Mickey Mouse Platy

[Priest]

Hello today I purchased a male and a female mickey mouse platy for the 2 female platy I already have (Same type) but when I bought them, they were only available in red and the two I have in the tank are yellow. I want to know if the color difference would prevent them from schooling. Thank you.

 

[BHead707]

i dont think platies are a schooling fish

correct me if im wrong

 

[Fishie]

i dont think platies are a schooling fish

correct me if im wrong

Yes I agree. Mine stay together sometimes but that's about it.

 

[smileyface9]

They'll stay together even when they're different colors. They even breed with other platy that're different colors. I heard somewhere a while back when i was breeding them that it's because they don't know what color they are. (something like that)

 

[George9]

They'll breed together and hang around together sometimes but they are not schooling fish.

It doesn't matter what color either, plates are no rascists!

 

[Priest]

Yeah I said schooling for lack of a better term but pretty much my story is that I have five male guppies that have been nipping at the yellow mickey mouse, when I found out that they were both females I went out and bought a male and female (3:1). Will the male protect the females from the guppies because I also plan to get 10 female guppies (2:1) so that they have something to be with and stop bothering the platys.