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Gestation Period for Guppies (in general)
Is My Guppy Pregnant? Female guppies can get pregnant as early as one month old in a warm tank, although the usual maturity age is three months. The key to understanding a guppy’s gestation period is knowing if she … Continue reading
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Moscow Guppies – Theory & Practice – In Show Tank
Surprise ??? Today I took a small group of “Blue/Green Moscow” from my grow-out tank and put them in to “Show Tank”, trying to pick a few males for my friend … Before I put them in to “Show Tank” … Continue reading
BLOND MOSCOW (A.O.C)
This “Blond” guppies appear in the batch from cross of my two Moscow lines. From here, I will start my new line of Moscow … The camera flash picks up colors that aren’t normally visible (or not quite as much … Continue reading
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Fish Tank (Aquarium) – Water – Measurements
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Moscow guppies are also known as “Chameleon guppies”
Same fish but exposed to different source of light, different camera angle and only 30 sec. for changing light and shooting! For more information on this subject, click on the link down below; – Guppy Colouration by Mary Jane COLOR CHANGE … Continue reading
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Moscow Guppies – Theory & Practice – What happened to the color on the head?
This is a Moscow that I developed it using a Blue Hawaiian male and Sword female. What happened with ‘trait’ that we consider the defining characteristic of Moscow: the colored head? The genotype of female is unkown to me but, … Continue reading
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Is it wrong to cull guppies???
If you are serious about breeding show quality guppies M U S T C U L L !!!!! One of the most important aspects of guppy breeding is culling, culling and culling … *Culling does not mean … Continue reading
Moscow Guppies – Theory & Practice – Moscow Grass
Blue/Green Moscow male + Blue/Green Moscow female = BLUE/GREEN MOSCOW FRY ??? No, I’m not Columbus but I do not have to be to find out that this is terribly boring and I want to change something!!! (LOL) Since 2015 … Continue reading
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Our Guppies Corner
One of the first things that we done in our new home is … set up guppy breeding rack and display tank! Our guppy rack is located in the corner between our living room and kitchen and finished ‘project’ … Continue reading
In memory of MASTER GUPPY BREEDER Luke Roebuck
I decided to re-publish / re-blog Kathleen Roberts interview with Luke Roebuck … it’s been two years now … YOU are not forgotten … Kathleen Roberts If you’d like to go beyond just having a few guppies to watch, perhaps … Continue reading
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OUR BREEDING/SELECTING PROGRAM FOR MAINTAINING & IMPROVING OUR MOSCOW (guppy) STRAIN
INTRO We started with two different lines of Blue Moscow (they were not parent related) and marked them with Line 1 and Line 2. Line 1 Hawaiian Blue Moscow, I was created my line back in 2010 using Luke’s Hawaiian … Continue reading
Successful breeding (QUALITY) Moscow guppies with low number of tanks!
Beginners in this hobby are many times discouraged when they hear about breeders with elaborate fish rooms, with 50+ number of tanks (some approaching 200 tanks!). So we don’t want at the beginning to be “misunderstood”; More Isn’t Always Better … Continue reading
After 15 months of breeding guppies my wife won in the Novice Class
My wife (Bojana) is into the guppy hobby from May, 2015 and after 15 months of breeding guppies she won in the Novice Class! She sent 2 fish (from her line, male and female) to IFGA SHOW hosted by Deep South Fancy Guppy … Continue reading
BLUE / GREEN MOSCOW [my wife’s line]
This line was chosen by my wife, they are imported from Russia and working with some “foreign” genetic it’s fun! These are the closest to the IFGA standards than any other Blue/Green Moscow’s available today. We spend a lot of … Continue reading
BLUE / PURPLE Hawaiian MOSCOW [my line]
I spend a lot of time working on improving them … I was created this line back in 2010 using Luke’s Hawaiian Moscow and Shubel’s (Full) Blue Delta. I got them back in May-2015 and cross them back in … Continue reading
Back into the guppy hobby!
Back into the guppy hobby! Continue reading
The difference between Ribbon and Swallow guppies
The ribbon only has long anal fins and most often a long dorsal fin, that it makes the females look more attractive to keep and in my opinion, they are beautiful! The tail (caudal) is not affected by the ribbon … Continue reading
Giessen trait of long fins – RIBBON FINS
by Igor Dusanic for Chesapeake Guppy Club 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 svrhe … Continue reading
Why guppies have genital claws
Male guppies use genital claws to increase the transfer of sperm in mating, researchers say. New research from evolutionary biologists at the University of Toronto shows that the male guppy grows claws on its genitals to make it more difficult … Continue reading
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