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	what is this fry?
Theresa_M Moderator Queen of Zoom Posts: 3649 Kudos: 4280 Votes: 790 Registered: 04-Jan-2004	I was buying kuhlis tonight, only type of fish in the tank, right? Wrong...employee nets two and says 'hey look, a fry, want it?' Of course I say yes Very colorful, maybe 1/5-3/4" long...the glass I have it in for these pics is just over 2" wide, in this first pic the two fuzzy things on the bottom are brine shrimp so that gives some size perspective. Any ideas? [/font][/font][/font] ~~~~~~~~~~~~ There is water at the bottom of the ocean
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:53
gnr4ever8794 Enthusiast Posts: 253 Kudos: 222 Votes: 24 Registered: 12-Apr-2004	a very very pretty feeder guppy.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:53
Theresa_M Moderator Queen of Zoom Posts: 3649 Kudos: 4280 Votes: 790 Registered: 04-Jan-2004	Thank you! To be totally honest I've never even looked at feeder guppies before It really does have some great color. I guess my guppies have a new friend ~~~~~~~~~~~~ There is water at the bottom of the ocean
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:53
gnr4ever8794 Enthusiast Posts: 253 Kudos: 222 Votes: 24 Registered: 12-Apr-2004	usually they're all grey n plain lookin but i've seen a few that look ALMOST that nice. I want him...
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:53
gartenzwerfe Big Fish Mrs. Racso To Be Posts: 375 Kudos: 628 Votes: 199 Registered: 20-Mar-2004	Guppy???? Isn't that an Endler's Livebearer? They don't get much bigger than that. ]<]Dani<]< [span class="edited"][Edited by gartenzwerfe 2004-09-06 19:07][/span]
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:53
gnr4ever8794 Enthusiast Posts: 253 Kudos: 222 Votes: 24 Registered: 12-Apr-2004	they usually get cross-bred n what not, which is why they're feeders...either way it's still very pretty.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:53
Theresa_M Moderator Queen of Zoom Posts: 3649 Kudos: 4280 Votes: 790 Registered: 04-Jan-2004	No, I breed Endler's and this one is definitely more colorful at a younger age than male Endler's are. There also isn't the distinctive split in the tail coloration. It could either be a colorful feeder or a mix, guppies and Endler's will cross-breed. Here's a trio of my Endler's...an adult male, juvenile male, and female: Theresa_M attached this image: [img]http://www.fishprofiles.net/attachments/428077.jpg"] ~~~~~~~~~~~~ There is water at the bottom of the ocean
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:53
gnr4ever8794 Enthusiast Posts: 253 Kudos: 222 Votes: 24 Registered: 12-Apr-2004	I knew you bred them so if it was an Endler's (which I thought at first) you woulda known with no problems. But yeah, it's a feeder guppy.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:53
Natalie Ultimate Fish Guru Apolay Wayyioy Posts: 4499 Kudos: 3730 Votes: 348 Registered: 01-Feb-2003	Definitely a feeder guppy. They are surprisingly attractive, and very hardy. I greatly prefer them to fancy guppies, and I have sold them for pets on several occasions. They are great starter fish. I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:53
Theresa_M Moderator Queen of Zoom Posts: 3649 Kudos: 4280 Votes: 790 Registered: 04-Jan-2004	And definitely a male He's less than half the size of the guppy females but he's shimmying and herding them around And the girls don't try to get away, they just swarm around him Great freebie! ~~~~~~~~~~~~ There is water at the bottom of the ocean
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:53
DaMossMan Fish Guru Piranha Bait Posts: 2511 Kudos: 2117 Votes: 359 Registered: 16-Nov-2003	It's a guppy that has an Endler's in it's family tree somewhere Makes for pretty nice guppys. The Amazon Nut...
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:53
superlion Mega Fish Posts: 1246 Kudos: 673 Votes: 339 Registered: 27-Sep-2003	Looks like a good old-fashioned feeder guppy to me. I has a few feeders about 10 years ago... I haven't really seen feeder guppies sold in stores for a long time (goldfish, and rosy reds seemed to replace the guppies), what happened? ><>
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:53


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