Swordtail Selective Breeding

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Ok, so I have a female lyretail Swordtail, and I want to try my hand at selectively breeding more lyretail swordies.

What type/color of Swordtail should I pick up to breed with my female?
 
Ok, so I have a female lyretail Swordtail, and I want to try my hand at selectively breeding more lyretail swordies.

What type/color of Swordtail should I pick up to breed with my female?

Considering that most of the swordtails available today are a conglomeration of years of in and interbreeding, the odds that whatever color fish you put in with her yielding the same color fry is remote. The best chance to get, say, Red Lyretail Swords is to breed 2 red Lyretail swords together. Or don't and just see what you get ;)

Hope this helps (y)
 
Thanks Andy- my sister also dug up a paper that was written on Swordtail breeding behaviours that has been hugely helpful as well.
 
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