Moscow Magenta

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The Magenta is another colour I am instantly attracted to. Pinkish reflective and striking even from afar, this hue is everything but natural. This colour really reminds me of the ladies' nail varnish. When I was very young, I was once so captivated by mom's reflective nail varnish that I used it to paint on my drawings... and that was a very painful experience :-P

Unfortunately most magenta strains are short tails and so I wasted no time in crossing them with my albino moscows to create the delta tail variant. I have since been working on it for more than 3 years and it nearly got extinct last year.

The most challenging of the magenta strain, as confirmed by some Guppy veterans is in perfecting the delta tail which are usually not triangular enough. This is one of the better specimens this year but definitely the strain still has a lot of room for improvement on the caudal.

Aquarama 2013 Guppy Competition

Aquarama 2013 Guppy Competition had been very competitive. I was lucky to win 4 out of my 6 entries, all of which are home bred by me. The Open class first prize Chocolate Moscow was my new strain creation that had also won in the Trio (2nd Prize) and Group (1st Prize) in Aquarama 2011. Nothing beats the thrill of seeing the fruits of my labour and winning with my self bred fishes.

I would like to thank various Guppy experts like Mr Yap Teo Tee, Mr Henri, Mr Chris Ng and Mr Lok for sharing and guiding me in the Guppy hobby.

1st Prize - Trio Open Class

2nd Prize - Trio Open Class

3rd Prize - Lace/Snakeskin

2nd Prize - Solid (Non-Moscow)

Guppy Challenge 2013

Having missed the National Guppy Competition last December as I was out of town, I was elated when I got to know the GCS Guppy Challenge 2013.  In fact, I was caught by surprised and most of my fishes are either too old or too young for this competition, nevertheless, I had managed to squeeze out 2 entries to support the show and was really lucky to have won in both :))

The pair of veteran red lace from a line that I have been trying to improve for a few years won the 2nd prize in the Lace Class. This pair are siblings and at 7 months old, frankly they are a bit old for the show. The male is approximately 6.5cm.

Half Metal Albino Full Red

In their show peak at 5 months old, the other pair of Half Metal Albino Full Red won the 1st prize in the AOC class. The next major show to look out for will be the Aquarama 2013 Guppy Competition. I will be competing if my entries are accepted.

New Morph...

A new morph from my brownies got me quite excited. Grey eyes with its orange body reminds me of the "Fanta Orange" softdrinks... still quite some way to work on it.

Half Metal Magenta

The Half Metal Magenta is one of my experimental new strains that I have been trying for nearly 2 years. The pink colour is harvested from the small round tail Magenta strains to cross with my white Moscow females. 

It seems very difficult to get the tail long again after crossing with a short tail male strain. Next is to improve body size and dorsal shape...

Lacefully...

Like most Guppy hobbyists, I am also a fan of the lace variety :))

This is the line of Red Lace I am working on. The lace patterns is becoming finer but the caudal needs more working on...

Wild Red

These are the F1 of the AFR Male x Moscow White Chocolate Female. All are grey eyes, some females are blonde. They look more promising in terms of finnage and size than the other combinations. 

Next plan:

a) Inbreed this subline. 

b) Backcross this sub-line to the AFR.