Spink Posted November 18, 2008 Report Share Posted November 18, 2008 I've just been looking at a few of the guppies I have actually kept (my breeding tank broke so I've had to keep them in a temporary home while I fix it! ) and I have a few that look like they could be really neat to breed from! I have tuxedos, some wild ones, some orange/white/yellow that have a platinum look...I'm looking forward to doing some breeding now too! What strains/types do you have so far? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cesarz Posted November 18, 2008 Report Share Posted November 18, 2008 alanco, Try to get some of the wild forms if you want to breed something new. Those wild forms are actually a reversion of some awesome guppy strains that existed thirty years ago. When I bred them to my advanced guppies, a lot of new and unexpected colours came out in the first generation offspring and I am now trying to stabilise the colours to make them pure. Another good example is breeding with the venezuelan guppies. This picture borrowed from Billaney's photo album is an offpring of my Venezuelan (in my avatar) and a Moscow female that has a blond gene it won first place in the Livebearer show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanco Posted November 19, 2008 Report Share Posted November 19, 2008 This is one of my male blonde guppies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanco Posted November 19, 2008 Report Share Posted November 19, 2008 ops the pic is too small, click on it to see larger size 8) :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanco Posted November 19, 2008 Report Share Posted November 19, 2008 these are some of my others Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanco Posted November 19, 2008 Report Share Posted November 19, 2008 anOther male Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cesarz Posted November 19, 2008 Report Share Posted November 19, 2008 I think you know where you're going by the looks of your guppies. The most promising one is that turquoise male (middle of second pic), I think I should send you some of my Moscow females so you can create turquoise moscows. The blue neon tuxedo has really good finnage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanco Posted November 19, 2008 Report Share Posted November 19, 2008 Thanks, that would be great! im looking to create some new ones Yeah that one of my fav one, even though I have a few of other guppies of that strand It would be great, would moss guppies inhance the finage of the next generations to come? I'll take some other photos of the strands I have Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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alanco Posted November 20, 2008 Report Share Posted November 20, 2008 I was hoping to come up with some guppies simular to these and some other ones , ill show some of my other guppies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanco Posted November 20, 2008 Report Share Posted November 20, 2008 yup ive also got some other guppies that i will take pictures of to show you , i have some other nice looking ones too i have a few other interesting ones , i dont know if they are really all that much but i could get your opinion on them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanco Posted November 20, 2008 Report Share Posted November 20, 2008 here some of my guppies with the simular strand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanco Posted November 20, 2008 Report Share Posted November 20, 2008 and here are the other ones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaron11 Posted November 26, 2008 Report Share Posted November 26, 2008 wow what lovley guppies I have about 30 fry dunno what they are going to bed I got a red tux, snake skin, and some white guppies? be interesting to see how they come out I only had the fish a few months but they prob knocked up when I got them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanco Posted November 26, 2008 Report Share Posted November 26, 2008 thanks! hahah awsome yeah impatiently waiting what they turn out like aye, oh yup guppies dont stop breeding ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaron11 Posted November 26, 2008 Report Share Posted November 26, 2008 The man at the pet shop said he will take mine for dollar each so it will have to be just before christmas they are sitll only a few weeks old how do I pick the best ones to keep??? i can see some of the little females have colours on their tales hehe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsmith Posted November 27, 2008 Report Share Posted November 27, 2008 You should probably wait until they are over 3 months old so you can see what they're going to look like. Why are you so keen to sell them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaron11 Posted November 27, 2008 Report Share Posted November 27, 2008 hi they are in a small 22 litre tank there is like 30 in there, i have more babies to catch out of my other 2 tanks so there wont be much room hence wantin to get rid of them i could feed too the turtle but thats a bit mean for fancy guppies ! lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanco Posted November 27, 2008 Report Share Posted November 27, 2008 you should wait yeah , because you dont really know what they look like , so who are the parents of the guppies? from your rex tux and snake skin? if yes i could do with a few maybe.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaron11 Posted November 27, 2008 Report Share Posted November 27, 2008 i will keep them till christmas unless anyone wants to buy the babies, id rather wait till they are a big bigger Anddddddd all my guppies are in 2 diff tanks, so they could be anything I got some gold guppies?? a rex tux, a snake skin one, some females that have black all over them and colours on their tales some with big tails i think there even might be a few swords I got about 40 guppies for 15 dollars otherwise I would of just picked the best ones out hehe I have 3 tanks now 2 with fish, one with fry so thats three and a turtle so that makes four everyone thinks im mad so no more tanks, until next yr when I shift i might get a 4 or 5 foot job ooo cant wait lmao Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaron11 Posted November 27, 2008 Report Share Posted November 27, 2008 Just got another 7 out of tank into fry tank and then 3 platy out of my tank in comptuer room What am i gonna do with these fish??? Should i just leave the rest of the babies in the tanks??? selll this lot in a month then fish the others out?? I really dont want a big fry tank its not worth it for what you get for them and i cant bear to feed them to the turtle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanco Posted November 27, 2008 Report Share Posted November 27, 2008 :lol: wow nice buy!!!!!!!!! nooo dont feed them to yyour turtle ! the best thing to do is let them grow up a bit maybe you should have a tank just for the fry if you can and feed them good food like daphina because they will like them and they will grow up fast!!! ive seen arron-bettas ones they are big for three weeks old!! mine have had a slow start i have a couple of them in my breeding trap , still small but getting there, Yeah, thats good aye, lol im thinking about getting another tank set up if i get that far and many lol :lol: 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaron11 Posted November 27, 2008 Report Share Posted November 27, 2008 You can be my new fish friend if you want hahaha Looking for one ! and i got a sep 22litre tank with the babies in there BUT Im not having anymore tanks i got 4 thats enough work huh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanco Posted November 28, 2008 Report Share Posted November 28, 2008 :lol: :bounce: :bounce: thats good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaron11 Posted November 28, 2008 Report Share Posted November 28, 2008 omg another 5 that i could see today hahaha :bounce: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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