I wonder if there is any way of telling whether my fry are plattys or swordtails.
My situation is I had 8 small mixed babies left alive left from cycling my tank. I went on holiday leaving my 2 pregnant fish in my main tank with tank mates and baby fish. When I got back there was a tiny fish that might have been the 8th cycler or from my patty. The baby is a white colour; The female platty is red, and the male is white with red fin, top and tail. I wonder if it could be a molly from the cycling fish or a lone surviving platty from the pregnant platty that gave birth while I was away. I then found another 6 babies over the next week. This time there was a mixture of striped ones and lighter ones but none as light or large as that first one. I know Mollies grow way slower than guppies but would it take 16 weeks to get to the same size as a swordtail baby 2 week old? Also do male and female swordtails and plattys grow at different rates (they have plenty of food) and do plattys grow faster or slower than swordtails? I know that my guppy females grew much faster than my guppy males but not sure if all live bearers are equal. I also have a lyre tailed molly but she didn't look pregnant and even though there is no male I realise it doesn't mean she won't have fry. Also if you breed certain coloured fish with certain other coloured fish can the males be one colour and the females another?
My situation is I had 8 small mixed babies left alive left from cycling my tank. I went on holiday leaving my 2 pregnant fish in my main tank with tank mates and baby fish. When I got back there was a tiny fish that might have been the 8th cycler or from my patty. The baby is a white colour; The female platty is red, and the male is white with red fin, top and tail. I wonder if it could be a molly from the cycling fish or a lone surviving platty from the pregnant platty that gave birth while I was away. I then found another 6 babies over the next week. This time there was a mixture of striped ones and lighter ones but none as light or large as that first one. I know Mollies grow way slower than guppies but would it take 16 weeks to get to the same size as a swordtail baby 2 week old? Also do male and female swordtails and plattys grow at different rates (they have plenty of food) and do plattys grow faster or slower than swordtails? I know that my guppy females grew much faster than my guppy males but not sure if all live bearers are equal. I also have a lyre tailed molly but she didn't look pregnant and even though there is no male I realise it doesn't mean she won't have fry. Also if you breed certain coloured fish with certain other coloured fish can the males be one colour and the females another?
