livebearer_breeder Posted September 16, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2004 not sure to be honest it mitght be the way they breed but they also seem to be more suseptable to sickness Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pegasus Posted September 16, 2004 Report Share Posted September 16, 2004 One of the major probs is the length of the gonopodium (sp).. the sexual organ. Often it is so long in highly bred fish that it becomes useless in the act of reproduction. Swords and Guppies show this to a great degree. Hybridization could also be a factor, which I understand would as mentioned, make them sterile. Bill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livebearer_breeder Posted September 16, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2004 how did this become a discussion on swordy's its spose yo be for "pictures" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fins Posted September 16, 2004 Report Share Posted September 16, 2004 everything topic in this forum changes topic about 2+ times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livebearer_breeder Posted September 16, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2004 thats not what i intended this one for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livebearer_breeder Posted September 25, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2004 have raised all these guys from babies, thought i might take some pics before they went to the pet stores Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livebearer_breeder Posted September 26, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2004 not sure but i think this is the 11th lot of babies ive raised to adults in total i have about 100 adult platy of varius types, but i wanted to show of the new type i have which is called a crimson platy (the red one). Cheers Shae Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livebearer_breeder Posted September 26, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2004 will post some pics of some of my other livebearers soon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livebearer_breeder Posted September 26, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2004 For those of you who think livebearers involve four species mollie,platy,guppy and swordtail, you are very wrong there are numerous different types i will just name a few for you. Characodon audax Goodeids Xiphophorus variatus Brachyraphis holdridgei Gambusia affinis otherwise known as Western Mosquitofish Heterandria formosa otherwise known as Dwarf Livebearer others include: Xiphophorus clemenciae-which is basically a very coulourful swordy with and extremly long sword Xiphophorus multilineatus- in my opinion one of the most beautiful livebearers, it is small and commonly in an exqusid aqua colour with a diagonal tail starting small at the top and angeling out to become longer at the bottom Halfbeaks- i think there has been a post somwer before of what these livebearers look like, they have a long slim body and a pointed long pointed snout, commomly are not very colourful but have blue eyes Porachraphis rosnithae Zoogenectes quitzeonsis Cheers Shae Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fins Posted September 26, 2004 Report Share Posted September 26, 2004 that Characodon audax looks kinda like a nothobranchius killifish. (well the body shape does) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livebearer_breeder Posted September 26, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2004 trust me its not a killie its a livebearer! Cheers LB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fins Posted September 26, 2004 Report Share Posted September 26, 2004 Just complementing its body shape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livebearer_breeder Posted September 26, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2004 is queit nice i agree still if i had a photo of the Xiphophorus multilineatus ur jaw would drop! Cheers Shae Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fins Posted September 26, 2004 Report Share Posted September 26, 2004 is this the fish you mean? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livebearer_breeder Posted September 26, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2004 not a very nice one but yes, i will c if i can find the ones im tlkin about with the aqua colour! Cheers LB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livebearer_breeder Posted September 26, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2004 here it is its the bottom one Cheers LB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fins Posted September 26, 2004 Report Share Posted September 26, 2004 I saw that fish but the pic was absolute **** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livebearer_breeder Posted September 26, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2004 yeah i have posted a better pic just above ur one, looks like we r both on the same page when it comes to what i am tlkin bout, but like i say i think its the most beautiful livbearer ive ever seen, and they look much better in real life, i had a mate last year in auckland, and when we went to visit him he had a pair of them, the prob with them is they r veyr hard to breed and die very easy which is a shame, because it is now a very rare fish to find in an aquarium so if any1 has every seen one of these knows were i can get them or has some, wuld they plz contact me as i will pay any price for a pair! Regards Shae Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fins Posted September 26, 2004 Report Share Posted September 26, 2004 lol I couldnt find to many pages on them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livebearer_breeder Posted September 26, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2004 thats cuz there like the rarest flippin livebearer LB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livebearer_breeder Posted September 27, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 27, 2004 cmon ppls lets get some photos of your livebearers on here, i no there r alot more than this! Cheers Shae Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylefish02 Posted September 27, 2004 Report Share Posted September 27, 2004 LB you do no that Gambusia affinis is a pest in nz i catch hundreds of these guys in western springs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livebearer_breeder Posted September 27, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 27, 2004 yup and there a livebearer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylefish02 Posted September 27, 2004 Report Share Posted September 27, 2004 do you keep them or your just saying that there a LIVEBEARER if you want i can catch some for you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livebearer_breeder Posted September 27, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 27, 2004 that was going to be my next question kyle? would you grab me some? and ill pay for courier or wateva? Cheers Shae Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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