2007-04-16 21:14:35 · 10 answers · asked by jazz 1 in Pets ➔ Fish
The chances of the guppies and platy reproducing is very rare, although it has been done. Since platy and guppies themselves are forms of Xbreeds, even if fry were born, they would not survive long.
Many guppies are not pure strains most of the time anyway, unless recently collected. According to Lothar Wischnath in 1989, had done studies with regards to cross breeding mollies, guppies platy and swordtails.
If you are looking for images Aqualog's All Livebearers and Halfbeaks, edited by Kempkes and Schafer, has a color image on the left bottom corner of page 167 (the right is a copy of a mollie and guppie mix). There are faint colors in the fins, which echo what one might find in a male guppy.
rare as it may be, Female platy are not specifically attracted to male guppies. Male guppies however are known to be sneaky.
if they do mate, yes they can have guppie x platy fry. Some Specialists claim this happens moor often than not yet the fry are eaten before noticed by the keepers.
2007-04-17 07:14:33 · answer #1 · answered by danielle Z 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Platy, or Xiphophorus maculatus is not the same genus as a guppy, Poecilia reticulata. They are the same family, Poeciliidae.
They can not reproduce fertile offspring, if at all. The same genus can reproduce fertile offspring, like Xiphophorus which includes platies and swordtails. Horse and donkey makes a mule, but mules are usually sterile.
Some posters believe that their fish was "hit" by a guppy, but more likely as Poeciliidae, they can be "hit" and give birth half a dozen times. The female doesn't have to be with the males for six months or more.
2007-04-17 02:21:09 · answer #2 · answered by something_fishy 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Molly, platy, swordtails and guppy are livebearers, meaning they are going to supply delivery to stay fry. there is extremely no longer lots distinction between them. i might assume you realize diverse interior the seems of those 2 fish. The platy will oftentimes no longer supply delivery as many times as a guppy. In my journey a guppy will oftentimes trap all form of ailments and die extremely quickly. A platy are oftentimes slightly extra hardier than a guppy, yet in spite of this in case you maintain them in undesirable situation they are going to die too. A swordtail is yet another cool livebearer to evaluate.
2016-12-29 03:29:07 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Off course, a male guppy can mate successfully with a female platy, but you have to take care about that,there no other male platy will not be there. ok.
2007-04-16 22:30:51 · answer #4 · answered by warmguy 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Yes , a male guppy and a female platy can sucessfully interbreed with each other.Hope this helps!
2007-04-16 21:41:46 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
Years ago i had a female dalmation mollie that mated with a guppie. The babies were awsome. They looked like dalmation guppies.
Oh and BTW the answer is yes.
2007-04-16 22:56:42 · answer #6 · answered by sportyconnie 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Yes. As weird as it sounds: all livebearers can breed with others. Part of the reasons why Endlers livebearers are not so common. A lot of them have been completely interbred with guppies.
2007-04-17 00:54:01 · answer #7 · answered by Barb R 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Ditto to Something.... It can happen, but it's rare and often the babies are grossly malformed and rarely survive. On the occasion they do survive, they are sterile.
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2007-04-17 03:46:35 · answer #8 · answered by magicman116 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
N O
2007-04-17 18:10:08 · answer #9 · answered by DAGIM 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No - it's genetically impossible.
2007-04-16 23:48:11 · answer #10 · answered by crazyotto65 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋