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October 14th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| I may have found him!
I'm about to bid on this male...Guppy experts chime in...I'll buy a pair of course... | 
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October 14th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| Oh he is pretty, I would get 2 pairs if u could | |
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October 14th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| beautiful boy! i knew you would come around to guppies! haha what about the girls?  | |
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October 14th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| It's a pair I'm bidding on...They are show stock...Or so he says lol...Looks good to me...This should be interesting! | |
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October 14th, 2009
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where are you gonna put them  ?? | |
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October 14th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| You should have fun with them, much easier than bettas | |
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October 14th, 2009
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| | Moderator
| Oh! Very pretty! | |
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October 14th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| Let's see, where will I put them...Gee, haven't thought about that lol....I have a 20 gallon in my office cycled and empty....I have NO clue how to breed guppies but I guess I'll find out lol | |
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October 14th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| just add them and watch  thats AAAall theres to it 20g is perfect! | |
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October 14th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| I agree with Tony, just add and watch. He is georgeous!!!!! | |
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October 14th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| That sounds too easy Tony...Maybe I need to re-think this lol...And now I'll be sending to betta and Guppy shows! HELP! | |
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October 14th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| OK, I bid on him....I'm high bidder...We'll wait and see what happens now... | |
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October 14th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| amazing!!! is that a delta tail half black?
not much needed to breed these kids ..water and food lol | |
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October 14th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| You don't breed the guppies... they do everything themselves! I bet they'd breed in 1" of water! Even getting only females isn't safe... | |
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October 14th, 2009
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| | Moderator
| Breeding guppies is easy. Breeding specific traits is the time consuming part.
They have smaller broods than bettas, so there's sometimes a more difficult task of picking the "best" (a subjective term) to breed.
The fry certainly don't need as much attention as betta fry, though. | |
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October 14th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| Shawnie, I really don't know...I just liked the look and the seller is local so I went for it... | |
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October 14th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| Quote:
Originally Posted by Martinismommy  Shawnie, I really don't know...I just liked the look and the seller is local so I went for it... |  no description ? ok heading to aquabid LOL
EDIT...id buy him and 3-4 gals ..buyin him just one will make him terrorize her | |
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October 14th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| I've thought of starting with guppies but I don't know what I'd do with all the excess fry... However He is gorgeous MM! I'm wishing you the best of luck that looks like a stunning line. | |
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October 14th, 2009
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October 14th, 2009
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| Depending on how much you're spending, you may want to see if you can find another female of the same type. Males are constantly in breeding mode, and will harass a single female, sometimes to death. The higher the female-to-male ratio, the better off everyone in the tank will be.
Edit: It looks like you can add another female.
Also, due to the wording in the auction (and the price of it), I don't think that particular family of guppies has actually won any shows, but who cares? They look really good.
Last edited by sirdarksol; October 14th, 2009 at 07:01 PM.
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October 14th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
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Originally Posted by Martinismommy | yeps half blacks...looks delta tail but im no expert either ....id get the extra fems if he will | |
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October 14th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| Thank you Red...If I breed them I'll show them so selling/placing the fry shouldn't be a problem if it is a nice line... | |
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October 14th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| Sir, I'll be purchasing females also....I'll actually buy a few pairs... | |
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October 14th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| AND THERE WILL DEFINITELY BE EXCESS FRY, just ask me how I know........................
But they are so adorable | |
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October 14th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| I'm used to Betta spawns of 100 plus that have to be seperated so this should be easy lol | |
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October 14th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| 1m to 3-4f is best with guppies...you put 2m with 2f and you will have a war zone with the boys and the galz will never be left alone | |
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October 14th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| OK so in a 20 long how many males to females? What have I gotten myself into? lol | |
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October 14th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| A buddy from work has at least 25-30 in a 20 gallon standard. Not sure what the ratio of m:f is but Beautiful Guppy! Good luck with the bid! | |
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October 14th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| wow, thats a lot of tanks........ | |
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October 14th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| Quote:
Originally Posted by Martinismommy OK so in a 20 long how many males to females? What have I gotten myself into? lol | nothing compared to what you have been into!!!!!!!
this is a piece of cake ..feed n water walla babies hahha
in a 20g long id go with 1m for every 2f and get a total of 9 if you can ....most wont sell that many fems at once but ya never know  dont mix your colors tho..stick with this one type for now...they will intermix and ruin the blood lines | |
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