Yellow Male Guppies

[Majjie]

Sorry if this is a common question. I tried a search but there was too much stuff to wade through.

I've actually done some deliberate breeding of guppies recently - it's always been completely random and accidental before .

The mothers are very dark with bright yellow spotted tails and yellow dorsal fins - the prettiest I've seen (though I'm no expert). I introduced three of them to a red tailed male.

The offspring - not surprisingly - are very mixed but some of them were all yellow. A friend of mine, who used to breed guppies, told me that they would all be female - which made sense because I've had all yellow females before. One of these yellow babies, however, has turned into a yellow bodied male with a red tail.

Is this common? He's very gaudy!

Apologies for the quality of the pics - they're very active these guppies!:

One of the mothers:

Gaudy Boy son (he's still only young):

Any comments welcome

 

[theotheragentm]

There is a whole spectrum of colors out there for Guppies. If you see it, someone else has probably seen it too. Great looking fish BTW.

 

[Majjie]

There is a whole spectrum of colors out there for Guppies. If you see it, someone else has probably seen it too. Great looking fish BTW.

Thanks. I expect you're right. I can quite see why his particular colour combination hasn't proved too popular!

 

[helterskelter]

Stunning fish though, but similar to imported fish.

But home breed are much better fish!!!!!!

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

He's a stunning male and you have a lovely female too, but the colours and patterning are really not that unusual. The only particularly rare colouring i have seen in guppys is the true violet leopard patterning, pure white, pink and orange and some others i can't remember. Guppys basically come in every colour and pattern you can think of now days, breeders have been selectively breeding all sorts of tail/fin types, colours and patterns in guppys for a very long time now- sorta like betta's i guess.
Personally i often love the crossbreeds a lot more than the purebreeds, and its also very enjoyable to watch your guppy fry grow up and see what colours and patterns appear on them as they grow .

 

[Rhiannon]

My LFS sells lots of yellow males, I have a yellow male myself and will attach a pic for you.

He has like a lepoard skin type pattern on him. He is just devine to look at and especially when he is showing off.

 

[Majjie]

Thanks everyone for your replies. My Gaudy Boy is obviously quite common
I suspected as much but just wanted to ask.

I so agree with helterskelter about home bred guppies. It took me around two years to get a group of guppies that lived for more than about four or five months. They're all homegrown now and - like Tokis-Phoenix says - it was watching the boys develop their colour that was fascinating and prompted me to try a bit of "directed" breeding.
I shall have to stop now though - running out of tank space! I always say that I'm going to take the youngsters to the lfs - but then I imagine them going to cycle a tank or to someone who knows nothing about fish - and I end up keeping them. I've separated the boys from the girls (although I know it'll be a while before the babies stop).

Thanks for your pic Rhiannon - he is a pretty boy. I've seen yellow snakeskin patterns before and they are lovely. It was plain yellow I hadn't seen - obviously my lfs's aren't very adventurous when it comes to guppy varieties.