Courting Guppy And Platies!

[tetraman]

I have one male guppy and two female platies and they were courting! What's more, one of the platies is pregnant, but I don't know if it was from the store. Could I have guties and plappies soon?!?!?!

 

[demonmagus]

the platy is probably pregnant from another male platy from the store, they can store sperm for 6 months or something, also, guppies are known to court with anything lol

 

[vancouver]

I don't believe they can hybridise.

 

[Nevergone815]

yea i noticed that i have a random feeder guppy and it tried courting with a fry that is about half its size today. i was wonderign about it, but now i know thanks demonmagus i jsut thought my guppy was super hrney little bugger now i know they all do it. next demonmagus is right they can store sperm for a very long time so it really could be any male that is either platty or swordtail that she came in contact with.

as forthe hybridizing, as far as i know (w/ common livebearers) only guppies and mollies can hybridize (never actually heard of this being done successfully as far as i know its jsut a theory based on their family or something) and platies and swordtails (which do his jsut as easily as it is to add them to your tank)

i doubt anythign will come out of it, if they do form a bond the platy will never become pregnant with the guppy babies. sorry to be a downer i woulda been so excited to find out my babies turned out to be a new hybrid.

*note* if the fry come out and grow up to be weird looking please keep us informed though i doubt anything big will happen out of it, but a freindship

 

[tetraman]

Yeah, I kinda knew their wasn't going to be any plappies.

 

[SarahFish]

yeah indeed, guppy males are just pervs

 

[kubora666]

Quagmires of the fish world ( family guy )

 

[tetraman]

Just like me!

I was just kidding, I'm only 12.