LOVING these female bluegrass guppies. STOKED again

[SanDiegoRedneck]

so I spent all morning picking out some bluegrass guppies, the male is young so color barely coming in and he is still small but a few of these girls are just amazing with full color on fins. hopefully some nice babies out of these. i found 5 nice ladies and 1 male. as with most guppies hard to get clear pic but wanted to show off my new fishies.

 

[mimo91088]

Looking good man!

 

[Cody]

Wow even the size of the ladies tail is impressive! Should make some nice looking fish with those!

 

[barbiespoodle]

BEAUTIFUL!!!!!

I'm in love.

 

[StarGirl]

Those are super cool and those are the females! I want to see the males. I bet they are stunning!

 

[SanDiegoRedneck]

third picture down is a young male that has not colored up yet. the rest are females.

blues even on analfins of females

 

[ALonelyBetta]

I think I have found love.....

 

[StarGirl]

Now that I looked at that pic again it is a Male.....lol

 

[SanDiegoRedneck]

want to know CRAZIESEST news, one of the girls gave birth in the bag on the way home on a 30min drive. got 3 bonus fry. whaaaat!!!

Now that I looked at that pic again it is a Male.....lol

some of these new strains females are looking so much like males of the past. the mosaic females are just like a male of the past.

 

[SanDiegoRedneck]

Wow even the size of the ladies tail is impressive! Should make some nice looking fish with those!

And the girls are only 2ish months old so some growth still maybe.

 

[SanDiegoRedneck]

about 25 fry already!!!

 

[emeraldking]

Don´t be surprised if you´ll see red grass guppies develop as well. For blue grass ♂ x blue grass ♀ = red offspring. Blue grass ♂ x red grass ♀ = blue offspring. Red grass ♂ x blue grass ♀ = red offspring. Red grass ♂ x red grass ♀ = blue offspring.
It's not a 100% but a reasonable number will turn out like this.

 

[SanDiegoRedneck]

Don´t be surprised if you´ll see red grass guppies develop as well. For blue grass ♂ x blue grass ♀ = red offspring. Blue grass ♂ x red grass ♀ = blue offspring. Red grass ♂ x blue grass ♀ = red offspring. Red grass ♂ x red grass ♀ = blue offspring.
It's not a 100% but a reasonable number will turn out like this.

So to get more bluegrass I need red grass females?

Will any of them turn out bluegrass? With both bluegrass parents?

Don´t be surprised if you´ll see red grass guppies develop as well. For blue grass ♂ x blue grass ♀ = red offspring. Blue grass ♂ x red grass ♀ = blue offspring. Red grass ♂ x blue grass ♀ = red offspring. Red grass ♂ x red grass ♀ = blue offspring.
It's not a 100% but a reasonable number will turn out like this.

Ps so these there is 0 chance to colony breed so I must remove and seperate sex of fry huh?

 

[emeraldking]

So to get more bluegrass I need red grass females?

Will any of them turn out bluegrass? With both bluegrass parents?

Ps so these there is 0 chance to colony breed so I must remove and seperate sex of fry huh?

If you'd like to maintain a blue line, the red females are of importance. For sure a percentage will turn blue by blue ♂ x blue ♀. But be aware that you'll also find red ones.

At shows we put blue to blue and red to red to make a nice combo . But with breeding it's one of each color together.

 

[SanDiegoRedneck]

If you'd like to maintain a blue line, the red females are of importance. For sure a percentage will turn blue by blue ♂ x blue ♀. But be aware that you'll also find red ones.

Ok cool. So look for nice red females from my fry and breed back with blues?

I'm very appreciative of this knowledge these will be the first to get grow out tanks

 

[emeraldking]

Ok cool. So look for nice red females from my fry and breed back with blues?

I'm very appreciative of this knowledge these will be the first to get grow out tanks

Yes, the red daughters of the F1 are of importance.

 

[SanDiegoRedneck]

Yes, the red daughters of the F1 are of importance.

Ok I'll probably circle back for help in a few months, do you breed any blue females? Or just sell those?

 

[emeraldking]

Ok I'll probably circle back for help in a few months, do you breed any blue females? Or just sell those?

I used to breed these as well. Now, I've got other fancy strains overhere. I do sell but I'm not in the States.

 

[Donovan Jones]

Yes, the red daughters of the F1 are of importance.

I'm curious how this works genetically. Is it like a lethal trait when its homozygous?

 

[SanDiegoRedneck]

I used to breed these as well. Now, I've got other fancy strains overhere. I do sell but I'm not in the States.

Sorry miss understood my question, my question is are the blue females worth breeding to get more blues?

Or should I sell all blue females and only breed red females to blue males?
Pwilly07 did you know this? Pretty cool info I didnt know and will do more research about.

 

[emeraldking]

Hi again,
Oh no, there's no real need to sell the blue daughters. Like I've already mentioned it's a part of the offspring that will turn out blue but also a big part will turn red. But most of the time if you'll cross a blue grass male to a red grass female, more blue ones will develop. Like I've mentioned before, it's not a 100% guarantee but it's a good reference.
You can also use Asian blau (blue) guppies to mix with them (while blue grass already has got an Asian Blau gene in them) to ensure more blue offsspring. But if you'll use an Asian Blau male to cross with red or blue grass females, the Asian Blau gene generates a shorter dorsal of the male offspring.
And you shouldn't be surprised if also one or more (if it happens it's mostly a very low percentage of the male offspring that will turn out being Asian blue phenotypically) males will show up in the offspring. If they occur, they won't show the grass pattern in their fins. Most grass guppy breeders will remove these Asian Blau males for they like to keep the larger dorsal intact.