MaxVengeance Posted April 19, 2018 Report Share Posted April 19, 2018 As a kid going down to local creeks and collecting natives was something I did quite frequently, mostly just empire gudgeons and rainbows with traps and scoop nets, I was bored at home the other day and thought why not go down to a couple of my old spots and see how the native populations are holding up, then I remembered an old drain I used to go to that held swordtails and some unknown species of feral guppies, 10 years on and they are still abundant, unfortunately no natives seemed present, anyone know what these might be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnbetta Posted April 19, 2018 Report Share Posted April 19, 2018 they are single sword tailed guppys very nice fish they would sell for a fair price any where from $2 to $5 each Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raycam01_au Posted April 19, 2018 Report Share Posted April 19, 2018 looks like its gotta little endler in it cook it johnbetta 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Novice Posted April 19, 2018 Report Share Posted April 19, 2018 I used to catch similar looking gups in sections of Norman Creek in the late 80s. I have been tempted to go back and check if they are still there too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ageofaquariums Posted April 20, 2018 Report Share Posted April 20, 2018 Yep thats a feral guppy alright. Cross it into any of the fancy girls from a lfs and you should get some wild crosses that are very pretty AND tough. Just beware, feral guppys are almost always infected with something, whether its flukes, velvet or a bacterial infection. Quarantine and a multicure style prophalactic treatment is highly reccomended before adding them in with other fish you care about. MaxVengeance and johnbetta 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QldMick Posted April 20, 2018 Report Share Posted April 20, 2018 good lil feeders MaxVengeance 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxVengeance Posted April 21, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2018 On 20/04/2018 at 2:17 PM, ageofaquariums said: Yep thats a feral guppy alright. Cross it into any of the fancy girls from a lfs and you should get some wild crosses that are very pretty AND tough. Just beware, feral guppys are almost always infected with something, whether its flukes, velvet or a bacterial infection. Quarantine and a multicure style prophalactic treatment is highly reccomended before adding them in with other fish you care about. Thanks for stopping by mate, great another side project haha never really kept guppies, I’m going to have to now just out of curiosity, might go and collect some more see if I can’t find my stud male, they all have different tails and colouring, some are far nicer than the one I posted, quarantine and treatment is a must ofcourse, especially considering these guys come from a stormwater run off lol ageofaquariums 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxVengeance Posted April 21, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2018 @Novice should go have a look for old times sake mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ageofaquariums Posted April 21, 2018 Report Share Posted April 21, 2018 1 hour ago, MaxVengeance said: Thanks for stopping by mate, great another side project haha never really kept guppies, I’m going to have to now just out of curiosity, might go and collect some more see if I can’t find my stud male, they all have different tails and colouring, some are far nicer than the one I posted, quarantine and treatment is a must ofcourse, especially considering these guys come from a stormwater run off lol Well you can always do the reverse, and add a fancy pet shop male in with some feral females. Same result, crazy coloured hybrids that are super tough. My favourite thing about feral genetics is they are usually better at surviving low temperatures making them better as winter pond fish than other bloodlines. johnbetta 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
borntobreed Posted April 21, 2018 Report Share Posted April 21, 2018 6 hours ago, ageofaquariums said: add a fancy pet shop male..... (like me -Donny from AOA) in with some feral females (plenty around Browns Plains) And wullah ! , you get some very informative hybrids with two heads and erect nipples in winter. No thanks Donny, one of you is enuff matey.... ☺ ageofaquariums, johnbetta and Jase86uxb 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ageofaquariums Posted April 23, 2018 Report Share Posted April 23, 2018 The Plains have Eyes johnbetta and Cam07 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grubby Posted August 20, 2018 Report Share Posted August 20, 2018 On 24/04/2018 at 9:11 AM, ageofaquariums said: The Plains have Eyes That is so true. johnbetta 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Novice Posted December 2, 2022 Report Share Posted December 2, 2022 Some Ithaca Creek gups from earlier in the week. My young fella had fun catching them. Not a native fish found. challenger1966, johnbetta and QldMick 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
challenger1966 Posted December 3, 2022 Report Share Posted December 3, 2022 On 19/04/2018 at 9:22 PM, Novice said: I used to catch similar looking gups in sections of Norman Creek in the late 80s. I have been tempted to go back and check if they are still there too. Use to be a place near bardon Latrobe soccer field with great guppies colourful ones not sure if they are still around johnbetta 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Novice Posted December 4, 2022 Report Share Posted December 4, 2022 On 03/12/2022 at 1:33 PM, challenger1966 said: Use to be a place near bardon Latrobe soccer field with great guppies colourful ones not sure if they are still around I reckon they would be. The ones we came across were at JC Slaughter Falls, just upstream of those soccer fields. I'm on a mission now to visit all my old haunts. challenger1966 and johnbetta 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
challenger1966 Posted December 5, 2022 Report Share Posted December 5, 2022 Yep that's the onw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
challenger1966 Posted December 5, 2022 Report Share Posted December 5, 2022 Use to be a water hole gap way Rubin's, gap high wagging place was 10ft deep, some eels were 6/8ft long 10 inches round Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnbetta Posted December 5, 2022 Report Share Posted December 5, 2022 21 hours ago, Novice said: I reckon they would be. The ones we came across were at JC Slaughter Falls, just upstream of those soccer fields. I'm on a mission now to visit all my old haunts. they are still there but the population is much larger challenger1966 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
challenger1966 Posted December 18, 2022 Report Share Posted December 18, 2022 Had work drinkies last night and walked to local woollies and found a huge school of red swordtails in a creek on way there might have to put my traps in there soon johnbetta 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnbetta Posted December 18, 2022 Report Share Posted December 18, 2022 yeah that would be good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnbetta Posted December 22, 2022 Report Share Posted December 22, 2022 On 18/12/2022 at 12:08 PM, challenger1966 said: Had work drinkies last night and walked to local woollies and found a huge school of red swordtails in a creek on way there might have to put my traps in there soon if your going to colect the red swardtails u will have to treat them for any sicknesses they have i would highly recommend that u start with a gill flux treatment then may be look to treat fin rot or mouth fungus just to be on the safe side and have a tank ready just for them so that way your other fish wont be at risk of getting any deasiesies thats just my 2 sence worth challenger1966 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Novice Posted January 8 Report Share Posted January 8 I took the kids back to East Ithaca Creek at Slaughter Falls this morning. Plenty of swordtails but only one male guppy found. So we then went over to Glindemann Creek at Holland Park. Wow....this small creek is loaded with guppies. Actually really hard to see a swordtail as 99% of the fish were all guppies. Kids had fun. I brought home 3 bags worth, but this creek is ridiculously loaded. Insane. QldMick and johnbetta 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnbetta Posted January 9 Report Share Posted January 9 nice rember and treat with gill flux Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
challenger1966 Posted January 11 Report Share Posted January 11 Another spot to try yippee johnbetta 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
challenger1966 Posted January 13 Report Share Posted January 13 Anywhere on gold coast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
