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CucumberSlices Banned Posts: 63 Registered: 11-Jul-2007	i have a guppie in my tank that looks very much like one they sell at the lfs, i was wondering what it was. I didnt buy it so i dont know the name, it just kinda came out and grew up and looks very simmilar to one i have seen.http://s201.photobucket.com/albums/aa123/jacobkgreen/aquarium%20fish/?action=view&current=looktheresagreenspot.jpg any ideas on what it is let me know!
Posted 22-Jul-2007 13:15
ScottF Fish Addict Addiction Hurts!! Posts: 542 Kudos: 330 Votes: 355 Registered: 28-May-2007	cuke- I found a fellow that looks like he might be like yours. Check out this link for a male multi-color guppy: http://www.petsolutions.com/Male-Multi-Color-Guppy+I19610+C40001586.aspx Poecilia reticulata is the scientific name I found. I hope this helps or gives you a place to search further. good luck man!
Posted 22-Jul-2007 16:24
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CucumberSlices Banned Posts: 63 Registered: 11-Jul-2007	thank you scott, as we had talked about earlyer, it might be a multi-color, but im not quite sure, i'll do some digging and see what i can turn up.
Posted 22-Jul-2007 21:14
CucumberSlices Banned Posts: 63 Registered: 11-Jul-2007	Edited by CucumberSlices here another one i cant figure out all the way, and i have a few more in the tank that have markings just like it on the tail and body, but not the same color http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa123/jacobkgreen/aquarium%20fish/Pertyguppy.jpg
Posted 23-Jul-2007 21:44
sham Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3369 Kudos: 2782 Votes: 98 Registered: 21-Apr-2004	The lines on the tail are called a cobra pattern. http://webpages.csus.edu/~qn22/cobra%20guppy.htm Most guppies sold at lfs are just a mix of whatever. They don't breed them for true colors. Occasionally you get a tank of solid colored guppies with some made up color name but unless your really breeding for a specific line they probably won't match most colors out there. Most of the time though even the named colors are just made up by whoever is breeding them or whatever store is selling them and isn't official in any way.
Posted 23-Jul-2007 23:30
So_Very_Sneaky Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3238 Kudos: 2272 Votes: 201 Registered: 10-Mar-2004	Around where I live, this color of guppy is called Tequila Sunrise. Usually they have a creamy blondish body, but sometimes its greenish or blueish. Come Play Yahtzee With Me! http://games.atari.com Http://www.myleague.com/yahtgames
Posted 24-Jul-2007 00:06
CucumberSlices Banned Posts: 63 Registered: 11-Jul-2007	i'v seen so many diffrent names for guppies my heads spinning... the sunrise guppies were what i started off with, and one tuxedo. Now i have a mix of tuxedo/t.sunrise/corba, where the corba came into play i dont know but it started showing up about a month agao. And now i have green(probly from the sunrise) and a bluish purple(probly the tux). most of my females now have mainly orange tails, with blue and green and yellow mixed into them, kind of like a rainbow.
Posted 24-Jul-2007 01:35
sham Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3369 Kudos: 2782 Votes: 98 Registered: 21-Apr-2004	If you keep mixing guppy colors eventually you get back to the wild guppy. These have just little dots of every color on them. Go take a look at the feeders at any store. You have to breed the colors back to each other to continue them or you just end up with an increasing mix. I do kind of like some feeder guppies. They can still be rather brightly marked. http://exoticaquarium.com/education/images/guppy.jpg After awhile though if you just keep breeding indescriminately and don't weed out the less colorful ones you end up with mostly plain fish that just have a few dots of color. http://biology.unm.edu/biology/kodric/guppie.jpg
Posted 24-Jul-2007 18:09
CucumberSlices Banned Posts: 63 Registered: 11-Jul-2007	ahh... ic, i did not know that.
Posted 24-Jul-2007 23:30


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