I also have a tank full of fancies. It started with 1 feeder female and took her months to decide to use some saved enzymes and make herself preggy. She dropped yellows, yellow snakeskin, blues, and random coloration which i thought was cool. I like moscows because i like pure bold colors. I had a half black yellow guppies from aquabid but i lost them. I also had purple moscow and lost them too the roulette route is fun. I will do selective breeding on moscows. And add different females on a separate tank and go from there.LuminousAphid said:They look awesome, I was thinking about starting out with some blue moscows but I figured I would just go the roulette route and get random guppies to start with. What traits do you plan on breeding/selecting for? Just picking the best looking ones?
Thank you! I am honestly starting to gain more confidence on handling these kind of guppies. I find the a little less hardy than fancy guppies. So what the next best route to try and keep their genetics strong?. Find another set of black moscows? Do you have any show guppies for sale on your store?Aquarium Co-Op said:A few things going on there. The blacks do take a while to look "black" usually a flashlight even on adult males you can see the blue undertones. Sometimes they are sold as midnight blue moscow guppies etc.
It is common practice to crosss blue/purple moscows in to blacks to keep the genetics strong.
Guppies are never really pure, or any fish for that matter. The term is usually called "strain set" When 90% of the spawn will come out true, aka black. I had black moscows breeding for like 2 years. After about like 18 months I had some fry come out albino. So did someone I sold some fry too also. There are always recessive genes etc. So nothing can be pure. But a strain can be set.
I'm hoping to visit your store pretty soon. Im not goona give any date or time. But i for sure wanna be there and will be there. I will see you soon. And i am looking forward to meet you. Thanks Cory.Aquarium Co-Op said:Yeah I've got some different strains at my store that are locally bred. I think in general you'll find you'll have a lot more luck with strains that are bred locally. Be it from a store or hobbyist etc. Closer to our water is always better.