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10-23-2007, 09:48 PM
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guppy crazy!!
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breeding swordtails.....
hey can you cross breed swordtail breeds? ex. neon+green or velvet+neon?
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10-23-2007, 10:09 PM
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All the petstore swordtails are the same species so crossing breeds is not a problem. Green is closest to the wild type so its a good one to cross to all the others.
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10-24-2007, 12:53 PM
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As with all livebearers, given the chance they will cross breed.They will sometimes even cross breed with other platy varieties.
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10-24-2007, 03:52 PM
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guppy crazy!!
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ok cool cuz my brother has like 4 females that are neons and the male he got was just labled swordtail and he hasn't really seemed very interested in them. i guess it will just take some time. with the platies is it just certian kinds or will the cross with any platy? i have seen pics of that cross befor anf it looked really cool! i was telling my brother that he should try it.
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10-24-2007, 08:12 PM
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Swordtails have been hybridized with platys so they do crossbreed readily. I would rather see male platy to female sword as swords tend to be a bit larger than platys and that would carry through to the fry.
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10-24-2007, 08:50 PM
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guppy crazy!!
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ok cool. i was wondering how big platies got cuz the ones at my LFS are huge! they are probably full grown though.
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10-25-2007, 08:16 AM
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i think platies get around 2 to 2.5 inches. Our lfs might get some sort of dwarf platy because they only get1.5 inches max i had one for 1 year and thats the biggest it got
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10-26-2007, 04:00 PM
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guppy crazy!!
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the ones at my lfs are like 2.5 so they are probably full grown.
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07-30-2008, 03:48 PM
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at the pet store i asked they said you cant cross breed pinapple sword tales
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07-30-2008, 03:53 PM
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Of course you can. Once again, ten month old post.
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07-31-2008, 01:06 AM
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2.5 inch platies? Those are huge.
Pineapple swords are just X.helleri like any other, and can crossbreed like any other. However, I seriously doubt that you'll be able to see any trace of "pineapple-ness" in the resulting fry. That might be what the guy at the petshop meant, but he probably didn't. |
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