Rozski Posted June 21, 2008 Report Share Posted June 21, 2008 Saw some gorgeous guppies today, but wouldn't bother getting an actual trio if the male couldn't breed. He had an elongated fin down below. I am not sure if it was his pelvic fin (as in my thread title) or his actual gonopodium. Am I right in thinking its probably his gonopodium and he would be infertile? He was gorgeous, there were a few males I saw that had elongated fins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted June 21, 2008 Report Share Posted June 21, 2008 A lot of the fish with the extra long fins can't do the deed :-? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted June 21, 2008 Report Share Posted June 21, 2008 Rumour has it you can give it a wee snip a little longer than a normal guppies bits stick him in a nice clean tank with some meth blue and let it heal and then it should work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zev Posted June 21, 2008 Report Share Posted June 21, 2008 How long are we talking about? Keri Anne has a lovely swordtail that has a gonopodium that drags past its tail (the shorter part of the tail, not the sword bit) that cannot 'do the deed' - I have offered to 'fix' the problem for her with a scalpel , but she's too squeamish to let me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rozski Posted June 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2008 mmm, snipping would just be so hard, they are so tiny! Probably end up stabbing him in the stomach with the scissors Hes probably nothing special. Was entirely yellow/gold with an irridescent/pearl leopard pattern which I thought was gorgeous. I stole a pic from the net and drew in (can you tell? hahaha) his long fin: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron-Betta Posted June 21, 2008 Report Share Posted June 21, 2008 cesarz where are you lol? I haven't tried breeding these yet, but it might be in the genetics that the females carry the genes for these, then they are passed onto the male fry. At least that would be a way to do it without surgery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cesarz Posted June 21, 2008 Report Share Posted June 21, 2008 Rozki, was he like this: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rozski Posted June 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2008 Pretty much. Your photos looks like my drawing Was just hard to tell as he was at the back of the tank trying his darndest with a missus :lol: So couldn't see if it was a plain tube, or maybe a bit more, but yeah, what else could it be apart from an elongated gonopodium? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted June 21, 2008 Report Share Posted June 21, 2008 the gonopodium is basically a hollow tube this reminds me of the jacobin pigeons and their long feathers, they can't breed without having their feathers trimmed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rozski Posted June 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2008 He looked pretty much like this... Plus his trailing whatsit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cesarz Posted June 21, 2008 Report Share Posted June 21, 2008 They can breed when the elongated anal fin is a hollow tube , and can be cut to the proper length. But if it does not form a hollow tube, it cannot breed. When the elongated gonopodium is cut to a certain length, it heals into a functional one. better to find a female to breed with instead because they carry the genes too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rozski Posted June 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2008 cesarz, I bought some guppies today. Only males though, as I'm not breeding them anyway. Got 2 of the nice gold leopardy ones, one of which has the long gonopodium. Photos are up in my planted nano tank thread in the Freshwater section. I like the golds, but partner got to choose some too, hence the random other guppies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted June 28, 2008 Report Share Posted June 28, 2008 Cesarz is up here at the moment, saw him today Don't know if he has internet access where he is staying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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