Breeding Guppys And Sword Tails

[Alex.binge]

Hi all I have Bean breeding guppys for a long time now. I have been told it is possible to breed guppys and sword tails is this true and if so is there any way to encourage them to do so.

 

[Goggy]

You can breed them together to get: Swordtail Guppies! i would recomend you to cycle a 20 gallon tank then put in a female guppy and a male swordtail together and then breed them as if the male swordtail was a male guppy. you then will see a gravel spot on the female's body then the fry will come out sooner or later and once the fry grow, they grow they will look like a guppy is a relatively long tail they are Beautiful Crossbreeds  ( btw you can breed platys with swordtails as well! )
~ Goggy

 

[Alex.binge]

Ok thank you I have just put 2 off my femal guppys with a male sword tail hopefully they will become pregnant soon

 

[fish48]

Swordtails and guppy’s cannot breed together they are genetically different.
 
 Guppy’s. are poecilia reticulate,    swords and platy’s are xiphophorus the same species  and there for can bred together,

 

[DeanoL83]

Yeah platys and swordtails can interbreed.......guppy's and swordtails can't.
 
A guppy and a molly can - although not as common as platy/swordtail.

 

[SeanTrollope]

can the offspring from these crosses breed ?

 

[Alex.binge]

Ok now I'm confused anyone else have any advice or experiences.

 

[Goggy]

Wait what? i thought they could there were lots of sites about them and seen them in aquariums 

 

[fishiwishes]

Swordtail guppies are just guppies with a sword like point on their tail. I don't think that they're a cross between a swordtail and a guppy.

 

[fish48]

there are many fin and tail shapes of guppies,
there is a guppy known  as the bottom swordtail  top swordtail and a double swordtail

 

[fish48]

in the post below a pic of one of my bottom swordtil guppies
 
 
Guppies Not Giving Birth - Livebearers - Tropical Fish Forums

 

[fish48]

green swordtail (Xiphophorus helleri)
 

 

[Alex.binge]

Thank you for all the advise everyone I have done more research to and it seems to be impossible it was worth a shot tho

 

[SeanTrollope]

can the offspring from these crosses breed ?