BikBok Posted January 16, 2010 Report Share Posted January 16, 2010 I have a little snakeskin male guppy who has taken a real interest in a young platy female. I am sure I saw him mate her more than once too! Is this normal? will anything come of it? She's lookign rather plump now and is the only platy in the tank and was raised from a fry in there because she was trapped in the gravel for up to a week in the other tank so I removed her to quarantine and then put her in with the guppies so she wouldn't breed. She's a good size now but still young. There are enough female guppies in the tank (4 females, 2 males) but no - he wants the platy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted January 16, 2010 Report Share Posted January 16, 2010 Male guppies will attempt to mate with just about anything - they don't seem to care what species or sex :roll: Not sure if anything will come of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted January 17, 2010 Report Share Posted January 17, 2010 Don't quote me on this but I think I read somewhere that it is possible (mind you what I read may have been incorrect!!) :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melrick1 Posted February 10, 2010 Report Share Posted February 10, 2010 yeh you can, the crosses are readily avalible back in Briton where I am from. Like big out of praportion guppies. Havnt seen them over here tho... Wonder if they would be sterile? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livebearer_breeder Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 yeh you can, the crosses are readily avalible back in Briton where I am from. Like big out of praportion guppies. Havnt seen them over here tho... Wonder if they would be sterile? Wow! ive heard about this but never seen it! Sounds abit like the Balloon versions of fish you can get here, mutants basically. Not an avid supporter of this but would still be interested to see. Have kept guppys and platys together for years and havn't managed to make a super guppy yet lol LB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BikBok Posted March 17, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 well nothing came of that pairing. One of the females must have got sick of that male becuase he got a peice of tail bitten off! The female platy was just plump I guess... have since cut back the food a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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