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Guppy Photo Shoot – III / What happened to Metal-head?
This male, when seen in person, looks like Half Black A.O.C. He appeared in the second generation of my MOSCOW mosaics! The same male when he was two and a half months old Personally, looking at this phenotype I certainly … Continue reading
Guppy Photo Shoot – II / RED MOSAIC FEMALES
My latest work results, Red Mosaic (BiColor) females. When I started working with Mosaics, the females showed purplish, bluish, yellow, and white/pastel colors with black patterns (in the tail). All females were dropping males with a red mosaic taile. By … Continue reading
Nakon bezbroj ukrstanja, odredio sam svoj konacni cilj!
Kao sto sam vec naveo u mom posljednjem clanku, moj rad je fokusiran na Moskovskim crvenim dvobojnima (Moscow BiColor). Danas imam moje dvije orginalne linije (koje sam odlucio da sacuvam), koje su stvorene u mojim akvarijumima. Nazvao sam ih; Moskovski … Continue reading
Nikola’s results from IFGA Annual Show 2019 Seekonk, MA
This is Nikola’s second time to attend and participate in the IFGA Annual Show. Nikola is only five years old, but he looks a little older as he is much taller than almost all peers 🙂 He already clean the … Continue reading
Tips And Tricks by Mary Jane
When cleaning your box filters, save 1/3 of the cleanest floss to insert between the new floss. This will help seed your new floss with good bacteria. When cleaning a confined space such as a breeder box or small tank, … Continue reading
Guppy Glossary – Meanings From A to Z by Mary Jane
Acclimation: the process of slowly introducing a fish to new water conditions. Acid: a solution (i.e. water) with a pH less than 7.0. Activated Carbon: a highly porous filtering medium prepared by exposing organic materials such as bones to high … Continue reading
Guppy F.A.Q.’s by Mary Jane
All new guppy-keepers have similar, exciting questions. Read below for the answers… Question 1: How soon can guppies multiply? Females mature at about 3 months of age, perhaps sooner in a warmer tank. Males sexually mature somewhat sooner. The … Continue reading
Hospital Tanks by Mary Jane
Hospital Tank/Quarantine Tank – essential in fishkeeping. Whether used only when needed or kept with fish in it that can be removed when necessary, a hospital tank should be available whenever needed to isolate and treat sick fish. This would … Continue reading
Getting New Guppies?
Some tips to keep your new guppy, and the fish you already have, safe! The guppy keeper should remember that many diseases and parasites can simply be avoided with proper care and maintenance of the guppy tank. Regular, non-stressful water … Continue reading
RAZVOJ NASIH LINIJA
Sve je pocelo odavdje a zavrsilo se ovdje ? 😉 ? Ovo ce biti nesto vise kao moj dokumenat / zapis, nego regularan clanak. Nakon sto sam izvrsio veci broj ukrstanja u kojima sam imao cilj da napravim visebojne … Continue reading
Ode okolo – Vrati se okolo
U ovom clanku zelim da podijelim dvije stvari sa vama. Prva stvar je vezana za izreku; ide okolo – vrati se okolo. Ako pogledate snimke koji se nalaze dole, ispod ovoga teksta, u prvom cete vidjeti “kobru” a u drugom … Continue reading
All species fish show at Keystone Clash September 2019
Last week was all species fish show with 49 classes at Keystone Clash. The Keystone Clash was presented by the Aquarium Club of Lancaster County and the Cichlid Club of York. We had a wonderful time and gained some new … Continue reading
Great idea for fish tanks shelf / shelves
I found this to be my new inspiration for fish room … These are pictures from one of the European Guppy Exhibitions. It’s just going to be a different size of tanks and air & filtration system, soon 🙂 … Continue reading
Aquarium – Riparium – Paludarium :: I love them all!
AQUARIUM RIPARIUM PALUDARIUM
Our current Moscow (Fire Flame) Mosaic line
Young breeder 🙂 Youngsters 🙂 Sve fotografije su moje vlasnistvo (u slucaju da nisu, autori/vlasnici tih slika su navedeni u tekstu ili su potpisani ispod fotografije/slike) i mogu biti koristene samo u obrazovne … Continue reading
Cull from of our ‘Red Mosaic’ line
This one came of from our Red Mosaic (Krstasi) line (we stopped to work on that line …). It will be culled … There were more copies like this than with red color … Result of crosses … … Continue reading
RED Moscow from Russia
I found this photo of Moscow Red (from Bakanov V.P.) to be very interesting and that is why I want to share with you (in case that you did not have a chance to see it before). … Continue reading
Culling time!
This is the young male from our Moscow Fire Flame Mosaic line Today we exposed the fish to the sunlight … Culling time! This is the one that we first culled out. Different amount of light … Different … Continue reading
Creating OUR LINES of Red BiColor – Line II
We have the first drop of healthy fry from this cross, American Red Delta male into our Mosaic female. We just want to share with you the pictures of the fish that we used for these crosses. We don’t have … Continue reading







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