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[Giuga10]

(09-21-2012 04:16 PM)MuskieBait Wrote:  I think it was a weird genetic experiment that gone right in my tank.

Originally I had some metallic blue and metallic red males that had black on the tail end of the body.

I needed to get a few females for them and found some on sale at this little aquarium. The females I got had pure silver bodies but black fins.

Somehow, the males and females mated and I got a couple of the black babies to reach adulthood...then I further inbred them and got more black babies...and so on and so forth.

So out of the 2 males and 3 females I had initially, I bred 3 generations that had at least a couple of "full blacks" in each generation. The rest of them either had blue fins, red fins, and strangely yellow fins as well. I think the yellow came from one of the females.

Talking about this makes me miss my tank so much...maybe I'll get a 5 gal and get a few guppies...a 5 gal doesn't take up that much space...and it can house 10-15 guppies no problem...just don't tell the aquarist Nazis who think more than a couple of fish in a 5 gal is homicide to the fish...

Haha awesome breeding. And those aquarist's are the worst. When I cleaned the tank I replaced the water and had all of the guppies sit in a zip-lock bag to get used to the water and they fit perfectly . 5 gallons is plenty of room. My two started in a 1 Gallon and started shooting out babies left and right, and we still kept them in until the babies started really growing lol. As long as you feed them they'll be alright .

Giuga10