Swordtail and platies??

ValRasbora · 10-30-2009, 06:56 PM

hey I have 4 female platies and 1 male swordtail, will they breed together? One of my platies has a sorta 'lyretail' and if the swordie got @ her would the lyretail be exaggerated?
Thank you and I think some of my females MAY already be pregnant!

Newman · 10-31-2009, 02:18 PM

Ok. Chances are your female platies are pregnant for the store they came from. if not pregnant, then theyve already mated, and wont breed with the male sword.

Yes, theoretically this should happen. but it can only happen sucessfully if the male sword is very bored, and the female platy is a virgin. then youll have hybrid offspring. If you bred a male sword with a female platy, you would get platies. if you bred a female sword and a male platy (what i want to do) then youll get swordtails. either way the offspring will be hybrids, but they will show more characteristic of the species that the mother was part of.

Not sure but i cannot see why the lyretail gene would be exaggerated if you have only one parent be lyre tailed. frankly its impossible to breed a lyretail sword male anyway. only a small amount of the offspring would even have a lyre trait.

But all of your females are likely to be "used up" and no good to breed to the male sword. they store milt form previous matings for up to six batches or even more. this means they really only need to breed once a lifetime. in some cases the female might live long enough to be able to breed again once she runs out of stored milt.

I'm also not sure if the males gonopodium would fit in a platy, nor do i really think about that matter. Im doing the opposite. female sword crossed w/ male platy. that way i dont have to worry. But unfortunately my project of getting blue swordtails from a blue male platy and a red female sword has been slowed down cuz my female was pregnant already, and the male died a week after introduction anyway.
Now i gotta wait till the fry grow up and ill select the females/get rid of males, and buy a new male blue platy.
I'll keep you updated if this cross will work, if youre interested in crossing swordtails w/ platy.

10-30-2009, 06:56 PM	#1
ValRasbora Large Fish Join Date: May 2009 Location: Atlantic Canada Posts: 616	Swordtail and platies?? hey I have 4 female platies and 1 male swordtail, will they breed together? One of my platies has a sorta 'lyretail' and if the swordie got @ her would the lyretail be exaggerated? Thank you and I think some of my females MAY already be pregnant! __________________ Fish aren't boring like everyone says! 20 gallon planted swordtail, platy, neon tetra, harlequin rasbora, albino corydoras, otocinclus 10 gallon oriental a pair of betta imbellis

10-31-2009, 02:18 PM	#2
Newman Super Fish Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Northern NJ Posts: 2,819	Ok. Chances are your female platies are pregnant for the store they came from. if not pregnant, then theyve already mated, and wont breed with the male sword. Yes, theoretically this should happen. but it can only happen sucessfully if the male sword is very bored, and the female platy is a virgin. then youll have hybrid offspring. If you bred a male sword with a female platy, you would get platies. if you bred a female sword and a male platy (what i want to do) then youll get swordtails. either way the offspring will be hybrids, but they will show more characteristic of the species that the mother was part of. Not sure but i cannot see why the lyretail gene would be exaggerated if you have only one parent be lyre tailed. frankly its impossible to breed a lyretail sword male anyway. only a small amount of the offspring would even have a lyre trait. But all of your females are likely to be "used up" and no good to breed to the male sword. they store milt form previous matings for up to six batches or even more. this means they really only need to breed once a lifetime. in some cases the female might live long enough to be able to breed again once she runs out of stored milt. I'm also not sure if the males gonopodium would fit in a platy, nor do i really think about that matter. Im doing the opposite. female sword crossed w/ male platy. that way i dont have to worry. But unfortunately my project of getting blue swordtails from a blue male platy and a red female sword has been slowed down cuz my female was pregnant already, and the male died a week after introduction anyway. Now i gotta wait till the fry grow up and ill select the females/get rid of males, and buy a new male blue platy. I'll keep you updated if this cross will work, if youre interested in crossing swordtails w/ platy. __________________ Credit goes to Lludu