Another thing that may interest you is that platys and swordtails are able to hybridize. You may see the males of all three species chase the females of another species.
Guppies, Mollies and Platys
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Betta's will tear apart male guppies but would be fine with other fish
Get 3+ females though and you are good.
Betta's will tear apart male guppies but would be fine with other fish
Get 3+ females though and you are good.
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Get say 4 of each kind, 1 male, 3 girls, and let them stock up the natrual way, that way they'll cycle if for you. Males have a single curled underfin, females have 2 small fins. Mollies and platties can cross breed, but all 3 can like happily.
http://images.google.com/imgres?img...?q=male+guppy+fish&um=1&hl=en&sa=N&tbs=isch:1
Male guppy
All 3 fish have the same male/female fin set ups, so that makes it easy.
http://images.google.com/imgres?img...?q=male+guppy+fish&um=1&hl=en&sa=N&tbs=isch:1
Male guppy
All 3 fish have the same male/female fin set ups, so that makes it easy.
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Ok colorwise on male guppies, I would love HOT or Neon pink lace pattern tail. Not leopard. And what color of females should I cross him on to get similar pattern, I do not mind more hot pinks, greens, blue (light blues) and pastel calicos. I would not have sunshine or tux patterned guppies.
As for mollies, how wuld I tell the difference in sexes? I like the black ones and silver ones as well.
Platys, sexes?
Swordtaiils?
As for mollies, how wuld I tell the difference in sexes? I like the black ones and silver ones as well.
Platys, sexes?
Swordtaiils?
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all 3 males have the gonopodium (look at the link i posted).
all 3 males have the gonopodium (look at the link i posted).
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all 3 males have the gonopodium (look at the link i posted).
Well they dont always descend it, dont they?
all 3 males have the gonopodium (look at the link i posted).
Well they dont always descend it, dont they?
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all 3 males have the gonopodium (look at the link i posted).
Well they dont always descend it, dont they?
It's always out. Part of the fin.
all 3 males have the gonopodium (look at the link i posted).
Well they dont always descend it, dont they?
It's always out. Part of the fin.
All the fish you listed will get along fine. As for how many fish you can keep. at one point I had 600 fish in a 55 gal aquarium that would be roughly the same size fish as yours will be as adults. Keep in mind this required cleaning two power filters twice a day that had the ability to filter 160 gal of water an hour between the two of them. the tank did finally collapse. I had another 55 gal tank that was only able to hold two fish and was pushing it almost to the limits I was with 600 small ones. the two fish where two 12 inch long red tiger oscars. one rule of thumb I have heard is 1 inch of fish per gallon of water. but for fish that are only 1 inch long you can multiply that by 4 easily. How many fish is not all that easy to figure. How many fish you add and how fast is far more important. there is a complete biological system that needs to develop in order to process the waste of the fish and food. putting a bunch of fish in a brand new tank is going to kill a lot of fish. I usually start with just a couple for about a week, then add for more or so until I have all the fish I want. As far as ending up with Ick. It is actually very easy to cure. the spores are not able to grow if they do not have light, and they will die fairly quickly if they do not grow. simply treat the tank with medication to kill any active ick on the fish. then leave the lights off on the tank for a week or so. nice clean tank.
Finally do not completely empty the tank and scrub it clean, ever. You will only kill the entire biological system that will eventually result in crystal clear and fish healthy water. a healthy fish tank smells like freshly turned earth. an unhealthy one stinks like, well fish. white cloudy water will clear itself up in a week or two and the tank has to go through that phase to develop the biological system it needs. I am able to consistently operate a 55 gal tank so that it only needs to be cleaned avery 6 months at most and once a year if everything went real well. otherwise I only do monthly 25% water changes.
Finally do not completely empty the tank and scrub it clean, ever. You will only kill the entire biological system that will eventually result in crystal clear and fish healthy water. a healthy fish tank smells like freshly turned earth. an unhealthy one stinks like, well fish. white cloudy water will clear itself up in a week or two and the tank has to go through that phase to develop the biological system it needs. I am able to consistently operate a 55 gal tank so that it only needs to be cleaned avery 6 months at most and once a year if everything went real well. otherwise I only do monthly 25% water changes.
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all 3 males have the gonopodium (look at the link i posted).
Well they dont always descend it, dont they?
It's a fin, no where for it to go.
all 3 males have the gonopodium (look at the link i posted).
Well they dont always descend it, dont they?
It's a fin, no where for it to go.
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