TheEssigs

Hey gang...

We just bought a trio of dwarf sunset platys. We have many different types of platys since I am a bit of a livebearer nut, but these are the first dwarfs... cute little guys...

For those of you who have em, whats your take on them?

Butterfly

Pics ?
Carol

TheEssigs

Carol - Ill post some ASAP, but they reside in the tank in my 3yr old sons room, and hes already out for the night... Ill catch some pics tommorrow for ya!

You have any dwarfs?

Butterfly

No dwarfs but I wanted to see what they looked like. they sound pretty cute.
carol

angelfish220

I think those ended up being a gentic defect. I'm not sure though.

TheEssigs

I havent heard that... Ill have to do some research. I know balloon mollies are a genetic defect... but cant find much on dwarf platys. Hence the post.

TheEssigs

Well, I searched, and the best thing I found is this.... that a dwarf platy is a manmade variant of Xiphophorus maculatus. (which, is well, obvious). The search for better more defined information continues...

Rainsong

I want some. I saw them oh, a month or so ago? I woner if they've got them in any other color then Sunset, though. They are awesome little fish. I've got five 1/2 platies now, and I used to hate them... now I want more? And Little ones, too? What's wrong with me?!

blaxicanlatino

I bought a single dwarf sunset platy also but thats the only kind of dwarf platy i can find. I want to have an assortment of colors. Will they breed with other normal platys?

molliemom3

I saw them at petsmart and they are just adorbale, now I cant decide on mollys, guppies or dwarf platys