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	Breeding from coloured males without similar females?
Callatya Moderator The girl's got crabs! Posts: 9662 Kudos: 5261 Registered: 16-Sep-2001	I have the opportunity to get some very nice solid coloured pink male guppies. Unfortunately there are no matching females available. I vaguely recall a 'grey' guppy female that would produce fry that would display the colour of whatever male was put to her. Is this true, and where would one of these guppies be found? Are they one of those very rare occurrences? Otherwise, what would be a good bet of a colour that would be recessive to pink? (looks like pink metallic, can't really be much more specific For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks. - Terry Pratchett
Posted 25-Jul-2007 05:32
TW Fish Master * * Fish Slave * * Posts: 1947 Kudos: 278 Votes: 338 Registered: 14-Jan-2006	Hi Callatya, sorry can't help with your question - but I am so curious to see what these little pink guys of yours look like. Can you post a pic. My daughter would just love them. Hope someone else pops in with advice for you soon. Cheers TW
Posted 25-Jul-2007 06:40
Babelfish Administrator Small Fry with Ketchup Posts: 6833 Kudos: 8324 Votes: 1570 Registered: 17-Apr-2003	Can't help much either, but I did have some brilliant bright orange males that I tried to pair with a slightly feeder female and the females bland colors won out for the most part. ^_^
Posted 25-Jul-2007 09:32
bettachris Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3875 Kudos: 4173 Votes: 452 Registered: 13-Jun-2004	i have "feeder guppies" that are grey in color, and have them bred with my HB male, the fry are all greys in my grow out. It could be a number of factors, as she may have been pregnant by another grey guppy b4 she came to me. But my fry are grey.
Posted 26-Jul-2007 04:10
Callatya Moderator The girl's got crabs! Posts: 9662 Kudos: 5261 Registered: 16-Sep-2001	Sorry it took so long, I missed out on the first batch. I think the colour is actually closer to 'dragon' (whatever that is in guppytalk ) in that it seems to be a bright orange fish with a heavy opaque/metallic layer over the top that alters the appearance to an orangey pink. Given that, I'm going to try pink/orange neon females. *Attached Image:* For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks. - Terry Pratchett
Posted 28-Sep-2007 16:09
Callatya Moderator The girl's got crabs! Posts: 9662 Kudos: 5261 Registered: 16-Sep-2001	Another angle (The tank is still a bit dusty from the sand and has no background or light, so the photos are pretty awful ) *Attached Image:* next to a normal (non-metallic) female For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks. - Terry Pratchett
Posted 28-Sep-2007 16:10


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