MagicAfra
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
I'm unsure whether this should be classified under breeding as it has not yet happened, however it does have to do with selective breeding in the future.
I wanted to start selectively breeding guppies mainly because of their variability in color and pattern. Breeding them seems to have so many possibilities. I am interested in genetics and I thought it would be cool to document each guppy as you move down through the generations. Hopefully I will not only see a change, but I will be able to attribute that to either the genetics of the father or mother. If I were to breed, especially fancy guppies I would do line breeding, with two lines because this would allow for a large amount of control.
Now, given that I wish to breed for maximum change and yet still trace-able genetics and beauty should I start with fancy or feeder guppies, or a male feeder with a female fancy?
I want variation in the offspring so I can choose offspring with the desired trait. Do you think the offspring of fancy guppies are too uniform? Or that the breeding of a feeder with another feeder will produce results too similar to wild guppies to be selected from by someone new to breeding guppies? Perhaps the answer lies in a male feeder with a female fancy? I have heard that this will give variation which is what I want but hopefully not all the way back to a wild guppy or something that I cannot work with. Let me know what you think. Thanks
I wanted to start selectively breeding guppies mainly because of their variability in color and pattern. Breeding them seems to have so many possibilities. I am interested in genetics and I thought it would be cool to document each guppy as you move down through the generations. Hopefully I will not only see a change, but I will be able to attribute that to either the genetics of the father or mother. If I were to breed, especially fancy guppies I would do line breeding, with two lines because this would allow for a large amount of control.
Now, given that I wish to breed for maximum change and yet still trace-able genetics and beauty should I start with fancy or feeder guppies, or a male feeder with a female fancy?
I want variation in the offspring so I can choose offspring with the desired trait. Do you think the offspring of fancy guppies are too uniform? Or that the breeding of a feeder with another feeder will produce results too similar to wild guppies to be selected from by someone new to breeding guppies? Perhaps the answer lies in a male feeder with a female fancy? I have heard that this will give variation which is what I want but hopefully not all the way back to a wild guppy or something that I cannot work with. Let me know what you think. Thanks