Can Platies Have Swords?

[AstonN24vantage]

oh joy! another trick from petco: about 8 months ago i bought a medium sized mickey mouse platy. In september, stupidly, i bought a blue lobster. the crawdad attacked the platy, and ripped the whole entire back fin off. since, he has recovered, grown, and has also grown a massive sword. he didnt have one before. he was probably also about a year old when i bough him in the first place. the sword is about the size of a normal swordtails sword. how is this possible?

 

[BettaCrazy7]

Do you have any pictures?

 

[AstonN24vantage]

i was hoping somebody wouldnt ask that. ok, best picture i could get. is a stupid fish.

 

[fish48]

its a swordtail

 

[AstonN24vantage]

i know but for 1 year and 5 months it was a platy. a male platy.

 

[VaegaVic]

Late blooming swordtail, this topic has been covered many times before and just recently, 2 days ago.

 

[AstonN24vantage]

but i am wondering because he got attacked and then grew the sword very quickly.

 

[Elrohirthehasty]

or a hybrid.

 

[AstonN24vantage]

but what im saying is that its a coincidence that after getting attacked, he then grew his swordtail.

 

[fish48]

when you got it it was a swordtail with out its tail and now you have a swordtail with its tail
swordtails are slightly longer in length and mals grow a tails. petshop swordtails and platys are a cross between each other.young fish can look alike and all start of looking like females

 

[hughessomefish]

As was stated that is deffinitly a swordtail, swordtails as they develope change just as other fish,so you witnessed the tail growing in and colorchange.

 

[AstonN24vantage]

alright. i give in

 

[fish48]

it's still a swordtail lol.

 

[VaegaVic]

It's a swordtail.

http/www.aquariumfish.net/images_01/sword_showa_male_100712a5_w0480.jpg

Closest I could find to yours, notice the same body shape?

 

[AstonN24vantage]

yeah i did. its officially a mickey mouse swordtail.