fishdude360

ok, so i got 1 male and 2 females. do you think they wil mate and how long will it take

Chris123

It I'll take some time for them to mate.Be Patient! When you see the gravid spot youll know they have mated.

CB

fishdude360

are red velvet swords any good

Gouramiguy17

It all depends on you favorite, my FACS are monetezumas b/c of thier long find but they are hard to come by so I have neons right now. Swordtails are all born female then some change to male when they hit a certain age.

tteknulp

They will mate , You can be sure of that

REDKAHUNA

They probabbly already have. There not much different from guppies just a longer gestation period. But the males always seem to be looking.

fishdude360

they are quite young his sword is still growing

wonton55912

no they are not born female. they are born looking like females but some are males and you cant see until they are 3 months old

fishdude360

no they are born female. i understand what you mean

Gouramiguy17

I've read that they change genders, I've read it in a couple places but I forgot where, that probably is bad, getting into an arguement with evidence.

Butterfly

I like the X.montezumas also. In fact there are a couple of hard to find ones on your auction list.
Carol

fishdude360

i think they mated

ldbrown3138

They should have babies about once every 30 days. Once the females have been exposed, you can separate them from the males. They store sperm and will be pregnant for quite some time. I separated my female into her own 10G tank several months ago, I have gotten nearly 100 fry in that time. Separating the sexes is the quickest way to increase your numbers, I wasn't getting any fry until I separated them. Now I have enough to stock a big tank.