White guppies?

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  1. F1refly

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    Recently I got given a white baby guppy by a friend. Now one of my females are dropping a few as well. I got all my guppies from said friend. Are they albinos? Pastels? A new mutation? They don't seem to have red eyes. What are they?
     
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    Pics or it didn happen :p
     
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    Okay. Ill seperate some tonight, and get some comparison shots? BTW all mine an my friends guppies look like normal guppies, save for the monstrous "hunchback of notre dame"
     
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    Excuse the quality. Look for the white speck. Definitely different from the others and definitely not a flash

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    It looks to me like blondes , does it look like these almost?
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    Yes. My friend has one like that, but with orange on the tips of the tail
     
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    My females got pretty big . The orange will be from previous mother father id say, mine was usually yellowish . Would be nice if you could get a pic of his one
     
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    Update time. The two I had have grown a lot. Both are males unfortunately. But they look pretty damn good.
    Now, I apologize for the quality of the pictures but guppies are a tad difficult to photograph. Now, the bigger male, while he has bland patterns, his colours interest me, so if I can get a hold of a Lyretail female or a female that produces nicely patterned babies, then I think I may be onto something. What do ya'll think?
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    This is the other male, he hasn't developed any markings yet
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    @F1refly - I also had two of those but unfortunately I can't remember under which name I ordered them. Never could get a decent shot of mine. (the one on the left) They ended up being much bigger than my other guppy males.

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    It would be nice to know if they have an existing name
     
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    these look like cross breeds
     
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    Of what? Endlers or different guppy types?
     
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    Nice guppies guys :) I would strongly recommend you do some reading up on guppy genetics and for interest sake check out this website I found http://www.poecilia.com/g-b.htm

    Very informative !!!

    Oh and if I may ask , where about do you stay f1refly ? If you're interest my blond snakeskin had a drop about two weeks ago and if you want to add some flavor I'd love to trade :)
     
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    I love Snakeskins. I'm in the middle of the Free State
     
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    Hahahahaha aaaaa snap . Tis a tad far for me but I'm busy messing around with different snakeskins , if I get anything interesting I'll let you know :)
     
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    F1refly - think it was something like Red Mosaic / Albino Red Mosaic Guppy or something.

    Ps: Also try Albino Red Grass Guppy
     
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    Red mosaic is very similar, minus the blues and greens. My friends one are all pure white with red, and he has a very nice male with a pure white body and red fins and tail, no colour or markings on the body. I want to try and "liberate" some for the cause, I think some nice babies would come out of this. All I really want now is a decent snakeskin female to breed the male too, and then breed those babies to my friends guppies
     

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