common mosquito fish X fancy guppy?

[jrpatter]

Yes, this is why their introduction in some local ecosystems has led to the destruction of the native flora and fauna. It's really impressive how these little creatures can attack.

Actually gambusia are very poor mosquito eaters. Studies at UNCW show that they prefer almost everything else before mosquitos. The advantage is they can survive in conditions that most fish cant. If you want something for mosquito control I would suggest looking into some of the native killies in your area.

John

 

[MN_Rebel]

Actually gambusia are very poor mosquito eaters. Studies at UNCW show that they prefer almost everything else before mosquitos. The advantage is they can survive in conditions that most fish cant. If you want something for mosquito control I would suggest looking into some of the native killies in your area.

John

Actually so are other native fish prefer eat almost everything else before mosquito larva....gambusia aint very poor mosquito eaters, in fact they do eat mosquito larva and so are the rest of fish. Try find a mosquito larva in fish infested waters. And you're derailing the thread...Louie want to cross guppy to the mosquitofish, so let him try this cross out.

make sure you use male gambusia breed with virgin female feeder guppy. I tried this cross but then i dont have enough space for this project. It would be awesome to have cold tolerant colorful live bearer, suited for unheated aquariums.

 

[MN_Rebel]

I agree. Regretted trying them with my guppies and they were really more abusive than I had seen some small fish although they still haven't matched the skunk loaches.

You spoken too soon, I have some skunk loaches in my gambusia tank and the loaches dont well very good in fact the gambusia ate all of their fins.

 

[jakeca77]

Ummm mosquito fish arent a guppy type(peocolid), they are a gambusia they wont cross.

John

If you are talking about the fact that they are not of the same genus, that means nothing. There are many examples of fish, mammals and birds that are not the same genus or species but they can interbreed. Whether mosquito fish and guppies can or will hybridize either naturally or artificially is obviously yet to be seen.... On paper it seems just as possible as crossing cichlids to make flowerhorns.

 

[Louie]

Did you use fancy guppies or the wild/feeder type?

I used the fancy long finned guppies

 

[Louie]

If you are talking about the fact that they are not of the same genus, that means nothing. There are many examples of fish, mammals and birds that are not the same genus or species but they can interbreed. Whether mosquito fish and guppies can or will hybridize either naturally or artificially is obviously yet to be seen.... On paper it seems just as possible as crossing cichlids to make flowerhorns.

I agree like kingsnake with a cornsnake but in my case I did assume they were in same genus as certainly look very similiar esp the females

 

[Louie]

Actually so are other native fish prefer eat almost everything else before mosquito larva....gambusia aint very poor mosquito eaters, in fact they do eat mosquito larva and so are the rest of fish. Try find a mosquito larva in fish infested waters. And you're derailing the thread...Louie want to cross guppy to the mosquitofish, so let him try this cross out.

make sure you use male gambusia breed with virgin female feeder guppy. I tried this cross but then i dont have enough space for this project. It would be awesome to have cold tolerant colorful live bearer, suited for unheated aquariums.

5 months later it didnt work out. I had one 20 gallon with few f fancy gupies and couple black/white male gambusia and same size tank with few male fancy guppies and female gambusias.

All put in as small and guppies purchased from local fish farm that keeps them seperated as soon as they can be sexed and only acheived the gambusia beating the guppies .
If they would have wanted to mate the guppies from what I gather would have done so but the mosquito fish only wanted to nip and harass.

Maybe bigger tank with more guppies would have worked who knows. I do have 3 gold fleck male gambusia in one of the ponds which I hope breed with the gambusia females there and get more gold flecks .

They are just common black/white males but they have large gold spots .

 

[Potts050]

Louie,
Try breeding fancy guppies with endler's livebearer's. You get some interesting colour and finnage patterns...

 

[Louie]

Louie,
Try breeding fancy guppies with endler's livebearer's. You get some interesting colour and finnage patterns...

I wanted to get cold resistant mosquito eating pond fish with color thus went with fancy guppy and mosquito fish from what I understand endlers require close to same temp as fancy guppies.


Perhaps few degrees lower is fine but more or less same temp ?

 

[Louie]

Actually gambusia are very poor mosquito eaters. Studies at UNCW show that they prefer almost everything else before mosquitos. The advantage is they can survive in conditions that most fish cant. If you want something for mosquito control I would suggest looking into some of the native killies in your area.

John

I find them to have 3 things going for them which is why used as mosquito eaters

They can live in HOT waters that many other fish can not, breed in it also

They can live in dirty water and breed in it

They can get in tiny areas like floating plants that other fish like platys-swordtails which I find eat more mosquitos can not.
Some of the canals here have vats of floating anachris,etc and the mosquito fish get right ontop with what looks like 1/4 inch water and eat those mosquitos