Guppy Breeding

[rockieiscool23]

Hey, I am starting to breed my two fancy guppies a male yellow-orange finned with mostly blue body and a female tan with yellow fins. The male is my own type ( my type because i cant seem to find its stain). The male tries to mate with her but she wont let him, but he also thies to mate with my wild color guppies. I am wondering how to breed very colorful guppies with large fins. I know it all depends on genes. can someone give ideas ideas for types of breeding would really help sorry i cant get a pic because all the pics i have wont post

 

[OldMan47]

Rockie, if you are going to try to do some serious selective breeding of guppies, it is time to get a book on guppy genetics. Most of us in the hobby never see a guppy worth breeding as a fancy show guppy. Don't get me wrong, I love the look of my own guppies but I am realistic enough to know that none of them would stand a chance at a guppy show. At last year's Livebearer convention, one of the speakers was a guppy judge who spent over an hour just to tell us the things that judges look for in a quality guppy. He had dozens of pictures to illustrate things and even the ones he used to point out faults with show guppies were better than any I have ever owned.

 

[rockieiscool23]

Rockie, if you are going to try to do some serious selective breeding of guppies, it is time to get a book on guppy genetics. Most of us in the hobby never see a guppy worth breeding as a fancy show guppy. Don't get me wrong, I love the look of my own guppies but I am realistic enough to know that none of them would stand a chance at a guppy show. At last year's Livebearer convention, one of the speakers was a guppy judge who spent over an hour just to tell us the things that judges look for in a quality guppy. He had dozens of pictures to illustrate things and even the ones he used to point out faults with show guppies were better than any I have ever owned.

i dont want to breed them for show i just want to breed for fun and see what happens but thanks