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Old December 18th, 2007  
Fish Bum
 
Molly or a Platy?

I have this adorable fish in my tank, but i'm not sure if it's a platy or a molly. he's kinda chubby-looking, he has black fins, a white body and orange stripes. any advice?
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Old December 18th, 2007  
King of Curt
 
Got a picture?
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Old December 18th, 2007  
Fish Bum
 
i know, i really should have a picture if i want to ask that question, but i don't.
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Old December 26th, 2007  
Fish Helper
 
Platies are short and fat, mollies are long and skinny for the most part
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Old December 27th, 2007  
Fish Bum
 
ok, i have the picture of my fish to show you, but now what? how am i supposed to get it on here?
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Old December 27th, 2007  
Fish Master
 
Typical molly shape (finnage and color differs):

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Typical platy shape:

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(pics off google image)

Note that mollies are more long and thin while platys have more of a diamond shaped body.

EDIT: not sure why it's underlining everything

Another EDIT: to insert a pic click post reply and then underneath the text box there are "Additional Options", click on the button that says "manage Attachments" and you can upload pics from your computer.

Last edited by 0morrokh; December 27th, 2007 at 04:17 PM.
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Old December 27th, 2007  
Fish Bum
 
ok, my fish looks exactly like the platy, only it's white with orange stripes. THANKS!!!
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Old December 27th, 2007  
Fish Mentor
 
Check out www.aquabid.com livebearers, domesticated, and look at the Bleeding heart zebra platies. Is this any thing like what you have?
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Old December 28th, 2007  
Fish Bum
 
i figured it out! here he is!!! it's not the best picture, so if you can't see it well, he has pale orange stripes.
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Old December 28th, 2007  
Fish Bum
 
aww what a cute platy! i have one that looks just like that he runs the show in my 10gal tank.
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Old December 28th, 2007  
Fish Mentor
 
If this is the actual fish, he is a she! It looks like a wag tail bleeding heart zebra platy. I have never seen one like it, but I LOVE Platies.
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Old December 28th, 2007  
Fish Bum
 
sorry for calling it a he. i call all my fish he's. don't know why. you can keep different species of platy together, right? just like different species of guppy. or is it different for platies?
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Old December 28th, 2007  
Fish Mentor
 
You CAN do it......sometimes breeding different color patterns of platties creates new beautiful fish, but my experience is that it just mixes things up and you loose beauty. One of my pet peeves is to go to a store where they have MIXED platties. I have three colors, all in three different tanks. I try to get new of the same color to add to a tank for genetic diversity, but that way if I have fry I can take them to the store and sell or trade them with confidence that the store can say they are, for example, Sunset Fire Wagtail platties.......
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Old December 28th, 2007  
Fish Bum
 
yeah before i had 5 platies.. all different kinds too :-) now all i have is the one i call him "The Don" he is the last of the first platies i have ever bought. hey are such great fish, i mean he is the boss of my mollies in the tank with him hehe
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Old December 28th, 2007  
Fish Bum
 
this is my other platy. there is one more, but she isn't very photogenic. as soon as she saw the camera she hid under the flower pot. kind of a random thought, but i've seen a lot of fish info places that describe platies as hardy, well on planet earth, they showed a special platy species living in sulfuric acid in caves. i think it was in mexico. it was AWESOME.
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