Brandy Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 So, I have been thinking a lot about this. For guppy fans, what is everyone's CURRENT favorite strain? Now, no fair saying "Mutts" and leaving it at that. I LOVE mutts, but I am more curious about strains people have kept, and strains they wish they could keep (or hope to keep in the future). Call it a guppy bucket list. 🙂 I am loving my metallic mutts, but I have recently gotten some of those purple dragons. They are so far slowly adapting to my water and I am gradually acclimating them to Seattle instead of Texas/Thailand. They have actually been pretty stinking awesome, popping out fry and putting on weight even as I slowy lower hardness and temperature. Beautiful, hardy so far, and prolific. But my kid picked up some red snakeskin from ACO on a whim on last trip. They have been a little more fussy about water parameters and we have had some touch and go moments (admittedly we have been a lot less cautious, expecting them to be acclimated to local conditions already--that may have been a mistake) but they dropped their first fry and remain a fan favorite--for this fan! What are you loving right now? Maybe you will show me my next favorite!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Posted February 26, 2021 Author Share Posted February 26, 2021 (edited) Quick shots not the best, but pics are more fun. Red snakeskin (loving the patterns!): Purple dragon (love that the females are ALSO colorful): Edited February 26, 2021 by Brandy 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrozenFins Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 When I first started off in the hobby, guppies weren't my favorite fish. I never really saw one where I said "I NEED that" or even a "thats nice". But after a year or two I have started to like guppies, not enough to setup a tank for them selves just enough for me to enjoy them in someone elses tank. I saw a Albino Guppy, where you could see its spinal corde, that was the first guppy where I said "If I had a tank, you would be coming home with me". I have also really come fond of Tuxedo Koi Guppies and Panda Guppies. I searched up the purple dragon guppy, they look really nice. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT_ Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 The Japanese double sword tail (lyretail?) I think is the name. Mine photographs as a blur (I think it's part bigfoot). I'm not sure if I have a pure bread one or some mutt version but it looks pretty close to this I found on google and its staying smaller than the other guppies I have. I try not to look too hard at other guppies though. I prefer it if I own the best one already 🙂 . 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lefty o Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 i like dragon guppies of any color. purple ones are really good looking. sadly only time ive seen them local, the whole tank was "sold". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stowcenter93 Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 Platinum Red Dragons. Absolutely stunning. Regular platinums are my runner up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tory Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 I got a pair of panda guppies yesterday and I'm absolutely in love with them 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Posted February 28, 2021 Author Share Posted February 28, 2021 My bucket list includes Tequlia sunrise, and now the Vienna guppies from ACO...Which you have to see in person to appreciate, I think. But given my affinity for mutts, I will keep only one non mutt strain at a time or I will be overrun. I have halfblack green cobra, Moscow Blue/turquoise and tuxedo reds in my "mutt" group. I am breeding away from the tuxedo reds though, they are nice, but not the goal I have. 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JettsPapa Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 I'm not a big guppy person, and in fact don't currently have any, but in general I prefer the ones with smaller tails. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirsten Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 Yeah, since endlers are my first love, you know I've gotta love the snakeskin/cobra patterns the most. I have a couple local sources for mosaic dumbos, but I just don't like the dumbos for some reason. And I really want to see color and pattern on the body of the fish, male or female, not just the tail. I have enough silver fish with my female endlers and fry, thank you. At a local pet store, I found some really cool mutts (I can only assume) with silver/turquoise bodies that go to yellow with orange/red spade tails. They look like little gas flames. Can't wait to see how they breed! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChefConfit Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 I've been looking at getting either tuxedo koi, dumbo red tail or red ribbon koi. My patio pond will either be one of those three or yellow fin white clouds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Billy Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 I searched my phone in hopes of finding a picture of my red mosaic dumbo guppy male. Alas i couldnt find one. He was the star of my guppy show, before he passed a few weeks ago. He sired quite a few mutt babies, but none looked quite like him. He was like a teacup betta. A quick google search produced images of others that sorta looked like him, but not quite. I wish i had took a picture of him. He was my favorite guppy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 (edited) Working with a line of firecracker guppies. They were "dumbo-eared" too . . . but the genetics wear down unless you cull like crazy. The photo here is not terribly inspiring. But I moved half a dozen males to a tank for a special breeding project, and was impressed with their quality again. The sky-blue body, explosion of color in the tail, and (on occasion) the oversized dark blue pectorals . . . really special! Edited February 28, 2021 by Fish Folk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric R Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 (edited) On 2/26/2021 at 2:45 AM, CT_ said: The Japanese double sword tail (lyretail?) I think is the name. Mine photographs as a blur (I think it's part bigfoot). I'm not sure if I have a pure bread one or some mutt version but it looks pretty close to this I found on google and its staying smaller than the other guppies I have. I try not to look too hard at other guppies though. I prefer it if I own the best one already 🙂 . Looks like this could be an endler hybrid, both based on the tail as well as you saying that they stay smaller. Edited February 28, 2021 by ererer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starsman20 Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 For me this is like asking which kid do I love more. Not really answerable. Maybe I am still at the I can put a bin of water in my home and sustain some really incredible life stage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jollypop4321 Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 I have three favorites one is the solid color tail Blue Dragon The next I couldn’t get a picture of but is the Musseau Line of Amaerican purple gupppies. This strain takes a while to fully reach their beautiful colors but their extra large size and gorgeous purple to lavender extra large tails are worth the wait. They are hardy and breed true putting off different shades of blue purples . Lastly I recently received the red cobra snake skin guppy pair. Even the female has red fins. The male is stunning. I tried so hard to get a good pic but they all turn out blurry. Too bad you cannot see his body markings in this pic. It really is special 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taco Playz Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 I love my Endler/Guppy at the top, I can’t tell if he is a Endler or a guppy it’s getting really hard to tell the difference between the two anymore with all the crossbreed strains. His top fin is what throws me off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jungle Fan Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 I used to raise Green Cobra Guppies, and Blue Mosaic Guppies many years back. Found these on YouTube: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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