as i search for more informtion on breeding guppies i find that for the novice it can be disenchanting. with all the sientific jargon and technical termonology it can be quite overwhelming. many of the articles ive read were very impressive using terms i had to use a dictionary to define. so as many wax eloquent the newcommer thinks F1, P1 ,recessive, sex linked, dominant trait, inbreed what?????????? where are the articles for those who have never heard of MENDLE or dont understand advanced genetics? I dont claim to have done an exhaustive search but i am exhausted looking for some information that keeps it simple. resources that dont speak over the newguys head. Where do you go to to find information that reads like this for example: if you breed snakeskin males to a gray female most times you will get snakeskin paterns. or breeding H/B males to a Albino Red you get such and such many times. ect. if you know of any good informative sights that dont require you to go back to college and take genetics 101 but explains breeding guppies and color compatability and traits pasted on please pass this information on.
Breeding Guppies :Keeping it simple?
- Thread starter FireHead
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very simple
pick some guppies you like
put them in water
take pregnant female and put her in net breeder or another tank until she delivers
put her in a QT tank and fatten her back up
rinse repeat
separate your male and female fry into their own tanks so you can choose which breeds with which
find the ones you like most as they grow out
cross the ones that have the best examples of the traits you like the most
rinse repeat
http://guppyinfo.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=87&Itemid=37
that site has everything you could ever want to know about guppies
pick some guppies you like
put them in water
take pregnant female and put her in net breeder or another tank until she delivers
put her in a QT tank and fatten her back up
rinse repeat
separate your male and female fry into their own tanks so you can choose which breeds with which
find the ones you like most as they grow out
cross the ones that have the best examples of the traits you like the most
rinse repeat
http://guppyinfo.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=87&Itemid=37
that site has everything you could ever want to know about guppies
My mother used to take 20 for $1 feeder guppies and work with them until she had beautiful fancy guppies.
You probably won't find what you are looking for because genetics are very complicated. Traits can be recessive or dominant depending on what other traits are present, it would be very difficult if not impossible to predict with any reliability what the results would be from breeding two individual unknown fish. Usually the trait you want is recessive, which means, at best you only have a five to ten percent chance of getting the desired trait.
yep, genetics is trial and lots of error. most strains that are popular today are results of a lot of error
Guppies were aptly named: Million-Fish 
The genetics is very difficult, and unless you spend the $ upfront for clean lines, your efforts can get very frustrating...
The genetics is very difficult, and unless you spend the $ upfront for clean lines, your efforts can get very frustrating...
