Wild Guppies

[Az-Hudson]

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but is 17th-18th Oct in nottingham

Cheers for the info, i have signed up for the forum, and will have a good read later on

 

[Az-Hudson]

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but is 17th-18th Oct in nottingham

Cheers for the info, i have signed up for the forum, and will have a good read later on

Well i woke this morning to find 3 fry all swimming about my quaratine tank, the female i think is the mother is still lying on the bottom of the tank looking very fat.

I was hopefull i would be able to move them into there home before they spawned but nevermind.

 

[matchstickman47]

wild gupies generaly have less colour ... captive bred guppies are bred to stand out ...

 

[Aequora]

Here are pictures of the males from my last Wild Guppy drop when they developed their colors. You can see the obvious differences even in the same drop. I just had another drop from the same female three weeks ago and have about 18 fry that are growing and eating voraciously. I can't wait to see what they look like as I believe their father was the male in the images (pictured at the very top right, and the 3rd + 4th from the top on the left). The wild guppies can be incredibly beautiful if you aim to breed for the best colors in males; there is just so much variety in how their colors and fins are expressed. Some in that batch had more greens and blues then black/white/red, others had large fins and others showed a nice sword tail effect. It's really interesting to see what one male and female can produce when crossed.

Edit: If you guys are interested in fish, I would be more then happy to ship within the Pacific Northwest for the shipping price. =]

 

[dipsydoodlenoodle]

I have some japanese blue guppies

which i can post if ur in the UK.

ooooooooooooo can you post them . You've been commenting on my other thread about these fish. I've got a REALLY cheeky question to ask; would you send only fish of the same sex or would you mix them? Just my LFS only sell them in pairs and I'd only like to have a go with the boys to begin with. Also how much would you charge?

 

[Aequora]

I think the difference between a wild guppy and the domestic wild-type you can usually buy is that wilds are, well, from an actual river or water source! However, rather your fish is a true 'wild' or a domestically bred fish is a mystery. Wild guppies (from the wild), feeders and fancies are all the same fish, just different breeding.

About any Endler curiosity, I couldn't tell you for sure either. I say it's not an Endler, but that doesn't mean that it couldn't be a cross between a wild-type guppy and an Endler somewhere down the line.

I don't know how much you paid for them; if you got a good deal or got ripped off. I know that Fancies can go from the $2 store price to the hundreds and that wild-types and feeders can sell for pennies. I seriously doubt anybody catching and selling wild fish would sell them on ebay. I'd take a stab at saying they would probably frequent and sell at Live-Bearer club gatherings.

Though! That's all just a hunch. Here's some information I found on the web for you. Good luck. =] :

http/news.illinois.edu/WebsandThumbs/Hughes,Kimberly/0506guppies_b.jpg
http/news.illinois.edu/news/06/0531guppies.html

 

[OldMan47]

There is no such thing as a Japanese wild guppy, even though there are fish that go by that name. The real guppy habitat is near and on the coast of South America. The most that can be said about a fish collected from the wild in Japan is that it is a feral guppy found in the wild in Japan. Guppies were used for many years to control mosquitoes all over the world and can still be found in the locations where they were placed. That does not make them wild but really just feral. Feral refers to an animal that has been introduced either accidentally or on purpose into the wild where they do not really belong. It can also refer to a domesticated animal released into the environment where it originated, but those are harder to distinguish from truly wild animals in the same location.
Ignore me but I am a stickler for correct use of the term wild. I find that the "wild" mollies collected in Florida often fit the same description of truly being feral, not wild.

 

[Daddyrik]

I dont even no the diff between wild and normal guppies, maybe u can inform me on that one lol

I have found a site that has a bit of information about guppies and you may want to explore the site.
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I hope this helps!