Gambusia? What type?
#1 Guest_sumthinsfishy_*
Posted 07 January 2008 - 08:33 PM
I was thinking they were gambusia georgei, but then I found out these are probably extinct.
BTW, babies? Soon?
#2 Guest_truf_*
Posted 07 January 2008 - 08:52 PM
-Thom
#3 Guest_Brooklamprey_*
Posted 07 January 2008 - 08:55 PM
#4 Guest_truf_*
Posted 07 January 2008 - 09:42 PM
Isn't this the same species of fish I posted before?that is a fancy female guppy
#5 Guest_butch_*
Posted 07 January 2008 - 10:36 PM
Truf, your fish are just a hybrid platy of some xiphophorus species. This guppy is poecilia reticulata.
#6 Guest_sumthinsfishy_*
Posted 08 January 2008 - 06:45 AM
2.5" is pretty big for a fancy guppy.
That's what I was thinking. I was one of the smaller ones too.
I went over and looked at the female fancy guppies, and they were like half the size.
#7 Guest_Brooklamprey_*
Posted 08 January 2008 - 08:15 AM
Most of the Fancy guppies you see in stores are really inbred Mass aquacultured crap fish. I would guess these more likely came from a private breeding source. This really would not surprise me as your in a major area for good livebearer breeders..
#8 Guest_Brooklamprey_*
Posted 08 January 2008 - 08:22 AM
Isn't this the same species of fish I posted before?
Yours was a Xiph. maculatus or Xiph. variatus this is definitely a guppy
#9 Guest_butch_*
Posted 08 January 2008 - 10:08 AM
#10 Guest_tglassburner_*
Posted 08 January 2008 - 10:17 AM
I've heard of them but never seen them.Have you heard "superguppy" or giant guppy? They are huge, same size as full grown female gambusia. But they are uncommon in back then, and now they are bred for its size.
Gambusia are good for feeders so I'd imagine the superguppy would be too. That's about the only benefit I can see to larger guppies.
#11 Guest_sumthinsfishy_*
Posted 08 January 2008 - 03:48 PM
I've heard of them but never seen them.
Gambusia are good for feeders so I'd imagine the superguppy would be too. That's about the only benefit I can see to larger guppies.
I was trying to breed my gambusia's because the fry would be great for some of the smaller fish I have, but the male disappeared.
Since this guppy is considerably larger than normal ones, does that mean the fry would be large too?
#12 Guest_tglassburner_*
Posted 08 January 2008 - 03:52 PM
Maybe, but i dont think the difference would be all that great. I've had some huge females and the fry were all about the same size.I was trying to breed my gambusia's because the fry would be great for some of the smaller fish I have, but the male disappeared.
Since this guppy is considerably larger than normal ones, does that mean the fry would be large too?
Tom
#13 Guest_butch_*
Posted 08 January 2008 - 04:25 PM
Gambusia hybridizing with guppy are not often always sucessful due to lots of factors. Female gambusia will eat smaller male guppies and will kill fancy guppy males. Male gambusia/ female fancy guppy combo can work but the nipping won't be stop and very diffuclt to tell which fry are hybrid or not since mostly female guppies are already bred and very few virgin guppies offered for sale.
Newborn gambusia fry are a little bigger than newborn guppy fry.
Is just me, or the guppies looks like gambusia very much than mollies?
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