GUppy cross breed effects. - Aquarium Advice

feeder_guppy · 08-31-2005, 08:44 PM

If a fancy guppy and a feeder mix, will the offspring be infertile? nad it there anything bad about a cross breed?

krap101 · 08-31-2005, 09:04 PM

i dont think so. i just think that it will be worth less when and if you sell the babies back to the store.

jrp1588 · 08-31-2005, 09:25 PM

I did it before, it made a smaller less pretty fancy guppy. Nothing spectacular. And they are essentially the same fish, just different breeding. Kinda like a wolf and a dog.

feeder_guppy · 08-31-2005, 09:34 PM

I have bought some cross breeds before and I love them. SO I have main;y feeders because of the price. and I am getting a few fancies to fancy up the tails. THe bodies of feeders is the part I like with that nice fancy tail, thank you for the info.

Toirtis · 09-01-2005, 11:33 AM

OK, firstly, they are the same species, but fancies have been selectively bred for colour and size. Now, breed only wild-type males to the fancy females, because if you breed large fancy males to any but the very largest wild-type females, the babies may be too large for the female to sucessfully gestate.

feeder_guppy · 09-01-2005, 07:11 PM

okay, I only am getting female fancies anyways. Thank you though for the help.

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Toirtis Aquarium Advice Addict Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Posts: 6,768	OK, firstly, they are the same species, but fancies have been selectively bred for colour and size. Now, breed only wild-type males to the fancy females, because if you breed large fancy males to any but the very largest wild-type females, the babies may be too large for the female to sucessfully gestate. __________________ G. A. Christian Bilou, Zoologist/Writer Founder/Director, Reptile Rescue Alberta Vice-President, Calgary Aquarium Society www.calgaryaquariumsociety.com Polypterid/Primitive Fish/Ctenopoma/Catfish Fanatic 62 Aquariums, 2200+ total gallons, Aquarist since 1971.

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08-31-2005, 09:34 PM	#4
feeder_guppy Aquarium Advice Activist Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Winnipeg,MB Canada Posts: 101	I have bought some cross breeds before and I love them. SO I have main;y feeders because of the price. and I am getting a few fancies to fancy up the tails. THe bodies of feeders is the part I like with that nice fancy tail, thank you for the info.

09-01-2005, 07:11 PM	#6
feeder_guppy Aquarium Advice Activist Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Winnipeg,MB Canada Posts: 101	okay, I only am getting female fancies anyways. Thank you though for the help.