i was at the lfs today and just looked around abit and notice the strains of guppys these days are really intense, a little to colorful for the guppys to be doing it them selfs by breeding one with another, there was one of them they really stood out it had black lines from its head to its tail and then the other stripes where almost "chrome" yes its true i couldnt belive it, it looked man made.
Has anyone else seen this happening?

The guppies at the LFSs I visit are always bright and colourful. I have male fry at the moment that have some really weird colours, they aren't dyed, I have raised them from the day they were born.

The warmer the water the brighter the guppies/livebearers will be.

i dont think they were dyed but ive never seen one that was almost "chrome" though that was weird, put some pics of your ones up chook

I had a male like that while back. Looked platinum and black. Very cool!

Yeah I hear what your saying Vip. I am not a huge "Guppy freak" but usually give them a Gander everytime I am in the LFS. I must say I am continually amazed at some of the color morphs available these days as compared to 15 or so years ago. Its seems they are getting more intese every year!

got any pics of it hippie? just want to show the people what im on about

ive been searching for agesssssssss but still couldnt see a pic of it

Mine are still fry....getting bigger though.....and weird chrom colouring. I will try and get you a pic ASAP :D

Wish I did, that was before I had a digicam.

there are some at my lfs now i should go bu some and put them in a tank to show everyone

Are they imported guppys? A lot of imports are going around here atm.

could be dude, i dunno i will ask them if they are

I think I know what you're saying...

Alot of the fancies have become so...cultured, I guess you could say. Their colors are unrealistic and I personally would prefer wild guppies over fancy guppies. There are so many fancy guppy strains out there that it's practically impossible to keep up. They don't have to be imported either, there are plenty of hobbyists who trade or give their fancy guppy fry to fish stores.

You have your snakeskins/cobra guppies, delta tail, split tail, and blablabla. Way too many for my liking, lol.

I hear you Erica. I stick to snakeskins or full bodies and call it a day. I wouldn't waste my time with all these new strains, because next week, there'll be like 10 more new strains. :eatit: