Guppy ?

[Grannysneo]

I am at the end of cycling a 20 gallon tank . I've got 2 dozen guppy feeders in it now. I'm planning on using them as feeders for my Oscar . Hubby says I should keep the females to breed the fancy males with. He claims it will make for healthier babies. Will it or will they mostly be blah looking like the females?


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[Gillie]

If you want to outcross guppies to strengthen your line you'd be best off buying from a breeder locally that has the same type, and introduce new blood that way. Feeders are wild types and there really is no telling what would come out of it.

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[Grannysneo]

Ok thanks So far all I got is feeders. I can't go to the lfs cause of snow


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[Gillie]

Ok thanks So far all I got is feeders. I can't go to the lfs cause of snow


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Oh t hen you can definitely use feeders

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[Mebbid]

I'm not sure what the goal here is. If you want a healthy colony of feeder guppies go and get random females from different sources. Generally the less fancy they are, the hardier they are. Every 6 months or so remove a few females and replace them with different females to keep the blood lines fresh.

 

[Grannysneo]

I want a healthy tank of fancy colorful guppies. Hubby said I should leave a few of the feeders in there to strengthen the line instead of plAcinging the feeders in my Oscar tank


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[Mebbid]

I want a healthy tank of fancy colorful guppies. Hubby said I should leave a few of the feeders in there to strengthen the line instead of plAcinging the feeders in my Oscar tank


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If you want fancy looking guppies then you need to start with fancy guppies. Preferrably of a single strain. If you use feeder guppies they will never really look "fancy" even if they are breeding with fancy guppies.

For reference these are typical feeders: