Hi um I have a important question sorry

[Boss_hog]

Sorry about this. I'm new and any help on what to do with the hybrids would be helpful. Thanks

 

[Alien Anna]

Er... it's not possible to cross guppies and tetras (well, not unless you're a scientist into cloning technology). What exactly is your situation?

 

[Lateral Line]

Welcome to the forums. Er, as Anna said, you can't cross an externally fertilised egglayer with an internally fertilised livebearer. That would be kind of like crossing a mouse with a blackbird.

 

[freshmike]

Welcome to the forum! Hopefully you have this question resolved and you find out just what kind of fish you have there!

 

[bgraber]

 

[wwestar2000]

Well fish are pretty tricky cause alot of people say baloon Mollies cant be breed with fancy guppies. I personally proved them wrong in my Tank.

 

[Erised]

mollies and guppies can breed together. They're both livebearers, and when they do so you either get a golly or a muppy.

tetras, being egglayers, can not cross breed with livebearers, sorry.

I'd love to actually find out what type of fish you have though!

 

[sylvia]

This is a very intreagueing thread...

Can I ask how you got hold of this 'hybrid'... I mean did you breed it yourself or did someone give it to you? It can't be a tetra/guppy cross but I'm sure there's an explanation and, now, I must say I realy want to find out what it is.

Do you have a picture BTW?

Oh and, what exactly was the question? Why can't you just keep them?

Oh I think I must have just solved the problem . Just out of curiosity - did you buy yourself a female guppy, added it to a tank that only contains tetras and, now, a few days/weeks/months on she gave birth so you, logically, assumed the fry are tetra/guppy crosses?

 

[daudy_dojo]

i think everyone has scared the newbie

 

[Whiskerz]

i think everyone has scared the newbie

Don't think so This thread is nearly 2 years old

 

[daudy_dojo]

oh wow...

 

[Seb R]

lol didnt see that bit. Wonder what he had though?

 

[plecoguy]

i bet he bought a guppy that was already pregnant (since livebearers can store sperm for 6 month). had no male guppies...and just made the assumption.

 

[wrs]

i think everyone has scared the newbie

Don't think so This thread is nearly 2 years old

How can that be? The hybrid forum hasnt even been around that long? Maybe it was moved.

 

[lakota]

I know this is a beaten horse. But, he could have had an endler's livebearer and maybe thought since it had different colors on it's side and a smaller tail then a "regular guppy" he thought it was mixed with some kinda cardnal or neon tetra and it had unusual colors.
I don't know, just my two cents. It just makes more sense to me then a cross between a tetra and a guppy

Sorry i budded in
Lakota