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bruce Fingerling Posts: 40 Kudos: 34 Votes: 0 Registered: 07-Feb-2005   | I read somewhere that mollies and guppies can breed. Is this true? REALLY? and if so could swordtails and guppies, or all livebearers for that matter. I was just curious..  |
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T/A   Mega Fish Posts: 942 Kudos: 1796 Registered: 20-Feb-2004   | Platies and Swordtails can interbreed. Guppies, Endler's, and Mollies can interbreed. But that's all. Platies and Swordtails cannot breed with Guppies, Endler's or Mollies. |
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bettachris   Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3875 Kudos: 4173 Votes: 452 Registered: 13-Jun-2004 | yes they can, mollys and guppies can be crossed. |
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| FishyCharacter Hobbyist Posts: 129 Kudos: 132 Votes: 1 Registered: 14-May-2004 | I also think that platies can breed with guppies. |
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Natalie    Ultimate Fish Guru Apolay Wayyioy Posts: 4499 Kudos: 3730 Votes: 348 Registered: 01-Feb-2003  | Platies and guppies cannot hybridize with each other. The only way different species of livebearers can successfully reproduce with each other is if they belong to the same genus. But, as expected, there are some exceptions. Differences between species even of the same genus can be so great that the fish will be unable to produce viable offspring with each other. That is usually true for guppies and mollies, because hybridizing between those two species is rare and when it does happen, most of the young do not survive for long.  I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash. |
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