Livebearer Interbreeding

[Gazo]

Hi guys,
Which Livebearers can interbreed ie which from guppys, endlers, platys, swordtails and mollies can breed with each other, if at all possible?
Thanks,
Gazo

 

[AmberMc]

You'll find a lot of information (and debates!) scattered through the forums regarding this topic. I highly suggest you scroll around, maybe look in the hybrid forum... you'll get a lot of detailed information.

 

[randallhart]

Guppy's can breed with endlers and mollies. And platy's can breed with swordtails.

 

[lilfishie]

Guppies and Endlers can: most guppies are bred with endlers these days for there colour.
Guppies and Mollies can: some have bred them but fry seem very weak and i have yet hear of one survive
Platies and Swordtails can: just look like long version platy i think but not as long as swords, males may have swords i think

thats it for the common ones

 

[helterskelter]

in the genus of the guppies, endlers and mollies there are around 20 species of fish that is clorsely related and all could cross, but I always advise against crossing fish as a rule.

 

[FishHobbyist1564]

i have had balloon-belly-guppies! Its a mix between a guppy and a balloon molly lol the name kinda explains itself, but i thought it was a nice simple name to come up with

 

[helterskelter]

The ballon is a deformed body shape it's not a cross, this is why there several ballons species and not just livebearers.

 

[sourzzon]

i have had balloon-belly-guppies! Its a mix between a guppy and a balloon molly lol the name kinda explains itself, but i thought it was a nice simple name to come up with

i really interested about ur ballon guppy ..could i get a pic? or could u sent to my email? [email protected]

 

[FishHobbyist1564]

sorry i had them a long time ago and i dont have them any more.. but they were very cute and they all had a black color on the botom half of their bodies and their fins were a metallic shiny silver color. Their bellies werent as round as the mollies, but they still had a big belly! They were bred from a time when i had two male guppies and two female balloon mollies in the tank.

 

[Gazo]

but I always advise against crossing fish as a rule.

Crikey, I'm not deliberately going to try it, its just my single male Sailfin Molly has starting doing his jiggy thing in front of my Guppy ladies - very impressive it is too!

 

[sourzzon]

sorry i had them a long time ago and i dont have them any more.. but they were very cute and they all had a black color on the botom half of their bodies and their fins were a metallic shiny silver color. Their bellies werent as round as the mollies, but they still had a big belly! They were bred from a time when i had two male guppies and two female balloon mollies in the tank.

thanks