RARE OR NOT

[guppielover]

I have a platy that i got at a lfs (well platys but the female died)i don't know what type he is he is a whitish-grey with gray and black spot the spots are small
if someone know thank you

 

[bigfish]

Are you sure this is a platy and not a dalmation molly? could be a rare colour type as i've never seen grey platies.

 

[mandi]

Uhm, a blue spotted platy comes to mind (the blue can sometimes be grey-ish).

Edit -- There's a picture of one on this page (sorry the site isn't in English haha)

 

[guppielover]

I'm sure its a platy the guy at the lfs said he was hes grayish-white
with little black spotts hes been bye himself for a year and i got 2 females for
him and hes going nuts

 

[Shadowkat]

I'm sure its a platy the guy at the lfs said he was hes grayish-white
with little black spotts hes been bye himself for a year and i got 2 females for
him and hes going nuts

I've got one too a greyish white platy a female and i don't have a clue i've even took her to a breeder and he has never seen anything like this


I've got one too a greyish white platy a female and i don't have a clue i've even took her to a breeder and he has never seen anything like this

 

[020292]

i had a bright orange platy that had spots so there is nothing wrong with that! Platies are always different colors dependin on what type of fish the mom breed with!

Thansk!

 

[GuppyDude]

My best guess is that they are just really light blue platys, i myself have never seen solid grey on platys, but i guess that doesn't mean there couldn't be grey platys. If you guys could get us some pictures that would be excellent.

 

[blitztidus]

a picture would be helpful in this case guppielover

 

[Ddraig Goch]

Does he look like one of these?

http/www.trilbytropicals.com/bluecalicoplaty.JPG

http/www.zooroco.ch/images/Fische/spotted_blue_platy.jpg

 

[guppymad]

i have a couple of grey platys with orange tails, are they sposed to be rare because my lfs always have them.

 

[Nevergone815]

i have a couple of grey platys with orange tails, are they sposed to be rare because my lfs always have them.

personally i think that they are just a blue platty. every blue platty that i have seen looks like a nice shiny/metalic gray/silver. spots are variations in the breeding lines and same with the orange. my lfs has them all the time also. they are pretty common, but whenever i see them in my lfs though i don't have either the mmoney, means of transporting or room for it DOH!!!

does it look like any of these???

http/www.tropicalfishintl.com/images/enl...ainbowPlaty.jpg

http/www.tropicalfishintl.com/images/enl...MarblePlaty.jpg

http/www.tropicalfishintl.com/images/enl...eCoralPlaty.jpg

http/www.tropicalfishintl.com/images/enl...pphirePlaty.jpg

remember that common names can vary from one person to another based off of what they know it as.

also... the colors canbe less of a prominant blue and more grayish in color. dcepends on if the fish is stressed and/or variation in color strands

 

[blitztidus]

I agree with you Nevergone815, exactly what I was thinking.