LauraFrog
Fish Gatherer
Mum dragged me out shopping again today so I hightailed it to the LFS. I could not believe what I saw. This little beauty was lurking in a tank with a few obnoxious swordtails and some barbs. Lucky I spotted her! I couldn't see her very well and I didn't know whether to buy her or not, because I have some half-grown fry I want to keep and if I keep them all my tank will be overstocked. I need another tank so bad but I have no room. (I could find room... but my rents won't hear of it.) I'm glad I did buy her though, I've got her in some proper light and she's stunning.
Anyway, I have never seen a platy like this before. She appears to be a dark base, in lowlight she's almost black. She has grey and green mottling on her body and blue, green and yellow iridescent scales. I have a fish with green iridescent scales, and a fry with blue ones, but I have never seen yellow before on a platy and I have been led to believe that yellow, orange and red i.s. on a platy are fairly rare. I hope it breeds true; she is probably pregnant but of course I have no clue who the father is.
These pictures are relatively clear. They're all small. My camera doesn't like focusing on small things, I had to photograph half the tank and then find the platy in there and cut her out from the rest. The background sucks, the tank hasn't been cleaned yet this week. I'm doing it tonight. Halo's head is in one of the photos and her tail is in another. That molly HAS to be the centre of the action and a new arrival is a pretty big excitement for her.
Anyway, I like to know what all my fish are and I have never seen this strain before. Does anybody know what it is and whether it breeds true?
Thanks.
Laura
Anyway, I have never seen a platy like this before. She appears to be a dark base, in lowlight she's almost black. She has grey and green mottling on her body and blue, green and yellow iridescent scales. I have a fish with green iridescent scales, and a fry with blue ones, but I have never seen yellow before on a platy and I have been led to believe that yellow, orange and red i.s. on a platy are fairly rare. I hope it breeds true; she is probably pregnant but of course I have no clue who the father is.
These pictures are relatively clear. They're all small. My camera doesn't like focusing on small things, I had to photograph half the tank and then find the platy in there and cut her out from the rest. The background sucks, the tank hasn't been cleaned yet this week. I'm doing it tonight. Halo's head is in one of the photos and her tail is in another. That molly HAS to be the centre of the action and a new arrival is a pretty big excitement for her.
Anyway, I like to know what all my fish are and I have never seen this strain before. Does anybody know what it is and whether it breeds true?
Thanks.
Laura