Dwarf Platties

[Gill]

Fantastic fish, they area really colourful, how big are they at the moment?

They are just over 1Cm, I don't think that they will get any bigger than they are, as the females have already started to drop fry

 

[dizzied]

Interesting. I wouldn't mind having dwarf platies of my own, but they don't sell those around here.

 

[fourthtimelucky]

They're adorable.
If you start selling fry, let me know!

 

[phistar]

i got about 6 dwarf platys a few days ago as well

 

[Gill]

i got about 6 dwarf platys a few days ago as well

cool they are lovely fish to watch.

 

[phistar]

i got about 6 dwarf platys a few days ago as well

cool they are lovely fish to watch.

yea they definitely are!

 

[dunchp]

Yep they are called dwarf platies. I got into a big argument with a moderator on another site about whether or not dwarf platies are an actual species of platy, or just a mutated version of a normal platy. [/quote]

They are nice colourful fish.

Don't wish to retread old ground, or to stir up a hornets nest, or to split hairs; but I just wanted to point out that they are not an 'actual species of platy', especially if they are a hybrid as claimed. I will go for the fact that they are a variety of platy. Xiphophorus variatus is a species, sunset, tuxedo or dwarf is a variety.

I am happy to buy the fact that they are a separate variety, especially if they are breeding true. Many species of Xiphophorus including Xiphophorus nigrensis and Xiphophorus milleri produce small morphs and often these smaller morphs are more colourful than their larger counterparts and it is possible to line breed for various traits, including small size. Maybe it is possible that in this case the smaller morph is more colourful, like in their wild cousins.

 

[BlackSwords11]

if you look, once in a while, they will get a different one mixed in.-I've seen a red tux platy and I should've got him but didn't. Right now I have a male sunset and a female mickey mouse. they are beautiful little fish.

 

[OldMan47]

I was in the lfs yesterday and saw a tank marked dwarf platies. Went over and looked and they looked like immature normal platies to me. I'm not disputing that there are platies that only get to a bit over 1 cm but these guys were already over an inch. I'm guessing they decided to capitalize on the fact that dwarf platies exist by trying to pass off juveniles as something else entirely. They were about the color of the ones in the pictures here but not all that small in my mind. I have my own 3/4 inch juveniles and these were bigger than them but smaller than my adults. I'm hoping to some day see the ones you are talking about. It seems like they could co-exist with my endlers.

 

[Gill]

I was in the lfs yesterday and saw a tank marked dwarf platies. Went over and looked and they looked like immature normal platies to me. I'm not disputing that there are platies that only get to a bit over 1 cm but these guys were already over an inch. I'm guessing they decided to capitalize on the fact that dwarf platies exist by trying to pass off juveniles as something else entirely. They were about the color of the ones in the pictures here but not all that small in my mind. I have my own 3/4 inch juveniles and these were bigger than them but smaller than my adults. I'm hoping to some day see the ones you are talking about. It seems like they could co-exist with my endlers.

thanks, Mine get along fine with my remaning endlers and guppies.

I just bought some more Pygmy Species today.

Heterandria Formosa, Venezuelan Endlers and African Wild Guppies - All Pygmy's and Pure Straing with Females.

 

[Butch]

[/quote]I just bought some more Pygmy Species today.

Heterandria Formosa, Venezuelan Endlers and African Wild Guppies - All Pygmy's and Pure Straing with Females.
[/quote]

African wild guppies? Venezuelan endlers? What the heck are they?

 

[dunchp]

I am not an expert, but Endlers originated from Venezuela, I believe.

African wild guppies are wild type guppies from Africa.

It was good to meet you Gill, I am glad you managed to get hold of some species. As always I bought far too much.

 

[Butch]

But I don't remember that guppies come from africa? I knew that the guppies' native area is in the Americas, but not Africa, unless the guppies was dumped into the African waters. Are we talking about the same species of the guppies?

 

[dunchp]

But I don't remember that guppies come from africa? I knew that the guppies' native area is in the Americas, but not Africa, unless the guppies was dumped into the African waters. Are we talking about the same species of the guppies?

Hi Butch,

You are right, the guppy has been introduced far beyond their natural range.

According to fishbase, they have even been found in Canada and the UK.

http/www.fishbase.org/Country/CountryLis...Name=reticulata

 

[Butch]

Hmm I want see African Wild guppies and endlers too. Post the pictures!

Hey how you get African wild guppies?

I love wild type guppies than fancy guppies because of its small size and lots of random colors. In fact I never seen wild guppies, just feeder guppies but feeder guppies have too much random colors that doesn't existed in the wild and are just culls or too much crossbreeding from the fancy guppies.