I have a male mollie that keeps "boinking" my female swordtail, if she has babies, what would they be?

Question

Do mollies and swordtails mate? Is this natural..he has 2 female mollies, but chooses the swordtail instead. Why?

Answer 1

most of your primary freshwater livebearers will interbreed from time to time the name would be variatus

Answer 2

I go buy the 1 inch of fish per gallon rule. Take a molly for example, it can grow to a length of 4 inches long. That means the 1 molly needs 4 gallons for itself. Also, I think swordtails and platies are the only 2 species of the 3 mentioned that interbreed. With that being said, I would mix males and females and get: * 2 Swordtails (1 male, 1 female) * 2 Platies (2 females) or * 3-4 Mollies (1 male, 2-3 females) P.S. I'd leave the beta out. I hope this helped!

Answer 3

This is the most FAQ's by the experienced livebearer breeders, and unfortunately the answer is "NO" Not all of them can be crossed. They will only breed within their own species, although some of the same genus will be genetically not compatible and will not breed.

Genus:
Mollies – Poecilia Latipinna
Guppies – Poecilia Reticulata
Endler’s – Poecilia sp. Endler's

Swordtails – Xiphophorus helleri
Platies - Xiphophorus maculatus
Variable Platy – Xiphophorus variatus

Platies, Variable Platies , and swordtail are so very closely related that they will often breed resulting to many color varieties of xiphophorus that we enjoyed.

Mollies and Guppies are not that common crossed, but there are some rumor that they do successfully crossed them, but they tend to be sterile and eventually dies at young age.

Endler’s and Guppies are so very closely related that they will often breed resulting to many color varieties available at the local fish store (LFS). Note: Before buying endler’s make sure that it is really an endler’s not just a feeder guppies.

Hope this helped, thank you!
Ronn

Answer 4

yes they do mate and the fry will be swordtails although they may have different coloring.And yes this is quite normal.

Answer 5

Male mollies are just very busy guys! My males would chase my female guppies all the time! No they won't reproduce, but would be interesting if they did. Maybe it's her color?

Answer 6

1. miracles
2. they may go through the act but they to far apart on the tree to produce young.
most livebearers don't pair they just go round and round having fun, if it moves nail if it can get its mouth round it eat it. if its to big and cant move it paint it.

or did i get the last one confused with something military.