Tangerine endlers...

[emeraldking]

Proud to present my own creation: Tangerine endlers...
Well, if you look at the color, it's no surpise why I've named them Tangerine endlers. It's a hybrid strain. They're grey bodied and while aging, the orange will appear on the body untill they're almost full orange. They came out as I've expected after a couple of generations. But the orange starts developing on the chest and than the back starts coloring up untill it's fully orange. The present colony is doing fine and breeding true.



The black spot on the chest/belly area is a guppy trait.

 

[MyFishAddiction]

Pretty! is the first one a female?

 

[HupGupp]

Nice! How many generations does it take to make a unique strain?

 

[NotSoAggressiveAquatics]

Awesome how they look like they have eyes on their tail

 

[emeraldking]

Pretty! is the first one a female?

Well, thank you. No, it's a juvenile male. But in the first picture, quite on the right, you do see a grey bodied female.

Nice! How many generations does it take to make a unique strain?

Thank you.
How long does it take to make a unique strain? Well, it really depends on your demands what you'd like to see in a new strain. And secondly, it depends on what kind of fish you'll use to establish your goal for a new strain (know their genetics). It could take less than half a year till a couple of years to get them where you want them to be and that they'll breed true (very important).

Awesome how they look like they have eyes on their tail

Thank you so much. Yes, the spot on the tail, is called a peacock.

 

[NotSoAggressiveAquatics]

Thank you so much. Yes, the spot on the tail, is called a peacock.

Isn’t that what they use to scare away predators. Or something like that?

 

[emeraldking]

Isn’t that what they use to scare away predators. Or something like that?

It resembles an eye. And yes in general, it's to make it look like the back of the body is the front. And that to make a predator believe that such a fish sees him. And that the predator won't attack directly.