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UPDATE ON MY GUPPIES! | 3 comments (3 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: UPDATE ON MY GUPPIES! (none / 0) (#1)
by The Q man on Wed May 09, 2007 at 07:53:03 PM PST

Whether a female produces colorfull males and females all depends on genetics(for the most part). Well ovisuly when a baby of anything is born (as long as it isn't born pregnant like some bugs and worms) it is half of it's father and half of its mother. Sometimes the babies getts more of daddies traits sometimes more of mommies. Sometimes a evenish mix. I don't think it is possible for a baby to have exacty half of mom and dads traits aka genes. But I could be wrong. Anyway that being said just because the female was colorful doesn't mean that all the females will be. You have to consider the males geans if his mother and grandma etc. if they had the colorfull geans. Then you have to look at the females side of the family. Your color female could have a ressive trait in her family (color) and her families dominant trait is not a lot of color. For example if a male rotwilier and a female dalmation have puppies some will be rots some will be dalmations some will be a mix. Now lets say that one of the rots bred with a pure breed rot. But a few of the puppies came out dalmation. That is because that rot had the dalmation genes in him. Even though he looks like a normal rot he still carries the dalmation genes. A gene that is not shown in an idividual, but he/she carries it that is what a ressive trait is. And the showing trait is the dominant. Got that so far? It's comes easy to me, but not to all. I have studied genes or genetics and is can be a confusing subject. That's just scratching the surface though. Hope I didn't confuse you, but I got to go. Try and study up more on genetics. ;) So bottom line if you have no way of finding out the males and female genes just wait and see. :) Sometimes I like to breed different varaeties just to see what will come out. Like a red snakeskin and a h/b green. It's fun for me anyway.
GOOD LUCK!!! :)

Re: UPDATE ON MY GUPPIES! (none / 0) (#2)
by Thride on Wed May 09, 2007 at 09:12:25 PM PST

Thanx for that leason it really did teach me and i am not just say that! Thanx!

QUESTIONS:
What is the best stuff to clean the tank ,gravel and plastic plants?
Does any one have a tank I can possibly buy?
Can females have a snakeskin pattern?

(DID I MENTION HOW MUCH I LOVE GUPPYS:)
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If you lived near Petpourii in Homewood, IL they (none / 0) (#3)
by unclescott on Wed May 09, 2007 at 09:49:49 PM PST

are going out of business and selling tanks at half price. Perhaps a bit of a drive?

A lot of that genetics stuff has to do with which genes will be dominant or whether incomplete dominance will be the case.

A little elbow grease and a paper towel will usually clean a tank, So will a soap-less, plastic pot scrubber. Use paper towel and baking soda on a tank top. Gravel vacuum the gravel. For plants, I too have had to hand pick algae. (Sigh)

Plastic plants can be bleached. 1 part bleach to 10 or 20 parts water. That will clean them (in a bucket, outside in a shaded area) of everything. BUT make sure that they have been properly rinsed and then dechlorinated. Improperly dechlorinated stuff will leave a lethal wave of bleach in an aquarium otherwise!

Sorry about the losses. But you seem to be catching on to this care stuff. Congratulations on all the survivors!

Keep one of your new tanks for quarantine, hospital use. It is sooooo easy for me to spend other people's money. ;)

ATB!

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UPDATE ON MY GUPPIES! | 3 comments (3 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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