New guppy strains

I purchased a new strain of guppies, called "super platinum". Unlike the albino platinums that are out there, these have a more wild look to them with short tails, grey bodies, and an iridescent look. Unusual for sure. I also joined the IFGA so hopefully I can learn to properly maintain a strain of guppy. Guppies always end up being a challenge for me. My red blue bicolors are fizzling out and I'm having fertility problems with the females, probably due to improper culling/breeding. Winter time I can focus more in the fish room and get some breeding projects going. -G

Sounds interesting, Gina. If we have a future meeting at your house maybe you can show me/us these and talk a little bit about the breeding strains and phenotypes. Genetics and breeding is very interesting to me; but I'm not planning on getting into the breeding aspect of fish myself anytime soon, if ever. So I'll live vicariously through you all...   

While I can talk confidently on Betta and Angelfish genetics...guppies are a whole other matter. I recently joined the International Fancy Guppy Assoc. just to get some insider tips on outcrossing....well...I'm still reading. I have to step away from it before I get overwhelmed. When I read about how many tanks it takes just to maintain one strain   I'd be happy to host another meeting. I can most certainly point out my failures if nothing else!  

I'd be happy with one genus per meeting!   Hint hint   

I stopped by sailfin in Champaign yesterday after the auction and I found an unusual strain of guppy I had never seen before. In fact I thought they were platies till I took a closer look. They had some generic name called "German pink tuxedo...somethin or other" and all I could see was males. There were two females in the tank but they looked unrelated, I bought them anyway. So the front half is shiny pink, the back half looks all black but the fins have an orange edge to them. Very striking. We'll see if they breed true. Looks like they probably came from an Asian fish farm. Out in the summer tubs they go!  

Cool... maybe you can show us if you get some pics.     I hope the females are of that strain and you can get them to breed.

Most of the times up in Chicago they have several guppies that are rather unique, and you are correct that there are only males.

I've seen the pink ones up there before.

What ever females were in that tank are probably unrelated.

DZ

So where do they/you get the females? Do the breeders hoard them so no one else can breed them?

That would be my guess Bec. I was told females dont sell as well so they only sell males, but I'd guess they dont want people breeding them.


DZ