Will My Fry Breed With Each Other?

[leeandstacie]

I will separte the males and give them away. Should I just take them to the pet shop or is it worth putting them on this site?
Is it worth hunting down the internet for a strong male to breed with my females when they are a bit older

 

[Truck]

I will separte the males and give them away. Should I just take them to the pet shop or is it worth putting them on this site?
Is it worth hunting down the internet for a strong male to breed with my females when they are a bit older

a pure male with a mixed female wont mean a pure strain

 

[puppyjess123]

Could be depending on whether you really want good fry and are quite serious about the breeding. When seperating them you might accidentally put a male with the females as it is hard to sex them. Is your pet shop decent, if so I would trust them to give them good homes - they have to be a certain age before you can sell them?

Lucy

 

[leeandstacie]

What if I go like this....
Pure male - mixed female = fry
female fry gets older - add a new pure male = fry

If I do the next steps again will my fry start to become a stronger strain eventually?

 

[Truck]

What if I go like this....
Pure male - mixed female = fry
female fry gets older - add a new pure male = fry

If I do the next steps again will my fry start to become a stronger strain eventually?

not all fry will be of the new strain because past genes etc will come through and show

 

[leeandstacie]

So where do you find pure breeds because they all look the same at my fish shop?
I have seen some nice pictures on google pictures but thats about it

Cheers

 

[Truck]

So where do you find pure breeds because they all look the same at my fish shop?
I have seen some nice pictures on google pictures but thats about it

Cheers

contact a member on here, some members have pure strain guppies

 

[leeandstacie]

Thanks, I will see this group of fry through as they are my first and start from scrath with a pure strain

Cheers

 

[fish48]

You should have no problem with breeding your fry with each other if your adults are still in the same tank then the male will probable be the first to breed with females
Let them all breed together
start of with a good pair of fish, pet shop Guppies are often crap and is not all down to inbreeding. ( any deformed fry must be removed only breed with the best.

 

[mattbond]

personally, i would just get a male of a different colour/strain than the parents and babies, its not foolproof, but it does widen the genepool

most shops guppies have been interbred anyway to get thier colours

get a male that is the complete opposite of the existing... eg. if you have a neon blue fantailed males, then buy a red one

 

[OldMan47]

There are several ways you can go with breeding as a responsible breeder. One is to make sure you always only allow fish to breed that are unrelated. That will maintain the diversity of the genetics of the fry and be safe as far as preventing genetic defects from showing up and being reinforced. Another approach is to accept the hazards of inbreeding to get a fixed genetic line going. That approach means ruthless culling and preventing all but the best of you fish from reproducing. It will allow you to develop or further a line of fish that breed true. This requires a more callous approach to removing any fish that shows any sign of being inferior in health aspects. If a fish gets sick, it is not allowed to reproduce, ever. Both are viable approaches that produce some very good fish to pass on to the rest of the hobby, it mainly depends what you are looking to do and whether you are able to follow what is needed to be done in the second case.