Wow!

[TylerFerretLord]

The feeder guppies at one of my LFS look like watered down endlers. Is this uncommon?

I know what my next addition to the tank will be. >.>

 

[tangokitty]

Will it be some of those feeder guppies? I've noticed that too as some fish stores but thought mybe they are just wilder looking guppies?

 

[TylerFerretLord]

Yep, it will be the guppies.

It's likely they are guppy/endler crosses. Still very good looking.

 

[OldMan47]

Feeder guppies can be almost anything but good quality guppies. They might be culls from a breeding experiment, a guppy/endler cros that didn't work out or almost anything else. You can bet on one thing though, nobody chose the parents for anything in particular, they are what grew out of a mixed colony of stuff related to guppies in one way or another. I doubt that many will be endler crosses just because endlers, although not rare, are seldom available in the lfs so they are not bred as often by hobbyist breeders.

 

[Butch]

I really doubt that all feeder guppies in United States are endlers hybrids as they are still uncommon in LFS. The feeder guppies are mostly wild type guppies with random colors with some fancy traits but no endler genetics in them. The feeder guppies still look nice than these ugly fancy guppies. I think you should check out the aquabid if you want either purebred or hybrid endlers instead get some from the feeder tank or LFS which they might not endlers but just normal guppies.

 

[TylerFerretLord]

They look close enough, so I'm fine with the feeders.

 

[Butch]

Just make you pick biggest female guppies from the feeder tank as they have good growth genetics. And make sure all guppies are free of tumors and flukes (yellow grub on the guppies) and no swayed back ones. I really like feeder guppies as they have most random colors and neon colors as well as depends on what fancy traits they deprived from they will have some traits such as lyre tails or leopard spotted and sometimes their tails can be long as its body. I likes surprises when the fry growing up.

 

[three-fingers]

Willd guppies look basically like bigger endlers, feeder guppies are just guppies that aren't specifically bred for their fancy looks, so most of them look like their wild form...which IMO is nicer anyway. They should really be hardier than regular guppies because they aren't as inbred, but the conditions feeder fish are usually kept in can effect their health so that's not usually the case.

 

[TylerFerretLord]

Would you suggest when I quarantine them to treat them with general meds and internal meds?

 

[three-fingers]

If they are going in a tank with other fish, certainly .
I have a feeling the meds will kill off a few though.

 

[bike_riding_cichlid]

I had this same experience yesterday. I was looking into a tank of feeder guppies and thought I saw some endlers. They were very pretty and I was really confused. Now I understand that they might just be a cross.

 

[Butch]

I had this same experience yesterday. I was looking into a tank of feeder guppies and thought I saw some endlers. They were very pretty and I was really confused. Now I understand that they might just be a cross.

I don't think that the endler cross will find a way into feeder tanks as even the endler hybrids are very rare in LFS. These guppies in the feeder tanks are probably just wild form or feeder/fancy hybrids but no endler hybrids in the feeder tanks. The ones you saw were probably fancy x feeder guppy crosses and they were pretty and hardier than normal fancy guppies.

 

[TylerFerretLord]

I have a feeling the meds will kill off a few though.

Would you suggest just the internal meds then? I'm worried about adding a fish that could give my others internal parasites.

 

[three-fingers]

I wouldn't mix medications regardless...just internal meds sound perfect as a precaution.

The funny thing is, loads of people just chuck these feeders into thier expensive preds tank without medicating or quarenteen then wonder why their fish die .

It nice to see some caution taken with feeders for once .