Are these guppies or platies

[joemamauggly]

Sold as platies but they look alot like guppies to me and don't school with my platies

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[MissGurnus]

Those are platies, they don't always 'school' per say. Depends on the fish and the gender ratio you have


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[joemamauggly]

As far as I can tell, all the ones in question are female and the three other ones are males. Will they crossbreed?

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[MissGurnus]

All platies can interbreed. Make sure you have more females than makes or the girls with get harassed to death


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[Andy Sager]

I can't tell for sure but the single fish pic looks more like a Molly and if so, it can interbreed with a Guppy making what's known as a "Muppy". The elongated body shape leads me to think more Molly than Platy. If you look at the fish in question here at post #3: http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f23/what-is-this-344295.html#post3321473

You will notice the fish is thicker top to bottom just behind the gill plate while yours are more symmetrical front to back. This is one of the differences in a "normal" molly. Balloon fish don;t count as they are misshapen fish from the start.

Compare your fish to the fish in this pic. Tropical Fish for Freshwater Aquariums: Gold Doubloon Molly, Poecilia latipinna livebearer

Hope this helps

 

[joemamauggly]

I can try to get better pics if it helps but they look just like guppies to me.

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[Andy Sager]

I can try to get better pics if it helps but they look just like guppies to me.

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Wrong body shape for regular guppy. Check out pic of female guppy here: Back to the Basics: Breeding Guppies | Details | Articles | TFH Magazine®

 

[sinibotia]

Definitely not a guppy, I agree it's a molly.... Although it wouldn't be the first time today if I was wrong and it was a platy.

 

[joemamauggly]

This is the best pic I can get still looks guppy to me not at all molly

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[MissGurnus]

Maybe this will be an easier way to figure out who's who


^guppy


^platy


^molly


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[TMRC Exotics]

Not a guppy, it's a molly.

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[Fresh2o]

My vote is molly (though I've never seen a muppy*). These appear to be rather young specimens.
* had to fix what spell check did before sending


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[Andy Sager]

My vote is molly (though I've never seen a muppy*). These appear to be rather young specimens.
* had to fix what spell check did before sending


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I saw my first live "Muppy" at my friend's store a few weeks back and have to say, I'm not a fan of the fish. Maybe, with a lot of production in the line for coloration, I'd change my mind.

 

[KingKoopa512]

Mollies

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[sheilak]

gold colored fish

this looks like gold dust mollies

 

[joemamauggly]

Someone's gotta know for sure?

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[sinibotia]

Seems like everyone thinks it's a molly and it looks like a molly to me. So it's a molly, for sure.

 

[KingKoopa512]

Exactly what sheilak said gold dust mollies

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[FWFishTanks]

gold dust mollies

 

[TMRC Exotics]

It's a molly. For sure.

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