This video over-hypes the impact of CFC. Yes, CFC has been found to bias paternity but only slightly and with lots of variation between individual fish. The video suggests that female guppies "wash out" 100% of unwanted sperm. According to the actual researchers, the average bias against inbred males was only 10% via CFC and OF (ovarian fluid). Paper documenting this is: Gasparini C and A Pilastro. 2011. 'Cryptic female preference for genetically unrelated males is mediated by ovarian fluid in the guppy.' Proc. Royal Soc. B. 278: 2495-2501.

@Fishtory

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for clarification! I didn't understand that...but I still think it's amazing.

@Fishtory

2 жыл бұрын

I'll pin your comment most certainly. I actually went off a paper that David Reznick sent me to read that a student of his published a bit more recently than 2011, I'll have to go read that one again as well. It followed the 2011 study on inbreeding and added the variable of nutrition and the carotenoid levels in the fish and environment. Along with the impact of red and orange pigmentation on mate selection

What a diverse nano-species tank. Celestial Danios are gorgeous

@Fishtory

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much. I enjoy them endlessly hehe

Genetics are crazy! I thought I had 2 male fancy guppies, and 10 Mutt Leopard guppies. Some how 2 years later I have 15+ male Japanese Blue (3 sword tail, 5 pin tail and 4 lyretails)l endlers now . 6 delta tail Leopard guppies and 3 mosaic tail guppies. Females range from reds/blues/yellows and greens. 2 New females are Black Moscow guppies from a local breeder. I'm excited to see what their new babies will grow up to look like.

@Fishtory

2 жыл бұрын

Always a fun process!

The Mick Jagger of freshwater fish! I knew my male endlers had that special attraction. Now I understand their dancing and strutting around. This was the most informative and entertaining content. Thank you! 🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟

@Fishtory

Жыл бұрын

;)

that's a veeeerrry long explanation for actually a very short story, but I waited for it ;) thx for letting us know the facts

@Fishtory

2 жыл бұрын

Lol sorry I get excited and talk like I would to a friend, and not just a power point. But I ramble frequently

@Ad_Astra_321

2 жыл бұрын

@@Fishtory Most of us love rambling when the rambler is as interesting as you are ;) Thanks for all this info on Endlers!

Thanks man! I learned alot! I wondered why my female was having multiple births! She seems to be instantly pregnant right after birth!

wow what beautiful fish. I mixed feeder guppies with fancy ones and the offspring were beautiful

A big thumbs up! This is by far the most fascinating video for me that you have posted. I saw something in males I wanted to share that you may already know about. I had a female I kept away from males and fed her lots of varied foods including live baby brine shrimp. She had beautiful colors and was the largest female I have ever seen ( I just lost her 😥). I added her to the community tank when she was about 8 months old and every single male in the tank wanted her. They no longer chased any other females. I finally had to take her out because I would look in and there would be 4 to 6 males chasing her at a time. Someone told me it was because she was a new female but I also added three other unknown females at the same time and they were mostly ignored for this female. It was very interesting.

The males have a regular dance off to determine who will get first pick if a female does show up. It's like they are always in a musical, for some reason Grease comes to mind.

@Fishtory

3 жыл бұрын

Totally lol. West Side story and the knife fight with hands tied together also made me think of the same images

@brandonj7458

2 жыл бұрын

Omg thought the same thing with same 2 movies

Dear Alex, than you for these information, I find it all amazing! I was never too interested in guppies or endlers, but this research makes me view them in a completely different light!

@Fishtory

5 жыл бұрын

im glad to hear it

Usually I don‘t prefer videos, where somebody just talks without any stuff edited.. but yours is super interesting and well explained plus you show the stars constantly… the guppys! 🙂👍🏻👍🏻

@Fishtory

Жыл бұрын

Hehe thanks

Today I think I shall play your vids for hours, non stop, pour two cups of tea even though you're not actually w/ me, & pretend that we are pals and I'm ejoying your company and stories here w my fish tanks and cats! I don't get out much. ...and I live on a wee bitty peninsula on the scraggly lower corner of WA so "getting out" really doesn't amount to much anyway. Feeling picky about selecting some Endler Mommas for a 10 gallon plant nursery & Amano house. Thinking of turning the nursery into a Love Shack/Nursery. But I don't want to go into this all feet at once. The He-man Woman Hater's Club (NO GIRLS ALLOWED) of boy Endler's in the 20 gallon could use a few more in their school, but after seeing this vid I'm glad I've chosen to wait and invite you for tea.

@Fishtory

3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha I'd be delighted m'lady

@aheitz4907

3 жыл бұрын

Srsly tho, it's way cooler here in LB than around the Sound & inland as of late. If you & The Not Secret Wife not Living in Your Aquarium wanna visit Long Beach, I gotta futon.

“Shimmy-shimmy shake”. 🕺

Hey Alex, thanks for sharing. Back in the early 60's when I started guppy breeding I had a guppy book that explained similar genetics. It also explained how to breed them if only starting with one pair. Breed mom & dad, breed daughters to dad and sons to mom. Then out of those offspring breed sister and brother. Next introduce new blood/genes to the line to avoid problems and deformities. I'm really interested to know how just a couple of pairs can constantly interbreed for generations without causing problems. Humm... P.S. My wife is getting me started back in the hobby after a 20 year hiatus. ;)

@charliepeters7122

5 жыл бұрын

James Hande you sound like you should get back into it

@Fishtory

5 жыл бұрын

lets both get back into it

@philashton7578

5 жыл бұрын

Hi James. What you are referring to are the "Mendelian Laws of Inheritance'. Mendel made a very comprehensive study of inherited genes, colours, size behaviour, and so on in fish, birds and other animals. These laws are very accurate and are still very much in use today.

@renewillard777

4 жыл бұрын

I just setup a big 55 gallon a 10g and a 2.5, I’m doing cobra females and endler (I have two bright yellow to blue two tip tails like you have and the wild looking red green black with black dot wild endlers with two fun red tales. I also have endler females with a black tail guppy with a bright pink front half and pink tip fins

youre easily one of the most knowledgeable guppy experts out there

So the females have the option of saving, using, or ditching suiters in their own "Sperm Bank" as needed. That is amazing. I just got 7 gorgeous male Endlers and was thinking of going straight into female guppy hybrids. Thanks for the video!

@Fishtory

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching! ... and yes

that orange one is stunning!

@andrewbryden9360

3 жыл бұрын

I love the orange one so much. Its gorgeous

The details of Science and History is what I tune in for. Thank you much.

Fascinating stuff! I like that females can influence which sperm they use for fertilizing their eggs.

Happy little endlers

So yes, inbreeding continues to threaten the captive ones. Imagine most pairs sold by backyard keepers and petshops are actually brothers and sisters of the same batch and they produce just as well but of lower quality and shorter life.

@Fishtory

2 жыл бұрын

Yes. If they have no option but interbreeding...that's what they'll do

Great info as always this will help me with trying to create my own strain which i'm trying very hard to do. Sweet looking guppies and endlers.

Fascinating stuff. Thanks Alex.

Awesome video! I just added 2 males and 3 females to my 15 gallon. They’re constantly doing that breeding dance plus it’s heavily planted maybe I’ll get some fry. They’re such an interesting species to watch

@Fishtory

3 жыл бұрын

Yes...they were my first passion in the hobby 25 years ago! And yet I'm still learning and exploring so much about them to this very day

Super interesting, there are a number of animals that do this

Just found this channel. Thank you for the fantastic and interesting content 👍

DANG MAN, blowing my mind as usual!

That is absolutely amazing! Thank you for sharing!

@Fishtory

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you found it as interesting as I did as well :)

Wow, the girl guppies are so sophisticated genetically. Wow 👍👍👍thank you so much. Your video is awesome

@Fishtory

5 жыл бұрын

the boys get to control 2 things...how flashy they are vs how fast they grow. So if it's a dangerous pond they decide to stay silver and put all energy into growing fast and growing big.... then change colors and sexually mature later...if theres no threats to fry then the males decide to grow small and slow but have super bright colors which attracts females and they mate younger

Dude 😂 you’re hysterical!!!! 😂

@Fishtory

Жыл бұрын

Im glad you think so too lol

Think about it like this, if a male who is lively and colorful, and is easily hunted, one that has made it to adulthood is strong because it hasn’t gotten eaten even though it’s at a disadvantage

@Fishtory

Жыл бұрын

Totally

Excellent video! It really made me more interested in guppies.

@Fishtory

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I'm glad to hear it. Welcome to the channel, my friend@

this was so much fun! thanks for all the info dude!

@Fishtory

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed!

Interesting, I have a slightly different story though. I think the ones u discussed happens in more spacious environments. For me females do not really have a choice in a more controlled environment. Siblings do conception almost 100% in smaller tanks. So, there is no dumping of male material in there. On multiple males impregnating, different clutches at once, I believe you. I did that experiment before and phenotypes came out with the appearance depending which male fathered it. But my theory is that it uses up all its eggs for the batch at the same time uses up just enough pocketed sperm to the amount of eggs and saves the rest of the sperm for the next batch of eggs.

@Fishtory

2 жыл бұрын

I think you are correct, I just probably didn't explain myself well either

This is great, thank you.

Top video and great info.

The David Lee Roths of fishdom - Endlers

This is 2018 blue Japanese, with a fine tangy tartness, with mild legs, and hints of lavender tones. She keeps her wine cellar stocked with only the best vintages.

@Fishtory

Жыл бұрын

Hahah

This is really cool thank you for sharing

@Fishtory

4 жыл бұрын

No problem! Thanks for watching :) there's another 500 videos on my channel, if you ever get bored haha. Cheers

"Wine cellar" lol, your descriptor words are hilarious

@Fishtory

2 жыл бұрын

Lol heyyyy I'm fancy don't judge lol

I started with 1 male guppy, and I think 2 females, and bred that line pure for 25 years, till my kid decided that they should have new friends. I had zero problems with inbreeding. I think that birds, also have no inbreeding problems. Could be that some embryos died in the womb, like high fins.

@Fishtory

8 ай бұрын

Yeah they avoid visible signs of inbreeding really well. Its when they start being born with crooked spines or babies that die within a day or two, that it usually first shows any issue

love, love, love!!! Merry EVERYTHING!!!

I saw a video on this study a couple of months back. Very interesting on how the females can save or reject sperm from males and that they remember who they mated with even a year later! That the females can retain sperm from the males they choose for up to and in some cases longer than a year.

@Fishtory

5 жыл бұрын

was that my other video? i made a few on the subject because it blows my mind

@Shaden0040

5 жыл бұрын

@@Fishtory It well could have been, I don't remember.

"He got dead." LOLOLOLOL

This is insanely interesting

@Fishtory

3 жыл бұрын

I agree lol! So glad that you do as well. Make yourself welcome here on the channel, and perhaps checkout the "best of" playlists :) for more nerdy content

@WhateverWasLeftforme

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, so welcoming 🥰

Super cool stuff.

So interesting. I had trouble seeing the orange spot on your fishies, I’ll try & find some photos. Thanks for sharing ❤️🇦🇺

@Fishtory

2 жыл бұрын

Sure thing. It's subtle

So interesting...

So many fish

very useful, helps me understand guppy behavior a bit better

@Fishtory

5 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear it! Thanks for watching

How thoroughly interesting. Who knew

@Fishtory

Жыл бұрын

I'm glad you found it interesting. :) cheers my friend.

Loved this! Girls rock! Lol

@Fishtory

2 жыл бұрын

100% :) thanks for tuning in 🙏

Just picked up another pair from the Wet Spot. Ended up being a trio as a smaller female ended up in the bag too. They are White Cross Endlers. I assume Cross in the name means they're hybrids? Can't find any info on White Cross.

@Fishtory

2 жыл бұрын

I think it's due to a cross with the Silverado endler at some point, but I'm not sure either

That's awesome

Wow I just got a pair of endlers. I'm glad to know they are like that. My platy males just pester the female thet like to no end. That's why I have almost all females. And a bunch of the kids lol

I should clarify my question about my large female guppy from the goldfish group - She definitely is a guppy, I just wonder what kind has vertical black bars on their eyes and tiny black dots on their fins. Thanks again, Alex!

@kaden.slone04_biology

2 ай бұрын

It sounds like you have a western mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis).

@~630: " Flamboyant glam rock outfit" -- love, love, love you Alex. :)

Fascinating to know this. You tell it all so well and make so interesting. I recently picked up a wild female guppy who came into the local fish store with goldfish. She is large and has black vertical lines on her eyes. Also tiny black dots on her fins. Any ideas what she may be? Thanks! I enjoy your videos!! USA

@Fishtory

3 жыл бұрын

Sorry, without a picture or link to a website that has a similar looking guppy, it's impossible to know for sure. If you let me know if she has long or short fins, what base color or colors she has, if the dots are on just the tail rin vs the whole length and ideally you need to see her babies or the male she was mating with to get an idea of what she would produce. Best or luck!

@sharonjack7239

3 жыл бұрын

@@Fishtory She is all clear with short fins that have the tiny dots on them. The vertical bars on her eyes extend down under her eyes, sometimes. The bars come and go under the eyes. She is about 1 1/2 inches long, so kinda large. She had babies as I was bringing her home from Petco. Two survived. She did not eat any. If I can get a pic of her, then I could send the pic to you. Her 2 babies are 1 month old today. They are getting the barring too, on their eyes. Thank you so much for replying!!

Livebearers are so interesting. Do you think all livebearers share a common ancestor?

@Fishtory

Жыл бұрын

Most likely all but sharks, rays and some oddballs like halfbeaks that all evolved it seperately ...but probably 50million years ago according to fossils

Hey! Thanks for such informative videos. I have a question that I hope doesn’t sound like anthropomorphising or sheer craziness, but, (I’m a newbie, so please excuse me), I have different colours of Guppy, 2 shimmering yellow etc. I have found that they hang out according to who looks most like them self. My Red tail one lost his counterpart & is not joining in with others. I put a female in a Perspex birthing tank & another of the same black & mauve stayed swimming by her side so obsessively that I moved her away gently to let her chill out, but she went straight back to keeping the other one company! I figure if you can’t help me understand this, then who can hehe. But, any comments that may be an insight into this would be great! Thanks in advance, C x

@Fishtory

3 жыл бұрын

Not a silly or strange question at all! They often do- infact tend to be attracted to their own color and body types. This is not universally true, however- in the wild guppies and endlers tend to be attracted to males with the most orange and a specific grouping of red, pink or orange dots..in the case of those wild fish, if turned out that the most scarce vitamins and nutrients in their diet were also those found in foods /fruits and insects with carotenoids and anthocyannins. So the males showing the best orange and red, also had more than enough of the beta-carotine and anthocyannins. If I recall another scientific journal article, they tried to make the things associated with blue pigment -scarce in the diets and then the fish switched to preferring blue... but the bottom line was that the most healthy individuals usually had a set color pattern that depended on locations and resources available in their diet... so they tend to have presences for things like speed , stamina, size and muscle tone first, but also things like patterns (stripes in grassy areas vs. Spots in rocky streams and silver reflective bellies in open waters. And in captivity, if they have all their nutrition met from fish foods, they seem to default at least 70% of the time to picking the most genetically similar tank-mates as long as they aren't first generation related

Hi do you have the research article to the New Italian reseach explain about Cryptic Female Choice. than you

@Fishtory

5 жыл бұрын

I have it viewable behind the jstor paywall subscription...but if you get online and translate the info i mentioned, i think youll find it ....although it may cost a few dollars

I would absolutely love a variety pack of endler males to add to my tank but idk where to get some. Every seller I come across only has like 1 or 2 types.

@Fishtory

Жыл бұрын

A lot of the time 'from the feeder guppy tank" has mixed endless too, that's my only real decent advice when looking for a big mix

COOL!!! I just got a bunch of endlers (7) today and worried about inbreeding

@Fishtory

2 жыл бұрын

They're clever it turns out!

Hey mate so can I ask you a question. Since alot of people believe once a guppy is pregnant theres no point introducing a new male for a few rounds of birth since she can hold sperm. What I gathered from your video is that what I thought might be wrong and that infact she can at any point let go of stored sperm and let a new male breed with her and have his fry even if she was pregnant before ?

@justiny4111

5 жыл бұрын

tats possible.I had a female(now dead)had fry which were grey and gold 50% each the grey ones were half black guppies while the gold were red coral Delta guppies.The same female gave birth to another group of fry the next month all good but when they grew up there were to grps one had a bluish Delta tail(my red coral Delta male) and snakeskined dorsal while the other had platanium dorsal and anal but had a red heart shaped tail(cool mutation from father which was heart shaped).So in total my guppy had 3 males sperms but containing 2 at a time.

@raisinggoldfishonabudget7058

5 жыл бұрын

@@justiny4111 so how long did you keep the males away from that 1 female before rebreeding her? I'm a newbie in this kind of thing & would like to know more about how long they hold their juice bag B-4 they empty all of them to rebreed again to a NEW male?

@Fishtory

5 жыл бұрын

totally, she may choose to use the first one's sperm for life basically, but any of between 3 and 7 (5 average) males can be stored and selected for the best fit for environmental and health conditions...if predation goes up, amazingly they'll pick a males sperm who has sundued color...however usually if they mated with an orange or red marking endler or guppy, they select that individual due to it being indicative of vitamin and mineral access

@Fishtory

5 жыл бұрын

they can do it for life off one time... as my videos on female selective choice in livebearers shows, the female can have more babies at nearly anytime...sometimes they hold 4 or 5 mature fry and like 30 tiny ones from a newer mate ...so technically they could stay pregnant, however they tend to wait 45 to 60 days between fry batches and usually after 2 spawns with the first male, she'll switch it up..... ....jjust make sure to move all her fry because most likely you wont be able to tell which male's dna won, until they show color and the females will probably all look too similar in most lines to tell...so you gotta make sure none of those fry females grow up in that tank to contaminate it

Thank you for this story believe it or not i lived for 6 years in padova 😂

Inter breeding is when you put a male to his daughter and so on, after 3or 4 mating the gene are same. You can do female to son mating .Male's will display to show his fit with good genes.

im gonna get a orange dot tattoo , maybe i will have better luck dating lol

How many can I keep comfortable in a 5.5 gallon?

OF secretion.... the ‘oh f*ck’ mechanism

@Fishtory

3 жыл бұрын

Lol

So i can keep different type of guppies in the same tank and dont have to worry too much about crossbreeding?

@Fishtory

2 жыл бұрын

Well I won't need to worry as much about inbreeding compared to other fish species, and if you had all red guppies it would be likely that they would be the ones to breed most with females since the females know it means they had a diet with enough nutrients to form those bold colors.

Filming the fish tank when you're explaining things makes the video more interesting to watch. Wish other KZread channels do this instead filming themselves it makes it so boring.

@Fishtory

Жыл бұрын

Yeah its tricky to save up enough video of each topic. But i try

Are they ALL endlers in there? Or are some celestial Pearl danios? The fully spotted ones are confusing me.

@Fishtory

4 жыл бұрын

Theres cpds also heh

I like you. I started with a metallic blue bodied snake skin red tail guppy then bought yellow neon females 7 years ago then every year I introduced anew beautiful male every generation I got away from the original male. The blue dimmed and spots in tails are now starting to go away from my strain so now I'm doing the opposite being patient and looking for the traits I desire in females. Got more tanks bought a strain of females with blue fins and spots .after reading on guppy genetics I learned my mistakes are all from focusing on males not females. But all my females are large and colorful. Half the size of feeder gold fish

@Fishtory

3 жыл бұрын

Right on! I'd love to see your line some time if you want to share it...or have a link to a video/photos. I sadly lost the line "kings" ...after 6 years of work, but eventually I'll have someone else whom I've sold the "Volta endlers" to, sell me a pair or 2 and start tinkering again.

I found at least one female in there!!

Bro i have wild female guppy and fancy male guppy after croosebreeding what varity fry we get plz reply bro plz

Thats insane. Discuss bent spines!

"If they look like a fishing lure" 😂🤣 Wow amazing Whats amazing is that all happens accidentally long ago 🤯 Did you know ducks can choose who fertalizes tguer eggs :o The female duck can redirect the sperm away from her eggs if she dosent like the drake mounting her

Can I ask a question please what where the genetics of the vibrant yellow with the black spots I love it and would love to line breed to get something like that in my guppy breeding room

@Fishtory

5 жыл бұрын

lucas bretz aka LRB AQUATICS rainbow tiger endlers that ive modified into several similar but different strains

@jameslewis1011

5 жыл бұрын

@@Fishtory thanks heaps very nice I breed in Australia and not many new things come here unless your in the know lol a Yeats the kid so much for the vid it was great and you have a new sub from me can't wait to see more Vids on this and guppies thanks mate

@Fishtory

5 жыл бұрын

thanks for watching, mate.

@raisinggoldfishonabudget7058

5 жыл бұрын

@@Fishtory I always keep up with his videos he's pretty cool.

@Fishtory

5 жыл бұрын

watch my recent video called "how to create a strain of endlers/guppies" I go in depth on 2 lines including the ones you are speaking of. Sorry I just caught this comment so late. cheers

Is there a reason why out of 50+ babies only 1 turned out to be male

@Fishtory

4 жыл бұрын

Usually temperature or ph levels. Most fish will shift gender ratio based on those 2 parameters

Ooooh

I want some Amber Rose Guppies

@Fishtory

2 жыл бұрын

Lovely fish

1) There is no way mathematically a fish that produces fry every month and dies every 36 months can sustain a colony in a closed system for 20 years with only 2 males and 2 females with no inbreeding. Her storing sperm and producing multiple broods from 1 male further exacerbates the problem Even without looking at the methodology (DNA/RNA testing vs fraternal expressed trait observation) long term systemic mathematic common sense says no way 2) the guppies we have are selectively bred through line and then colony breeding to get the patterns we see. Like 30 years of effort. They do not exist in the wild. Colors are far more muted and a well fed male in a wild type is more colorful than beta male being starved out. They still don’t have super crazy colors screaming “eat me” and stripes and dots are far more prevalent 3) it is far more likely that the OF marker is a subconscious system with her body dealing with the quality of sperm or a marker on the sperm itself than her remembering a male she mated with and then months later consciously deciding the 3rd male she mates with is better, then the 5th male thereafter is better because his color pattern (which once again won’t be as vivid or differentiated in a wild type) won’t get her fry eaten The reason they breed so prolifically in the first place is because they ARE going to get eaten 4) A female guppy will gladly mate with her father or brother both in line and colony breeding. Depending on their genetics, with no ill effect. This is HOW we got the colors as bright and the patterns as wild as we have them now There is no ethical/moral stigma in a fish colony and they do not avoid crossing based on F generation. The strongest male will breed with the most females. Between Patriarch, F1and F3, all things considered F1 has a better chance of mating with all females than F3 because of size/stamina/coloration It’s already been proven going out of ones way to mother son, father daughter then sibling Cross is only important with a line showing propensity for defect. In most cases it’s a waste of time and effort. Either there is a trait/defect in the line which is exacerbated or there isn’t. Giving the fish WAY to much personal credit and over complicating the system

@Fishtory

5 жыл бұрын

You do have good points, however just because fish crossing doesn't create visible defects, doesn't mean it's a good way to line breed. It's always better to inject diversity into the line, and "cousins" won't carry those issues usually. Ive noticed when i allow line breeding f1 to f2 that (maybe it's in my head ), but they end up with way more crooked spines and higher fry mortality... but they do look pretty usually.

@Fishtory

5 жыл бұрын

Also i should say "reduced inbreeding" not eliminated or avoided ... theyll try and keep diversity or several steps of separation genetically according to that study

U do ur research and know alot about guppies and endler ...im alittle bit inexperience and still learning any tips on how to keep them very healthy?

@lloyd011721

5 жыл бұрын

consistent water changes and live plants. and daphnia

@MINIMINATO

5 жыл бұрын

@@lloyd011721 i have live plants and nerite snails ......and a filter thats meant for 30 gallon tanks which is used in the 10 gallon guppy tank i have ..is that enough?

@CaylorsReptilesAquatics

5 жыл бұрын

Consistency

@James_Hande

5 жыл бұрын

Back in the day I used those little box filters in 10 gallon tanks. Frequent water changes are key of course keeping water parameters and temp consistent. A variety of foods are also key, protein and vegetable. Enjoy!

@MINIMINATO

5 жыл бұрын

@@James_Hande oh okay all of yall who commented on my comment ..i say thank u !

Interesting.How can you tell the difference between a female and male endler please

@Fishtory

4 жыл бұрын

I have a video called "sexing male and female endlers" i believe...it should help

This is not true i had 2 endler guppy species the santa Maria bleeding heart and the blue star endler i got 30 Fry and then the patents died because the heater in my shed broke and now they are breeding so they dont choose with what male they mate.

@Fishtory

3 жыл бұрын

Ok, this story is not making sense due to missing info and spelling or grammar issues. But im guessing you are saying you had 4 guppies... 2 pairs of 2 different strains. Then the female of one group died and yet she still mated with a male outside her strain? (Like a blue female spawned with a red male). So the problems with your assumption is that you think a female guppy actual picks a mate in her strain... like they pick a mate that looks like the same strain as themselves? Because a female guppy may easily decide her own line of males are not as attractive another line's males. Guppies don't have the cultural and human notion of an US v. THEM due to color. They DO sometimes have a notion of which males to have fry with, because of inbreeding, though. That is to say, guppies prefer non-sibling or non -parent/child breeding, if given an option. The other 2 important things to remember here are these: -1.) Female guppies can't "say no" to male guppies, beyond trying to swim away and out maneuver the males which constantly try and mate with her. 2. Even if she mates with a male that she does not want to have babies with, it is likely she will retain his sperm for a time. Her "Choice" comes when she decides which male's sperm to use, out of the samples she keeps inside herself. This means that female guppies can save sperm beyond a single pregnancy. In scientific studies, they've documented female guppies having up to 7 batches of babies after only being with 1 male for 1 day! So a female guppy who has been with mature male guppies could in theory, have a batch of fry using the sperm from her very first set of fry. She could be blue and mate with a blue male...then be in a tank with red males and no blue males and she may have 4 batches of fry that are all red and then have a 5th batch of fry that is blue! EVEN IF she hasn't been with another blue male for over a year. In studies they seem to be able to keep up to 5 different male's sperm...and she chooses from the sperm she stores internally, not which male to spawn with period. *Last note- all this is sort of ironic, since many of the color traits are expressed on the Y chromosome

My male won't breed is it because he getting old?

@Fishtory

5 жыл бұрын

it could be, but there are far too many variables to know without details on him, his tank, his history of spawning, the other fish in the tank and on and on

❓❓❓ question for the endler pros out there, i’ve been looking for females but haven’t had any luck yet. I have some green snake skin males, but I have a feeling when I find females im not gonna know if those females are actually green snake skin females because they’ll all look plain ish. My Question: Does it matter? If I only want green snake skins, will I 100% need to confirm the females are also green snake skins?? Thanks!!

@Fishtory

2 жыл бұрын

So yes, the females need to be the same for a true line... however many breeders only sell males, and so lots of keepers including myself, look for a female as close as possible with color ..then pattern, and use them to start back cross spawning the babies to the best dad you have with each new generation of females

@waspmeat

2 жыл бұрын

@@Fishtory thanks for the reply!! that totally make sense as well. I just hope I can find a female somewhere, none of my lfs’s sell them 😞 You would think someone in LA would… Thanks again 🙏🏼

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do you ever sell your fish. I live in federal way 🐟

@Fishtory

5 жыл бұрын

locally I sure do! join the Facebook group and we can talk about things in detail

@raisinggoldfishonabudget7058

5 жыл бұрын

@@Fishtory which face book group are you on? cause I'm in like 6-7 of them. what I want to know is HOW long can a female STAY pg with no males like in how many batch's of babies can she have off 1 breeding cause I've had 4 batch's & she STILL looks pg so I was just wondering.

@Fishtory

5 жыл бұрын

she can probably have 7 or 8 aka her lifetime in theory....more commonly its 2 or 3 with a single encounter.

@raisinggoldfishonabudget7058

5 жыл бұрын

@@Fishtory o.k well I guess mine are done having babies after I've had 4 batches without a male in the tank.

@Fishtory

5 жыл бұрын

oh boy, yeah it's hard to know for certain, but usually 2 or 3 spawns will reset their womb. Merry Christmas by the way!

15:13 there is a female there

@maxdotbam

5 жыл бұрын

where tho?

@kaden.slone04_biology

2 ай бұрын

​@@maxdotbamThe uniform yellow-ish one with a black dot (gravid spot) on her butt.

i have natural endlers, they are all grey even if i cross them with red endlers :(

@Fishtory

2 жыл бұрын

Are you sure you don't have gambusia or something like that?

@davidjeanmichel8358

2 жыл бұрын

@@Fishtory yes they are not steril. it's from a shop, i think it's endlers. now some males have colors :) i have a lot of "androgyns" or male who only developp a male look after a long time, and they are big, others are more colorsfull but little.

@kaden.slone04_biology

2 ай бұрын

The giant pale ones are females, and the tiny colorful ones are males.

Lol there are deffo females in there mate I could see them from here

@Fishtory

5 жыл бұрын

theres some guppy females i dont care about, no endlers though. good eye :)

Can I breed my female endler with a fancy tail male although the female gave birth already?

@Fishtory

5 жыл бұрын

most likely. while she could still produce more of the other babies if she deems his DNA inferior, they still tend to have babies with the most recent male they are fertalized by. However, j would seperate her first pregnancy into a fry pen or seperate tank to wait and see, otherwise you may forget which females are which male's children and color type

@miniboss312

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks

Man if women could do THIS those oops 1 night stand get rid of it lol

amber rose

@Fishtory

3 жыл бұрын

Nice :)

My male endlers dance for my male guppies lol. I’ve named one of them Kanye west because he’s a gay fish.

@Fishtory

3 жыл бұрын

Fishsticks

@kaden.slone04_biology

2 ай бұрын

Fishsticks in your mouth

So part of my biology class required us to watch this video. I can honestly say this was the biggest waste of my time.

@Fishtory

4 жыл бұрын

Well I'm sorry you dislike the topic. It's pretty dry, no flashy jump cuts or special effects. How about you share a link with me of 15 minutes worth of information or content on KZread that you think most people should watch! Just respond with a link to whatever channel or video you think is a better use of time and ill add a tag for folks to see 2 choices.. my video, or the one you like, so that im not wasting everyone's time. Deal? But regardless, thank your teacher for me ;) Im glad they liked the video and didnt feel like their time was wasted. Im a huge nerd at heart, but in school id rather do 0 homework and pretty much didn't even go to class, so the fact that you respect your teacher and learning enough to even watch a few seconds of this information- means you are ahead of where i was at your age. Later in college i fell in love with learning and all things unknown or uncharted getting 3 different degrees. This video is just packed with information on genetics that change how we understand reproduction and evolution. Imagine if human females could mate with 5 different guys and then decide years later - based on how healthy and attractive and successful their past partners were...and only have babies with the best one or two choices. It's really amazing that these little fish can do this- and also avoid inbreeding by sensing the poor match of genetic material....some humans still cant manage to do that. And you get cousins that are also siblings Info that may change the way we view evolution and even things like how we currently use birth control pills- when perhaps there's a protein marker that we could allow humans to add to sperm cells, thus slowing them down and making them useless.