Pretty Pink Guppies

In this post, I am going to talk about some pink guppies that I manage to get hold of from a local fish shop in Singapore. They have been appearing in the fish shops on a consistent basis and I think the breeder is a Guppy farmer here in Singapore.

In my opinio, the above guppies are a cross between Japanese Blue Guppies and the the Red Grass strain. I might be wrong but if I have my reasons to actually state the above.

One is the observation that if you look closely at the Caudal fins of the pink guppy, you will see scattered black spots that are very characteristic of the Grass strains and reminiscence of the Red Grass guppy strain.

Another possible cross is a strain which I would just refer to as the Red Delta strain that is a common sight here in Singapore and is bred in big numbers here in Singapore Guppy farms.

The above is just some speculation and observation. I might be wrong, really wrong and I would really appreciate it if anyone who has had some experiences with these guppies help to enlighten us a bit on the genetic makeup of this fish and how it was developed.

-Ardy Ishykiel-

In this post, I present to you pictures of Red Metal Lace guppies that have always been one of my favorite guppy strains and have always captured my imagination. When I first saw these guppies in real life, I was simply amazed by the sheer beauty of its colourful scales and beautiful well balanced shape. The picture above shows you how large the dorsals are and it is well proportioned to its caudal.

These fishes is Taiwanese in origin. They were imported by an airline pilot of mine and he got it from a Taiwanese breeder. I would have to commend the Taiwanese for breeding these beauties to near perfection. I was told that these fishes could grow to a large size too and sometimes the caudal would be so huge that older males might not be able to carry the tail altogether. That is an exception as most of the red laces have a sizable body to carry that load.

The 2nd picture above is one of my favorites. The fish is about to make a turn and it shows vividly the nice chain-linked patterns on the specimen’s body. The metal colour is also quite pronounced and is quite proportionate to the rest of the specimen’s body. The greenish body contrasts well too with the red fins. The metal head provides that touch of mystery to the fish and which remains as one of the characteristics of the fish that attracted me to keeping it.

These fishes breed true. I have acquired a few lines from various breeders at this moment. The lines orignate from various sources and are not closely related. I intend to line breed these fishes before outcrossing between lines to maintain the fish’s vigour and improve further the overall quality. These guppies remains as one of my favorite lines as the brilliance of the red coupled with the detailed patterns of the fish is often times, mesmerizing.

Sometimes, it makes me wonder, who the original person is who bred these fishes. Kudos to the fella for even dreaming of producing such amazing fishes. I think that the ancestors would definitely be a strain of Metal Guppies and the German Red Lace.

If you have any enquiries about these guppies, drop me an email at guppyblog [@] gmail [dot] com. I will be glad to help you in any way I can.

Cheers!!!