A Challenge With Pet Shop Livebearers

[fish48]

 
Bleeding Heart Platy in the last few years have become more available from pet shops
 though selective breeding it is possible to eliminate the comet/black markings.

 

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a nice looking guppy  Brought  as a matched pair  be interesting to see how the fry turn out

 

[snazy]

I noticed some of these "bleeding heart" platies from my bunch of fry that survived with the adults. I used to get all red ones but I have one yellow male with the females now and I guess that's where it came from.

 

[fish48]

The problem with pet shop stock is you never know if other strains of platy’s may have been mixed, The all red ones will no longer be any good for breeding back to the bleeding heart pattern this strain can also produce white females however it is always best to breed back females with colour.




 
 




 



 


 




 
 


 
 


 
 




 

 





 
 


 

 


 
 


 


 
 


 

 

[fish48]

i have required a pair with out black markings now have a nice group to work with