Horny Guppy

[sylvia]

That would probably be because the guppy/molly 'cross' wasn't a cross to begin with!

 

[pica_nuttalli]

That would probably be because the guppy/molly 'cross' wasn't a cross to begin with!

 

[~T~]

Actually, I'll differ on whether or not a Guppy can cross-breed with a Platy. Our female Micky Mouse Platy within the last two weeks has given birth to two fry's of Pluppies (with a few more fries to be expected at this point). We have 5 Pluppies from the first fry, and 8 Pluppies from the second fry (which we just found and counted today). We know that they have to be Pluppies because we have only ever had female Platy's (for MONTHS) and the male Guppy (which has since died within the past 4 days).

The Pluppies from the first fry are all a bluish orange hue (as opposed to the bright orange of normal MM Platy's), and do not have the tell-tale MM marking on the tail. The tails are larger and more like a Guppy, and they have some black striping along the bodies, and with some black spots on the top of the heads of some. All of them have been growing like crazy, and most are over 1cm in length now (if not more). I'll attempt to get some pictures in the next few days.

The father (male Guppy) has a blue Guppy with black markings.

Feel free to contact me if you are curious, but these are DEFINITELY a Guppy/Platy cross.

Its not possible, can you post pics of the fish in question.

 

[kribensis12]

So you are saying that my babies guppy that was never pregnant before got pregnant by another fish because I only had mollies in there with a black delta guppy. guppy had babies which created the muppies. Then the new baby was given to the teacher with a baby male molly and now there is a baby in there. So as I said it could have been the fish fairy.

 

[helterskelter]

Sorry but i'm not quite understanding you you.

So you are saying that my babies guppy that was never pregnant before got pregnant by another fish

So u breed guppies, did you rear them with the parents or in a rearing tank?
If in a rearing tank was there other broods of guppy fry in it?

Do u have any any male guppies?
if not how long had u had the fish from a shop befor getting the cross?

I only had mollies in there with a black delta guppy

Was the mollies all female, or the the guppy a female?
was this in with the fry your talking about?

guppy had babies which created the muppies

Which the babies u breed or the balck delta?

Then the new baby was given to the teacher with a baby male molly and now there is a baby in there.

So u gave them a "muppet" female with a molly male and hade 1 baby.
Was this "Muppet" reared with other fry and for how long?

So as I said it could have been the fish fairy.

Well i think that 's sfe to say is not the case.
Or am i just being a "muppet"........

 

[kribensis12]

I mean that the guppy was just a baby when I got it and reached maturity right before I got the mollies. I had 2 female mollies and a male( maybe more , had the tank about a year ago). I just had the female in there with all the mollies, and it got pregnant after 2 months. The guppy was rasied with the mollies for about 2 months and all the mollies got pregnant also.

 

[GuppyGirl<3]

im trying to breed mollies and guppies together nut i have to wait until the 2 female gu[ppies i have now have no more babies only a little longer cause they can have babies from mating from over 6 months ago so i have to wait till they run out to interduce the male mollie ( it is IMPOSSIBLE to get a platy/guppy platy/mollie or swordtail/mollie swordtail/guppy cross because they are diff genuses)

 

[helterskelter]

im trying to breed mollies and guppies together nut i have to wait until the 2 female gu[ppies i have now have no more babies only a little longer cause they can have babies from mating from over 6 months ago so i have to wait till they run out to interduce the male mollie ( it is IMPOSSIBLE to get a platy/guppy platy/mollie or swordtail/mollie swordtail/guppy cross because they are diff genuses)

It's possible to cross guppies and molly's but idearly you start with vergin females as to remove the factro of it just being old sperm from the same species.
If they have been with males of their own species at any point it's a pointless task.

As for genus crosses like Xiphophorus and Peociliea then yes it's basicaly pointless. These two groups are to diverse

 

[sylvia]

I mean that the guppy was just a baby when I got it and reached maturity right before I got the mollies. I had 2 female mollies and a male( maybe more , had the tank about a year ago). I just had the female in there with all the mollies, and it got pregnant after 2 months. The guppy was rasied with the mollies for about 2 months and all the mollies got pregnant also.

Did you actually see the female guppy give birth? Maybe it was in fact one of the mollies? One reason I am so reluctant to believe that you had a hybrid from this cross is that, given the option, a male will always prefer to mate with his own species - so it's highly unlikely the male molly mated with the female guppy when there were other mollies in the tank. Also, guppy X molly crosses are more successful when the male is a guppy and the female a molly - the reason being that mollies are larger than guppies so can handle any size of fry while a female guppy could struggle to carry larger molly-fathered fry.

You'll excuse me for being sceptical - it's just that you claimed to have had a guppy X molly cross which then went on to breed with a platy and swordtail - which I know for certain to be impossible - not just because that sort of hybridization is impossible but because the molly X guppy hybrid would be sterile.

 

[kribensis12]

I saw the guppy give birht because it was in a breeder trap! And I saw the mollie/guppie cross give birht also. It happend at luch time at school. Also, My teacher said that the other babie was a sword/mollie cross because it looked so much like a mollie but it had a sword!!!!!

 

[willtang3000]

title made me laugh and iam not sure if this has already been said but guppies will try and breed with any livebearer but its a very rare case that it will cross breed unless it is an endler

 

[kribensis12]

Title made me laugh also!!!!!!!LoL

 

[helterskelter]

Their is a rare trate in some mollies where a male devlops a small sword type of feature on their tail.
I've only seen on pic in a book many years ago now, will will try to find it if i can.

 

[kribensis12]

That explains it. The "sword" was about a half a inch.