Originating from a stock of 3 males and five females in 1995, (sorry, I'm repeating myself)... I cannot say how many generations it took to get to the uncountable numbers of Guppies I have today.
Contrary to expectations, (untill about a year ago), all the best traits seemed to have been instilled into the fry and I trully had super (hardy & healthy) Guppies, which everyone commended and praised for looks as well as health.
With my "new" setup in the "new" fishroom, (having moved to a new house), I transferred about 50 Male Guppies from my ponds (where you cannot see the fish) to the tanks in the fishroom and I was very disappointed with what I saw.....
The deterioration in quality is obvious and the colouration seems to have stabilised to a dull grey-ish (and splintered) tail and much smaller body structure than what I displayed a year ago.
It seems like it is time to sell feeder guppies to get rid of my current stocks and start from scratch (doing only selective breeding).... This was a 15 year learning curb for me.
Contrary to expectations, (untill about a year ago), all the best traits seemed to have been instilled into the fry and I trully had super (hardy & healthy) Guppies, which everyone commended and praised for looks as well as health.
With my "new" setup in the "new" fishroom, (having moved to a new house), I transferred about 50 Male Guppies from my ponds (where you cannot see the fish) to the tanks in the fishroom and I was very disappointed with what I saw.....
The deterioration in quality is obvious and the colouration seems to have stabilised to a dull grey-ish (and splintered) tail and much smaller body structure than what I displayed a year ago.
It seems like it is time to sell feeder guppies to get rid of my current stocks and start from scratch (doing only selective breeding).... This was a 15 year learning curb for me.
