Mutant Fish ?

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Maybe somebody bought the molly/platy for you? Its deffo not the same fish hehe

 

[Miss Wiggle]

probably got some fry mixed in one of the tanks at the fish shop and you ended up getting one without realising

 

[helterskelter]

The fish your unsure of is a Platy (I'm 150% sure of that), which is a livebearer.

Many people breed these and sell or swap them in shops, so it lookslike you get it when it was small and it's now grown up.

It's a female, and you can find plenty of males around in shops and if you did this you would soon have baby fish of your own, but this is not advised if u have small tank as the female can produce 30 every month.

It's no mutant that how they look nateraly and nothing to be worried about.

 

[bigblokey0]

i know its not the same fish thats for sure with it being a live bearer does that mean im going to be a dad? (again)....

 

[black angel]

Its hard to say as livebearers can breed from an early age. It takes a month for her to have young if she is and they will probably get eaten by her and the other fish.

 

[bigblokey0]

charming

 

[Malfie]

BLACK ANGEL.............!

YOU ARE THE QUEEN OF THE FISH.


At least YOU agree with me.

Have a great evening/morning wherever you are.

M x

 

[black angel]

Thank you Malfie and you too have a great evening

 

[bigblokey0]

cool so its clear its a platy but which one having done some research it looks like a blue coral platy would i be right in that asumption so i need a male platy has it gotta be from the same species?

 

[Malfie]

No,I think I'm right in saying that any male platy would do.

I can't recall any of my genetics from school but you will,I think,get allsorts of offspring.

You might get a unique fish !!

It's great being a daddy.

Malfie

 

[wendywc]

I know I'm very new at this,but looks like neons,glowlights,clouded minnows and the big one looks like a fat platy.


Now this is what you call a fish !
Bye Malfie

I agree with you, too.

Mmmm, catfish.

 

[Darkmoon Bettas]

cool so its clear its a platy but which one having done some research it looks like a blue coral platy would i be right in that asumption so i need a male platy has it gotta be from the same species?

95% platies commonly found in the trade are all of the same species--any of the ones with names like "wag" or "coral red" or "coral blue" or "midnight", etc, are just color varieties of Xiphophorus maculatus, not seperate species. It's like a longhaired calico cat and a shorthair Siamese. They're all the exact same species, just pigment variations. So it doesn't matter what color male you get her, they'll all cross readily as they're all the same animal.

(There are occasionally Xiphophorus variatus in the trade, sold as "variatus platies", usually a gold/red color, without the fancy names. They're however closely enough related they can interbreed with the common maculatus.)

 

[bigblokey0]

cheers for the input

 

[PoPoV]

Im gona have to go with a white cloud and a platie! but i cant tell to well couse of the pic quality

 

[helterskelter]

cool so its clear its a platy but which one having done some research it looks like a blue coral platy would i be right in that asumption so i need a male platy has it gotta be from the same species?

95% platies commonly found in the trade are all of the same species--any of the ones with names like "wag" or "coral red" or "coral blue" or "midnight", etc, are just color varieties of Xiphophorus maculatus, not seperate species. It's like a longhaired calico cat and a shorthair Siamese. They're all the exact same species, just pigment variations. So it doesn't matter what color male you get her, they'll all cross readily as they're all the same animal.

(There are occasionally Xiphophorus variatus in the trade, sold as "variatus platies", usually a gold/red color, without the fancy names. They're however closely enough related they can interbreed with the common maculatus.)

Spot on rearly.

any of the common platies in shop will breed, you got a nice female there so gettin a pair will be good as you should always have more femaels than males to reduce breeding stress problems