BlkBullet23

How rare are blue wagtail platies?

I have yet to see any blue platies in my LFS's.

Seen a youtube video of them and they look awesome.

Nick G

Certainly not rare in my house. They breed like rabbits! Theres loads of them available in New Zealand

bluealuefish

I've seen them in New York.

Mike19

wow nice platty, ive only seen them in the orange

BlkBullet23

In New Zealand. Thats far for me. Do you have any pics of them Nick Goody?

They are very beautiful fish.
I also like the Red Wagtails. I just hope my LFS have some left when my tank finishes its cycle. Last time I checked they only had six of them left.

I need to keep looking around for some blue ones though. Really good looking fish.

BlkBullet23

New York sounds alittle closer to home.
That brought my hopes up some.

oceanrose

I have a few blues, well more than a few as my girls both had babies. Not trying to keep the strain pure though. They are pretty, I have them with sunset platies, and some other colors. My babies from the blues are about .5 inches - .75 inches now and are just getting really good color. Looks like the majority are blues, which makes me think it's a pretty dominant color strain. I bought them at Petco here.

pinkfloydpuffer

I saw a few at one of my lfs. Really made me wanna get one lol. I love blue

BlkBullet23

Wow, in Utah.

I think I might take a trip there to get me a couple of blues.

I need to start looking in surrounding citys. on my way there as well.

Amanda

I just bought a blue at my LFS out of the assorted platy tank, for $1.99.

Wyoming_Bound

We have blues here.

Emory

OOOOOOoooooHHHHHH! Man! I wants! I will be looking now. Have never seen them here in Western North Carolina.

*Thank you for my new potential obsession!

agabr123

I dont know if i've seen them around here but i hope so!!! Whenever i have room for another tank (and have already gotten a dwarf puffer, some more bettas, an axolotl, angelfish, etc) they will definitely be in the next one!

ashgarrison08

thats what ive been breeding. i love them. they are great fish

Emory

ashgarrison08: You breed them? What part of America are you in? Do you sell/ship? Where did you find yours?

I have yet to see them around here. I think they are beautiful and would love to find some one day.

Karaalicia

I actually found mine at Wal-Mart in Charlotte of all places! They were in a tank with assorted platies. Also you may want to talk to a specialty fish store, find out if they are on their list of fish they can order from week to week and see if they will order some for you. I had a non-chain pet store manager that offered to do that for me.

Blue Platies are beautiful and one of my favorite freshwater fish. Don't let them deceive you when you do find them, they look very ordinary and minnow colored until you get them under the light.

katetnies

at Petcetera we have blue micky, wag, highfin, and mix platies.

momo9700

I think I've seen them at petco...maybe it was some other type of blue platy

Kay320

They get a bunch of them at my fave lfs... they sell really quick. They had like, about 100 or so in a fifty gallon tank once. I came back the next week, and there were five or six left.I'm going to get some to go with my red tuxedos and barbs as soon as I upgrade my tank. Very nice platies!

JennDFK

I have no idea how rare the blue ones are... but I was looking for them myself not long ago and couldn't find any. I saw them once at Petsmart and then never again. Good luck... they are beautiful fish!

petlover516

i see alot of blue corals & blue mickey coral platies, but i only see pure BWTs at Aquarium Adventure. i once had a BWT platy that gave birth in my tank but the fry found a way out of the breeder net and i found both of them dead in my java moss

SammyJ

I have not seen blue wags a lot in the Northern VA area. Orange wags are common to see in fish stores but even online I have not seen blue wags.

cg49me

I've got blue mickeys that breed like rabbits... I bought two back in February, and I have 16+ of them now...