Hi, new to this thread. Nice guppy they have in fish depot especially the light blue ribbon guppy, others seems to sold out haha... heard April 20 will have new batch.

Not sure can i ask here.. Any people that have ribbon guppy to let go or sale? Any type of ribbon guppy will do whether it's Albino or Lace or Tux also can. Please PM me TQ in advance.

got.... but dont have enough to go around........... also.........
how long have you been keeping guppies?

Actually, i'm looking for 1 only hehehe. If you can give or sell i'll appreciate it. not necessary need to be super trait. as long as got ribbon is good. I can collect from you don't need deliver to me.

Been keeping for.. almost 3-4 years i guess. Was doing albino project at start and almost all tank full of albino after 1 year. But the trait so far not really like those super grade like full red albino or tuxedo albino.. almost going to do albino snake skin project but the male with snake skin die off before growing adult.. been observing for awhile.. and no good trait all got mixed up too much some with upper AOC center red color and bottom AOC at the tail... HAHAHA.. some even have mosaic at top and yellow at bottom... totally not nice for pure trait breeder eyes....

lol, guess you need to buy a pair and start trying again ad... your AOC macam too much of mix ad....

but sorry, dont have ribbon, really lacked ribbon, i dont even have a good one for own tank liao. Also ribbon not cheap eh, at least 100 bucks per trio.

i got some nice AOC, selling cheap, limited pairs, a forum member booked 4 pairs ad, not many left. let me know if you are interested. the parents i brought to competition, but too bad didnt win la. haha....

Naw. Initially i only bought 1 albino and lots of normal female but keep culling/put non albino to my pond until i got albino. Kindda take a while but the batch after that got lots of defect.. some with crooked body.. but now I guess the mix got good no defect body, just defect color ..

I see.. don't really need AOC trait now, just need guppy with ribbon trait . Don't feel like throwing all of them to my pond to start new breeding as it has already been so many years keeping them . Do PM me if you have ribbon male don't really care if it has defect bone or color.

I'm breeding for hobby not for competition. As I'm not the person that can keep the fish in nice/good shape. They will be a total waste if the fall on my hand Really appreciate for the offer though. Good luck on the coming competition then cause as i see the competition fish quality is outstanding.. nothing compare to mine.

can i know why do you need a ribbon male fish in the first place?

To breed ribbon trait. Fancy ribbon guppy now.

But from what read from some places, breeding using male ribbon guppy have very very low chance cause male ribbon guppy will have very long gonopodium which mean hard for it to breed if i'm not mistaken. Unless the male ribbon guppy have the gene but doesn't show physically or with normal gonopodium then that might be able to breed and produce 1/4 chance of ribbon guppy.. correct me if i'm wrong hahaha...

not entirely wrong also la.
let's make it simple. ribbon male has no productivity capability, so it makes me wonder why do you want a male ribbon fish.

this is not the right way to breed ribbon guppies. you try putting just ribbon male fish with a female, forever wont give birth.

thats why i say it's sold in a trio.

Saw some selling trio and some pair... just wondering cause i'm not an expert as i'm just those take the fish, throw into the aquarium, feed them and let them breed those kind of guy hhahah..

Ok, question. If you say I putting 1 male ribbon and the result will be, I won't get any baby guppy.. so, what difference does it make to have 2 male and 1 female? or you are referring to that if I get 1 male the chance will be like.... 10% breeding rate? and with 2 male I assume I might get 20%-50%? since the female will be constantly get "attacked" and female tend to give up due to no space to hide or run.. is that what you mean?

Because I see lots of charts on how to do selective breeding and to get the best of the best . but i'm no smart brain guy as I can't figure it out how can i really get certain trait or breed. Not to mention it's very very time consuming, money, space and I need lots of passion. Tried before and gave up after some time as no time, money and space

Ribbon fish cannot be sold in pair, if you bought in pair for ribbon, or you didn’t get non ribbon male fish, means you get shortchanged. They MUST comes in at least 1 trio = 1 male (short, no ribbon) and 2 female (ribbon and non ribbon).

Ribbon male simply has no breeding capabilities, (zero) 0% breeding rate, it is just a show fish.
Now, questions. How to breed ribbon male?
Non ribbon male + ribbon female will give you the chance to get ribbon fish, both male and female, quite high chance to get ribbon fishes if the genes/traits are good and stable.

On the other hand, non ribbon female will not be able to produce ribbon fish, both male and female.
but…….. you need to constantly giving birth to non ribbon male in order to keep the generation going (since the ribbon male cannot breed).
If you only pair up ribbon female to give birth and isolate non ribbon female, soon your generation will extinct, as there will be no more non ribbon male fish who can produce anymore as you only keep breeding ribbon male who cannot breed.

So conclusion, for ribbon guppies play, you need to have more tanks for breeding as you will have fry from ribbon and non ribbon.

Clear the above clarifies. dont give up for the wrong reason, i believe you didnt get the right knowledge on ribbon play, thats why frustrated.

This post has been edited by tehoice: Apr 8 2016, 07:22 PM

I though i saw a web selling 2 male 1 female not sure about 2 female 1 male though... If selling 2 female, 1 ribbon and non with 1 male is a good start also as what you mention. At least that sound more logic. How about clipping the gonopodium of the ribbon male? but heard it's just a rumor as it's cruel and might kill the priceless ribbon guppy. Might be some one already succeed just haven't seen the article yet.

Non ribbon female won't give birth to ribbon guppy? even one of the parents with that gene? guess the chart I saw before not 100% true... or only for pattern (albino, snakeskin, and etc) reference..

Thanks for the great info. I guess I need to scrap this ribbon guppy plan, even if i have the thought. More tanks... = home minister sure reject this proposal ...

This post has been edited by naoki666: Apr 8 2016, 07:41 PM

clipping? no way, you get ppl to cut your gugu, can? cannot right..... cannot survive la, i also seen ppl do it before, 3days later the fish died lor.

ya, no ribbon female can almost never be able to give birth to ribbon guppy. if you dont believe me, you can try.... hehe...

can la, just buy a 2ft, 3 compartment tanks can start your project ribbon already!

My 3 lovely guppies RIP. Damm...

what breed are they?

Bro, I learned quite a bit about ribbon guppies just by reading these few exchanges. Haha. Thanks.

no worries bro, can always post questions, will try to answer...

Where can I buy guppy fish tank in pj area? Any good and reasonable price place ? Im looking for a small tank maybe 1ft to 1 and half ft tank . Izzit good enough for guppy ?thanks

Haha, cannot also unless i wanna work at forbidden city haha, or become "Eunuch" hehehe. I see.. so.. some one so crazy to go to that extent.
I see. Not sure about that, but my female hasn't giving any ribbon baby up until now. Probably i don't have ribbon guppy at the first place. Wanna donate to me and let me try? have 2 2 ft aquarium but compartment...might be need to DIY then cause saw someone with 2 feet also but made lots of compartment but i'm curious about the filter system as the aquarium could be very bad due to the separation. Would like to start another project hahah... let's wait longer Home minister sure screw me up and down.. if she suspect i'm starting a project that she think is wasting time and money

This post has been edited by naoki666: Apr 9 2016, 10:12 PM

My recently started breeding tanks...


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you can get from fish depot, i think less than 50 bucks can get a 2ft tank with 3 compartments. 1ft is very good for guppy ad, can be the main tank, but you should have more tanks for breeding purposes, to raise fry (though this can be put in the large plastic tank for about 3 weeks to 1 month), to seperate male and female fish. so yup, at least 4 tanks for the start. 2ft 3 compartments (1 main, 1 male only, 1 female only, and large plastic tank for fry (maybe need 1 more if you guppy give birth fast enough) hehe...

small amount of money with huge satisfaction, i dont know what is there to screw, are you gonna eat just white bread for the rest of the month if you spend let's say 100 bucks on tank + air pump + filter + anti chlorine + salt + etc? I dont have any other filtration system apart from just an air pump with sponge filter in the tank.

dont keep asking ppl to donate leh, ribbon fishes doesnt come cheap, we bought also expensive from the start, moreover, we dont know what breed exactly are yours. fancy guppies are not supposed to mix and like i said before, you want a male ribbon fish for what? they cannot breed... buy a trio la, start your own project!

this guy got poisoned already.

Edit: by the way, can fill water up to around 70% full.

This post has been edited by tehoice: Apr 11 2016, 09:42 AM