20 Years Since I Kept This Fish

[fish48]

a few weeks ago got some wild swordtail fry ( spotted helleri ) from a friend. i kept and breed this species 20 Years ago they are easy to keep but sadly not scene in the fish keeping hobby very often Never the less i still think it's a very nice looking fish and well worth keeping
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[littlemissjo]

very nice :0)

 

[helterskelter]

Hard to think that this is what the cultivated swordtail came from these.

I think these look better though!

 

[fish48]

if it was seen in pet shops more often it would become a very popular fish but then there is not many fish keepers like you and me ricefish and old man that can see the Beauty in these wild livebeares.

 

[fuzzynicki]

Lovely platy there!

 

[fish48]

it's a swordtale

 

[OldMan47]

It is indeed a nice looking young X helleri. I finally sold off my all male group of them. I started 2 years ago with all female juveniles and one by one they showed their true gender. I never did see a fry in their tank and once they had all developed I knew why. When I sold them off, it was obvious to anyone they were all robust males, not the thin ones you see with early developers.