Mixing different species of platies

[yhbae]

Will difference species of platies breed?

Lets say if I get 1 male and 3 females. All of them are very different in their colors. Will females still breed with the male?

 

[Feline]

Yes she will breed with the males

 

[yhbae]

Thanks for the confirmation!

 

[aernympha]

u wont get great colours by the way if u mix odd combinations
i should know lol!!!

 

[Sinuhe]

They are all the same species still, just different colorations, so they will breed. And when it comes to what the fry will look like: I'd guess it depends on the parents, some fry might look like one of the parents, some might be a mixture.

 

[yhbae]

From what I have learned, the females can carry sperms for up to 6 months. Does this mean even if you introduce a new male, she is not capable of producing offsprings which contain the new male's gene? (Or does that chance become 50%/50%? )

 

[ruffmeister]

cool you may find a totally new colour that you love

 

[Alien Anna]

They're not different species, they're different breeds, rather like the various breeds of dog.

 

[platypus]

From what I have learned, the females can carry sperms for up to 6 months. Does this mean even if you introduce a new male, she is not capable of producing offsprings which contain the new male's gene? (Or does that chance become 50%/50%? )

I reckon it's 50/50 as it would only be impossible for the new male to be the father if the female had already fertilised her eggs with the first male's sperm... which she doesn't, she just stores it.

In the animal kingdom, males have developed all sorts of crazy ways to get rid of other males' sperm when they mate - including developing a 'scourer' like penis (like the damselfly)!!! In turn, some males try to prevent other males from mating after them - like the wasp whose genitals get ripped off his body after he mates and stay in the female like a chastity belt . Don't think the platy's gonopodium is up to that sort of task but it may be worth keeping an eye out!

Thus ends today's biology lesson

 

[yhbae]

LOL... Good to know (I think... )

I guess I will pick a female that has similar coloration but not quite the same (such as mix of white/yellow/orange) so that even if the colors do get seriously mixed up, the overall colors won't sc*ew up as much... May be I'll get a non-tailwag version just to add some variety...

 

[aernympha]

yeah that sounds good i have two fry which ar ethe re sult of my fish mickey and milly and there totally different coloured fish. mickey is blue calico mickey platy whicl milly is reg wag platy lol the young are grey bodied like the fater and have the balcks fins of there mother and one has the blue shine and calico on its side and alos they have atiny bit of ornage red of ther dorsal fin lol! i quit elike them they are quite pretty really i am gooing to keep on eof them at least!!