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Old 11-29-2005, 08:37 AM   #1
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Ok in my tank I have 3 female orange swordtails, 1 young female feeder guppy, 1 female molly, 2 male blue mickey mouse platies, 6 danios, 2 cories, 2 otos, and 1 gourami. There are now some kind of fry in there too. They are livebearer fry as far as I can tell. Who do you think the culprits are? The molly is black and I have had her for a year. When I first got her she had babies and she hasn't had babies since. Two of the swordtails have never been in a tank with males, because I raised them myself and the male that I bred their mom with died before they were born. The other swordtail is their mom. I have had her almost a year also. She bred with the male right once I bought them, and then the male died. I have had the feeder guppy for a few months. When I got her (accidentally, she came with some ghost shrimp I got) she was very small. As far as I know she was too small to have bred. So....what kind of babies do you think they are? I thought they were swordtail and platy babies but then I asked someone else about it and they didn't think they could breed together. The fry are light-colored. Thanks in advance!
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Old 11-29-2005, 08:42 AM   #2
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Yep, I would say they are a platy swordtail mix. It's common, they are basically the same fish just one has a sword. Also by mixing these is one of the ways we come up with so many different color variations.
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Old 11-29-2005, 09:19 AM   #3
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Have u got any pictures? but i agree with wildtiger thats its must likely a cross

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Old 11-30-2005, 06:56 AM   #4
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Ok thanks y'all! I'll tell y'all what they end up looking like....should be interesting since the dad is blue with orange on his fins and the mom is orange

Jonno: no I don't have any pictures...
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I wish I could get my platy to mate with the swords but he won't.
he is a red wag and the girls are green swords.
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