The author, Bryan Chin, has won IFGA Best in Show awards in tank and delta categories. Also he has won in class awards in Greens, Multicolor, Blue, Reds, Purple, Blue-Green Bicolor, and Breeder Male. In 2013 he was named Guppy Man of the Year. He has written fancy guppy articles published in the IFGA newsletter and his Rocky Mountain Guppy Association club website (guppywest.com). He has also spoken at aquariums clubs regarding the breeding of show guppies. His fish photographs have been published in Tropical Fish Hobbyist and Amazonas magazines. Written from experience and illustrated throughout with over 100 diagrams, tables, and full color photos. Breeding Show Guppies provides readers with how to breed show winning guppies, from selecting the right fish to providing the best aquarium management and health. Contains valuable information about: - Maintaining good water conditions - Healthy growth in guppies - Breeding Techniques - Problem solving to fine tune your show guppies - Journal on breeding winning green guppies - Showing guppies
Genetics for Guppies is written to help the guppy breeder understand and use genetics. This is accomplished with clear explanations, illustrations, tables, and over 40 color photographs.Contains valuable information about: - How genes are inherited and interact. - Genetic terminology explained - Identifying if a gene is sex linked or autosomal. - How meiosis process distributes genes to egg and sperm. - Applying genetic principles to breeding programs. - Improving size of guppies.- Analyzing guppies from crosses.The author, Bryan Chin has won IFGA Best in Show awards in tank and delta categories. He has also won in class awards in Greens, Multicolor, Blue, Red, Purple, Blue-Green Bicolor, Variegated Snakeskin, and Breeder Male. In 2013 he was named Guppy Man of the Year and in 2018 qualified as IFGA Master Breeder status. Bryan has authored "Breeding Show Guppies" and "Healthy Aquarium" books. He has written fancy guppy articles published in Tropical Fish Hobbyist magazine, IFGA newsletter, and in his guppywest.com informational website. He has also spoken at aquariums clubs and events regarding the breeding of show guppies. His fish photographs have been used in Tropical Fish Hobbyist magazine, Amazonas magazine, websites, scientific papers, and other media.
The beautiful color and peaceful nature of the guppy have contributed to their increasing popularity. Aquarium Care of Fancy Guppies provides all of the necessary information needed to successfully raise and care for guppies in home aquariums. From setup and maintenance to feeding and breeding, this comprehensive yet easy-to-read guide will help anyone interested in keeping these charming little fish. Book jacket.
"Provides readers with all the basics of guppy ownership, from selecting the right variety to providing the best feeding, aquarium management and health care."--Back cover
Are you ready to master the art of guppy breeding with expert guidance? Do you want to learn proven techniques to breed healthy, vibrant guppies? Curious about creating the perfect environment for your guppies to thrive? Looking for practical tips on caring for guppy fry and ensuring their growth? Dive into the world of guppy breeding with the "COMPLETE GUIDE TO GUPPY BREEDING." This comprehensive guide is designed to equip you with all the knowledge and skills needed to become a successful guppy breeder. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced aquarist, this book provides detailed, step-by-step instructions and expert advice to ensure your guppies flourish. Unlock the secrets to guppy breeding with our keyword-focused content, tailored to enhance your learning experience and optimize your success. Discover the intricacies of breeding guppies, from selecting the right breeding pairs to raising healthy fry. Our guide covers every aspect of guppy breeding, ensuring you have all the tools and knowledge necessary for a thriving guppy population. In this comprehensive guide, you'll find: An introduction to guppy breeding: Understand the basics and importance of breeding guppies. Detailed breeding techniques: Learn about selecting the right guppy pairs, recognizing breeding behaviors, and encouraging successful mating. Setting up the breeding tank: Discover the essential equipment and optimal conditions for breeding guppies, including water parameters, tank setup, and necessary tools. Caring for pregnant guppies: Expert tips on monitoring and caring for pregnant guppies, ensuring their health and comfort. Managing guppy fry: Comprehensive guidance on caring for newborn fry, including feeding schedules, maintaining water quality, and preventing diseases. Advanced breeding strategies: Explore selective breeding techniques to enhance colors, patterns, and fin shapes in your guppy strains. Health and disease management: Identify common guppy diseases and learn effective prevention and treatment methods to keep your fish healthy. Nutrition and feeding: Optimal feeding practices for both adult guppies and fry to ensure proper growth and development. Genetics and inheritance: Understand the principles of guppy genetics and how to predict and achieve desired traits in your breeding program. Troubleshooting breeding issues: Solutions for common breeding challenges, from infertility to fry mortality. Selling and trading guppies: Insights into the guppy market, pricing strategies, and tips for successful sales and trades. Ethical breeding practices: Guidelines for responsible and ethical breeding, ensuring the welfare of your guppies. This guide is packed with practical tips, illustrative diagrams, and real-life examples to help you master guppy breeding. Each chapter provides in-depth information to ensure you have a well-rounded understanding of every aspect of guppy breeding. Don't miss out on the opportunity to become a successful guppy breeder. Get your copy of the "COMPLETE GUIDE TO GUPPY BREEDING" today and transform your guppy breeding experience. With expert advice and detailed guidance, this book is your ultimate resource for breeding healthy, vibrant guppies. Make it your final stop and start your guppy breeding journey now!
Livebearers focuses on four families of fish which contain many of the most attractive and popular species in the tropical fish hobby today, including guppies, mollies, swordtails, and platies. The families include Goodeidae (Mexican livebearers), Anablepidae (four-eyes and others), Poeciliidae (guppies and others); and Hemirhamphidae (halfbeaks). Author David Alderton explains that hobbyists have applied the term livebearer to these four families for convenience even though there are fourteen families in the wild that reproduce by bearing live young. The chapter “Where in the World?” focuses on the natural history of these families, their distribution, and lifestyles. Hobbyists looking to begin an aquarium of livebearers or to expand their existing communities will find useful information in the chapter called “The Different Groups,” in which Alderton discusses age considerations, health matters, and sex. The chapter also describes the four families and the most common genus/species of each. Included are sixteen representatives of the Family Goodeidae (e.g., Allodontichth, Characodon, and Skiffia), three genus of the Family Anablepidae (Anableps, Jenynsia, and Oxyzgonectes), twenty-six representatives of the Family Poeciliidae (e.g., Belonesox, Fiexipenis, and Limia); and three genus of the Family Hemirhamphidae (Dermogenys, Hemirhamphodon, and Namorhamphus). This colorful, user-friendly guide offers basic information on the anatomical characteristics, housing options, required aquarium equipment for livebearers as well as their feeding habits and food requirements (greenstuff, carotene-rich foods, live foods, meat, etc.). The breeding habits of livebearers have ensured their popularity with hobbyists, and the chapter on reproduction describes the various breeding habits of livebearers and outlines successful breeding strategies for interested hobbyists. In the chapter on health care, the author offers solid advice about caring for livebearers to maximize their lifespan in captivity, which is typically only a few years. He also gives information on signs of illness and some basic diseases that can be treated by the fish keeper. The final chapter offers photographs and distribution maps for sixteen popular livebearers of all four families, including information on size, physical description, natural habitat and behavior, and required aquarium conditions. The author’s livebearer hit parade includes the butterfly goodeid, rainbow goodeid, black-finned goodea, four-eyed fish, guppy (millions fish), black molly, sailfin molly, swordtail, platy (moonfish), mosquito fish (dwarf and large), humpbacked (black-barred) limia, black-bellied limia, pike livebearer (piketop minnow), knife (Alfaro’s) livebearer, and wrestling halfbeak. Resources, glossary, and index included.
Guppies are easy to reproduce, however, it is not that easy to breed specific colours and shapes. Who ever reproduced common" guppies from a pet shop will probably be able to tell a story about how unforeseeable colour and shape of the fry were. This sometimes as chaos described behaviour of guppy genetics can be handled with that little bit of extra knowledge, making a planned breeding possible. This book will start with a detailed introduction into the main aspects of guppy breeding. The basics will be kept short and the second chapter will contain an extensive discussion about genetics followed by a description of some common guppy strains. Certainly the choice of breeding strains isn't complete, this volume contains not enough pages and beside that the development is progressing rapidly. Nevertheless shall this book mediate the understanding of breeding available guppy strains and also widen the existing knowledge. Besides others the Japanese breed Blue Grass and Japan Blue will be discussed, the original German breed Halfblacks (Halbschwarz) and Platinum (Metallic), and the in Singapore perfected Snakeskin guppies. Also explained will be the in Russia developed Moscow guppies, some fin shapes and various pigmentation mutations, such as albinism.
A solid beginner's guide to caring for and breeding guppies, aimed at first-time guppy owners. Very little rivals the life and beauty a well-maintained aquarium can add to a room, and getting started with one of your own needn't be as difficult as you might imagine.
