. It sounds fussy, but it is the only way to tell a travel loss from something that happened after the fish went into a tank, and it means we can settle a claim in one message instead of ten.

Common questions

How much is a guppy pair in Pune?

Between ₹200 and ₹500 depending on the strain. The table above lists every price. There is no separate charge for delivery inside Pune city.

Do you sell single males?

Every strain is listed as a pair. A few listings also carry male only and female only options, and those open up whenever we have spares. Ask on WhatsApp if you need a specific one.

Will they breed on their own?

Yes. A healthy female usually drops her first batch within a few weeks of settling in. If you want the fry to survive, give them somewhere to hide, either a clump of moss or a floating plant.

What tank size do I need?

A one foot tank holds one pair comfortably. Two feet is better if you plan to keep the fry. Guppies care more about steady water than about volume, so a small tank you actually maintain beats a big one you ignore.

Do I need a heater in Pune?

Not for most of the year. From late December through January a small heater keeps breeding going, and that is the only stretch where it makes a real difference.

What are they fed here?

Live baby brine shrimp from the first week, then Otohime and NRD as they grow. Feeding the same way at home keeps colour and body size where you expect it.

Areas we deliver to across Pune and PCMC

Our 24-hour delivery run covers Pune city and the whole Pimpri Chinchwad belt. Below are the areas we run to most often. If yours is not on the list it almost certainly still works, so message us with your area and we will confirm before you pay.

Pickup is always available from Ambegaon Pathar, near Pawar College at Raje Chowk. That is where the tanks are, so it is also the best option if you want to see the parent fish before you choose.

Outside Pune district we ship by courier in four to six days, or by train to your nearest station on request. The details are on the India delivery page.

Tell us what you are looking for

If the strain you want is sold out, or you are not sure which pair suits your tank, message us. We answer on WhatsApp through the day and we will tell you honestly if something is not ready yet rather than sending you a weak pair.

Prefer to wait for a specific strain? Send us the name and we will message you the day it goes back in stock.