Post your Liverbearer pics!!!

[fishaddic25]

I want to have an all liverbearer tank (29gal) and have them breed. I have a 10gal. for fry. There's so many platys out there, dont know what to choose. Right now I have two...a black/shiny blue one and a tuxedo with some yellow (at the store) orange (in the home tank). 1f, 1m. I probably only want two more but its fun to look at all the different choices.... soo post those platy pics! Also would like to see swordtail pics!! Hmm and maybe some fry pics of any livebearer...they're so cute to look at

[darkfalz]

Here are my two Platys. I don't know the colour names, maybe someone can tell me?

I hope to have fry soon, the female is heavily pregnant (though he may or may not be the father, he was in the same tank I bought her from already pregnant, but so were many other male Platys).

[fishaddic25]

OH i'd love to get a black one with the yellow and orange/red fins, had one before actually but it didn't last long..I'd like to have some fry like that. I like the white one too

[darkfalz]

I think in a very large tank with lots of vegetation, you won't have to do anything special, they should just multiply.

[fishaddic25]

Well its not going to be planted but yeah they should multiply regardless haha. And for the 10 gal. I have an in tank filter so the water level is below the line so i'm thinking maybe I could put some kind of floating plants (real) in there, it'll make the fry feel more secure probably too. So nobody has anymore pics they want to share????

[darkfalz]

I took some beauties of her big belly today, you can find it in the breeding section.

[doggydad38]

It looks to me like the top pic is a Tuxedo Sunset Variatus Platy and the bottom is a Blue Variatus Platy. Same specie, just a different color variety.
Tony

[fishaddic25]

I got my first high-fin platy today...its the prettiest thing! I'll have to get pics. Also bought a female swordtail and another regular platy. Its funny though everyone says if you buy a female that has been in a tank with males that it is more than likely preg. but mine never seem to be. I saw lots of female guppies that were clearly preg. but I can't get guppies right now because they would have to go in a tank with fin nippers and that wouldn't be good.

[leafgirl115]

If you get young females they may not be preg. My latest female platies are not


My silver molly and male marble salfin

[leafgirl115]

Can you tell me the type of platties i have?
I was toled the male was a red comet platie and the females high-fin platys
I the one with the black a mickey mouse one?

[Ringo]

i would say assorted platies and maybe a few sailfins (dont look too much like em though.) and yer female doesent look like a mickey mouse platy, mickies have a perfect imprint of mickey on there tail, i was looking at some nice ones today

[fishaddic25]

I'm trying to figure out what my female swordtail is...its white (clearish) with yellow on its back and tail, there is no orange or red or any other color..there is a faint stripe on it a grayish color i guess...is it a pineapple swordtail maybe?

[Christine]

Heres my two boy swords.

[fishaddic25]

Here are my platys and female swordtail....

my only male platy



my high-fin platy


my yellow platy with black eye and my black platy bottom right


female swordtail..what kind?


All together

[darkfalz]

Here's a much better photo of my golden male. Looks like I got him while he was, ahem, "flexing" his gonopodium (which I notice the guppies also doing now and again, it's quite funny).

[darkfalz]

As promised, my 6 hour old Platy fry!

[fishaddic25]

My only male platy died today , I saw a male platy in the store the other day that I loved...silver/white with yellow fin and orange tail...but I thought the two males might fight so I didnt buy it...hmm might have to now. The yellow platy that I got has some sort of fungus or slime coat on it so its by itself getting medicated. And the swordtail ...which is still don't know exactly what kind it is...its flickering every now and then so I'm about to do a water change...then I think its bedtime...its really late haha.

[darkfalz]

Males shouldn't fight, unless they are the only two in a tank in which case, most of the time one fish will pick on the other fish.

Good luck with your fish, I hope they pull through.

[fishaddic25]

Won't they fight if the male/female ratio is off?

[blcknwitecuban]

my mollys did so i seperated a male and everyones fine