Guppy Dilemma

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  1. Franna

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    Hey.
    Ok so i had 2 male guppy's swimming in my 400L tank alone. But today i got some great endler guppy's and they look awesome.
    They are all together at the moment but I don't really want to mix bread them. Would it be considered a bad thing/unethical if I bread Hybrid Guppies?
     
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    No breaking your head over this as the deed is done already..... I wouldnt mix them,although I have seen some spectacular Hybrids.....just dont go passing the progeny along as Endlers in the future...cos they wont be....
     
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    Quickly get a second tank.
     
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    Yip already got the second one up and running. Guppys are going there soon
     
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    what is an endler guppy?
     
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    Just take note that those Guppy males would already have inseminated the Endlers females...(horny little buggers them livebearers...) - so for the next four to 6 fry drops there will be some form of hybridization in the fry...females of the Poecilia Genus actualy store sperm from the male for up to 6 months.... So,only after this time period has elapsed(and you remove the fry to raise elsewhere - to prevent the young hybrids breeding with the original stock) - can you say that you will be getting true Endlers fry again...
     
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