I'm still working on sorting out the old photos & videos, here's a short
clip of two of my favourites: Corydoras panda & wildstrain guppies
(Brazil) feeding. (food from Repashy Norway)
Showing posts with label poecilia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label poecilia. Show all posts
Friday, 3 June 2016
Sunday, 8 February 2015
Wild Guppy (Brazil) update, Poecilia reticulata
I have beenkeeping this strain of guppies for
about a year now. The population is based on four adult pairs and a few fry, all wild caught (Brazil).
The fish are doing very well, I have however had to downsize to two tanks with separate populations of the same strain.
Below is a sample of some of the male offspring, these would be 2nd and 3rd generation fish.
I'm looking forward to following the development of these fish, perhaps it will be possible to see physical changes by keeping a photographic record.
The fish are doing very well, I have however had to downsize to two tanks with separate populations of the same strain.
Below is a sample of some of the male offspring, these would be 2nd and 3rd generation fish.
I'm looking forward to following the development of these fish, perhaps it will be possible to see physical changes by keeping a photographic record.
Wednesday, 11 December 2013
Updated photos, Wild Brazilian Guppies, Poecilia reticulata
The new wild caught
Brazilian guppies have now been separated into individual tanks to make sure
that all of the founders get a chance to reproduce.
The photos on the left were taken when the males had settled down a bit, they are quite different then the stress colouration shown on the right.
Even now I do not find that the photographs are particularly representative as these fish seems to display different colours depending on moods, setting and lighting.
All of the females have dropped fry which is great, and the fish seem to have settled in well.
More to come regarding these,
The photos on the left were taken when the males had settled down a bit, they are quite different then the stress colouration shown on the right.
Even now I do not find that the photographs are particularly representative as these fish seems to display different colours depending on moods, setting and lighting.
All of the females have dropped fry which is great, and the fish seem to have settled in well.
More to come regarding these,
Tuesday, 26 November 2013
Wild Brazilian Guppies, Poecilia reticulata
I have gotten my hands on
some wild caught Brazilian Guppies, these are great little fish and I'm really looking
forward to keeping them. The fish has gotten me interested in guppies and I
have even joined the forum www.guppy.se where I have gotten some great advice.
The original "founders" consist of four males and four females picked out from an import of around 500 animals. The eight spent about a month in a quarantine tank where approximately 20 little fry were released.
My intent is to maintain this strain long-term, for this reason the four pairs have been separated to make sure that each individual gets a chance to reproduce. The fry from the quarantine tank are also being kept in a separate tank as it is likely that they are the offspring from males in the shop and therefor add to the genetic diversity of the total group.
These are the four pairs; note that the photographs show the fish in stress coloration. They are all far more colourfull in real life.
The plan is to follow and record their progress, the next step is to try to take some photographs of the males in their new tanks when they have settled in and colored up.
Offspring from the originals groups, 2015.02.01:
The original "founders" consist of four males and four females picked out from an import of around 500 animals. The eight spent about a month in a quarantine tank where approximately 20 little fry were released.
My intent is to maintain this strain long-term, for this reason the four pairs have been separated to make sure that each individual gets a chance to reproduce. The fry from the quarantine tank are also being kept in a separate tank as it is likely that they are the offspring from males in the shop and therefor add to the genetic diversity of the total group.
These are the four pairs; note that the photographs show the fish in stress coloration. They are all far more colourfull in real life.
The plan is to follow and record their progress, the next step is to try to take some photographs of the males in their new tanks when they have settled in and colored up.
Offspring from the originals groups, 2015.02.01:
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