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Characteristics of grass-tailed guppies

2020-08-21 / 937 Read

Grasstail, one of the most popular species, especially the beautiful banana grasstail is the favorite of breeders. After years of improvement, the current problem of basal macula can finally be overcome, and many let many Players can't take their eyes off the diamond-shaped spots. Below, pet.net will give you a detailed introduction.

The body color can be deep or light blue, or it can be combined with limited genetics such as platinum and coral or Japanese blue to make platinum grass tail, Japanese blue grass tail, coral grass tail, etc. However, because the above-mentioned genes with strong white gold luster all have factors that are easy to fade or even disappear tail lines, there are few outstanding individuals in the market and competition venues. Having said that, in general, I prefer pure blue grass tails!

Many beginners often think that the red grass tail and the blue grass tail are different strains. In fact, they are the same but have a pair of genes that control body color Bb change! It's like the relationship between a Japanese blue-tailed dress and a red-tailed dress]

When this pair of genes is BB, it will show a red grass color. When it is Bb, it is blue tail, and when it is bb, it is ink Bluetail grass tail. Generally speaking, the female fish cannot distinguish the red grasstail female or the blue grasstail female and can only give birth to offspring, which can be inferred according to the distribution of its color. Usually, if the blue-tailed fish is used as the male, when the offspring of the blue-tailed grass-tail are born, it is the blue-tailed female. This is a simple checkerboard rule.