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Old May 20th, 2007  
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platys & swordtails???
hi ..just a question about fish breeding ...being similar can platys & swordtails be bred together??
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Old May 20th, 2007  
Master Of Fish Poo!
 
Re: platys & swordtails???
I believe they can breed together.
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Old May 23rd, 2007  
Fish Keeper
 
Re: platys & swordtails???
mine do! just had a new batch of fry yesterday with platties, mollies and guppies all in the same tank! PS: the angels finally decided to lay today as well!
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Old June 7th, 2007  
vin
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Re: platys & swordtails???
Yes they can...Pretty much all livebearers will cross breed.
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Old June 8th, 2007  
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Re: platys & swordtails???
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Yes they can...Pretty much all livebearers will cross breed.
Really? I should try crossbreeding them.
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Old June 9th, 2007  
vin
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Originally Posted by Stradius011
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Originally Posted by vin
Yes they can...Pretty much all livebearers will cross breed.
Really? I should try crossbreeding them.
You won't have to try as they're pretty much do it themselves....
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Old June 9th, 2007  
Master Of Fish Poo!
 
Re: platys & swordtails???
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Originally Posted by vin
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Originally Posted by Stradius011
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Originally Posted by vin
Yes they can...Pretty much all livebearers will cross breed.
Really? I should try crossbreeding them.
You won't have to try as they're pretty much do it themselves....
try - it's more like "try to stop me" with them & reproducing.
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Old June 11th, 2007  
vin
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Re: platys & swordtails???
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Originally Posted by vin
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Originally Posted by Stradius011
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Originally Posted by vin
Yes they can...Pretty much all livebearers will cross breed.
Really? I should try crossbreeding them.
You won't have to try as they're pretty much do it themselves....
try - it's more like "try to stop me" with them & reproducing.
Time to develop fish contraceptives....
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Old June 11th, 2007  
Master Of Fish Poo!
 
Re: platys & swordtails???
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Time to develop fish contraceptives....
that would be HUGE for livebearer owners who didn't want to feed the fry to other fish.. of course, i think the females would live longer if they didn't get pregnant.
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