word-smithing help: honest advertising of a "special" guppy

[HelplessNewbie]

What is a good way of describing a guppy for sale without sounding discouraging but still indicating it has special needs?

This is a male guppy that constantly chases. He did it when initially placed with fellow guppies that were juveniles. After he got the juveniles pregnant, we moved him in with a betta female and green neon tetra female. He chased them, too, though the tetra was always too fast for him, and our betta would put him in his place. After the betta passed, we moved in 5 days ago 6 longfin zebra danio, of which he seems to be chasing mostly one individual. I am guessing it is a female.

It looks like he wants to mate with anything that moves, basically. Out of all our guppies, he seems to be the most eager.

We have given up with this one. So, want to sell him, but we want to ensure the prospective buyers know what they are getting.

Edited September 21, 2023 by HelplessNewbie

[Tanked]

On 9/21/2023 at 10:28 AM, HelplessNewbie said:

What is a good way of describing a guppy for sale without sounding discouraging but still indicating it has special needs?

This is a male guppy that constantly chases. He did it when initially placed with fellow guppies that were juveniles. After he got the juveniles pregnant, we moved him in with a betta female and green neon tetra female. He chased them, too, though the tetra was always too fast for him, and our betta would put him in his place. After the betta passed, we moved in 5 days ago 6 longfin zebra danio, of which he seems to be chasing mostly one individual. I am guessing it is a female.

It looks like he wants to mate with anything that moves, basically. Out of all our guppies, he seems to be the most eager.

We have given up with this one. So, want to sell him, but we want to ensure the prospective buyers knows what they are getting.

Special Need Guppy  Hyperactive, overly friendly

[HelplessNewbie]

@Tanked Thank you, I will definitely use that!

Here is Derek "Blue Steel" Zoolander:

https://photos.app.goo.gl/cCY8yrqWVkWhFnkR6

[Tanked]

I'm not into guppies, but Derek could change my mind.

My Zebras liked to play.  Do they ever chase Derek?

[HelplessNewbie]

On 9/21/2023 at 11:04 AM, Tanked said:

My Zebras liked to play.  Do they ever chase Derek?

No, they don't. He is too "in-your-face"!

[Odd Duck]

Sometimes when animal rescues have hard to place animals because of their personality or lack of socialization, other quirky traits, they exaggerate the worst traits to make it funny.  Maybe make it like a dating app profile or a stud dog advertisement.  If you can pull that off, it would be eye catching, grab attention, but still let a prospective owner know what they’re getting.  The “Derek Blue Steel Zoolander” is a good start, for sure.  You could go with “model gorgeous, lives an active lifestyle, determined to succeed”, maybe even go to “has proven to be prolific”, “very cosmopolitan and interested in dating girls from different cultures”, for instance.

[nabokovfan87]

I tend to use the term "feisty" male.  Others would term it as aggressive.  Once you have a few of those in a tank, 5-7... they tend to spend all the time bother each other and calm down a bit on the rest of the group.