Swordtail breeding question?

[jasno999]

I just purchased some fancy guppies and swordtails for my 10gallon tank.

I was wonderign if different coloration swordtails can mate? I have a male and female that are a clearish with a reddish stripe and I have one female that is mostly red with a bit of black. I was wondering if the male and female of different colorations could mate...

[Fluff]

Color shouldn't matter. Heck, species doesn't always matter when dealing with livebearers but in my experience with swords, they do seem to be a bit pickier than guppies about it.

[rich311k]

Yes they will happily crossbreed. They dont know the difference, as far as they are concerned they are all the same species.

[cappieBridget]

I have a male swordtail all over my female platies of different colors. It's exciting to see how the fry come out!

[jasno999]

So platties and swordtails can mate and guppies and mollies????


Is there a chart somewhere that we could use to look at the crossbreedign posiabilities between liverbearers???