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A lot of livebearers are pretty - my personal faves are sailfin mollies and red wagtail platies!

nickman713-
You can mix any coloration of platy with another, with no ill effects. You will get all kind of colorations. But if you want them to "breed true" to what the parents are, keep two of the same coloration isolated together (without any other platies around) for at least a year. Platies, like all livebearers, can store sperm for up to about 6 months.
I got my rainbow platies at Petco. They're a pretty commonly stocked item, so check out your local Petco. But also, if you have a good lfs, they might be able to acquire them for you.
Good luck!

This might might be a stupid question, what are Ifs?

Fancy guppies baby!

also, how do you get the picture labeled with your name. The picture posted over here

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Nick your wrong about Guppies being the ulgiest livebearer, ive read all the replys on this post and most of them said Guppies are the prettiest. Haha no1 said mollies were the prettiest, I knew it they were the ugliest.

Platys,I love them!

Guppies, platies, and swordtails are my favorite.

Just a quick Q.. slightly off topic: where exactly can you get those halfbeaks? Those things look really cool but I've never seen them in any LFS. I checked aquabid but only found one listing..

Go the GUPPY those little fish have my vote!
...wee...

halfbeaks rule.....but fancy guppies r kool as well

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I think guppies may have the most colors but platy's wear theirs better.

O Tempora O Mores

Endlers!!!!!

Platies. they are asily the prettiest. I am personally fold of the more unusual colours, like my cram mickey mouse girl with the orange dorsal fin, or my 'appy' male .... he has spotty fry now!

For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks. - Terry Pratchett

Yes, unfortunately, you have to be a premium member. And "lfs" means (your) "local fish store".

No contest... guppies. Fancy varieties, that is. Wild guppies and gambusia are pretty boring to look at.

LFS = local fish store

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the fancy guppy hands down.

I vote for Platies as the prettiest livebearer.

I'm a mollie lover too! My lyretail/sailfin
(not an actual mexican sailfin I'm told) male is gorgeous. He is bright orange fading to silver on his belly and his fins are all black with some silver streaking. OH LA LA, some of my dalmation mollies with the lyretail and extra long fins are also pretty spectacular!

I recently bought a saifin mollie and he is very nice,is bright orang, has like a mosaic in his sail fin and his tail has incandescant blue marks. Also Nick lfs is local fish store(this one got me for a while) and yes you have to be a oremium member to get a profile pic, but hey its small price to support very valuable resource for your aqurium

My favourite is sailfin black mollies, then silver and then guppies and platies. looks like I am the only one who loves my mollies here!!!

Platies! They pack alot of color into a small ammount of space (of course other fish do to) and have babies out to the gazoo. My favorites though are my babies that are a mix of the blue spotted and I think the coral platie (notsure I forgot what type the mother was).

My favorites are the Endlers. Guppies second.

My favorites are the Endlers. Guppies second.

I would go with Guppies.

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I just got 3 beautiful lyretail swordtails, 1 green, 1 neon, and 1 thats orange with black back fins w/ white tips. That is the most beautiful livebearer I've seen yet. They are a little bit bigger then my other swords, but are getting along just the same.

I love my gold dust lyretail mollies, and platies are pretty also. I think just about any livebearer has so much color and variation - they're all pretty!

guppies with neon tails are pretty
i also think balloon mollies are cool kinda look like puffers

i'v seen some cool swords!!! but i think that guppies are most awesome!!!

Mine would have to be lyretail black molly. I just love that solid black shade.

Live Fish Store!
In my opinion, for the chains, Petsmart has the best selection on platies, my local was getting in a new shipment when I was there yesterday. And they know their stuff! I am new to this wonderful hobby, and they have been able to answer my dumbest questions, with nary a smirk.

i believe all the livebearers are unique and beautiful in their own ways. i have a guppy/platy species tank and a molly species tank. guppys and platys are deftinately easier to take care of. and they come in so many wonderful colors. i've seen lots of lovely ones out of every group. the mickey mouse platies are a favorite of my sisters. they are cool. i like the black mollies with the longer fins (not as long as the sailfin though those are beautiful too). but i have seen so many that are worthy of owning. i haev a pineapple color molly now that gave birth to two fry and a green molly. i'd like to get a male black one to place with them. like i said i'm partial to the black molly but there's so many that i adore.

no contest, platys are the best. and the best platy is my little female dark orange hi-fin named sheila

I like sunset platies... but guppies just as well

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Halfbeaks, they might not be the most colourful but they look awesome, are active & neat looking swimmers and have a very distinctive personality. They are also rulers of the upper waters of my 30 gal.

I have to go with Guppies, i never get tired of looking at then so much color and texture, they are awsome!

Yes, unfortunately, you have to be a premium member. And "lfs" means (your) "local fish store".

I also think guppy are the prettiest livebearer. Yes, you can mix reg. platy with rainbow platy. They are both pretty much the same fish only different colors. If you ask your fish/pet store they can probably have some shipped in for you.


-Nemo

I would go with Pineapple Swords. Bright colors.

I personally am partial to Endler's.

Platies, Swordtails, and Guppies are cool!

Brightly coloured fish like guppies or neon swords are really nice.

A lot of livebearers are pretty - my personal faves are sailfin mollies and red wagtail platies!

nickman713-
You can mix any coloration of platy with another, with no ill effects. You will get all kind of colorations. But if you want them to "breed true" to what the parents are, keep two of the same coloration isolated together (without any other platies around) for at least a year. Platies, like all livebearers, can store sperm for up to about 6 months.
I got my rainbow platies at Petco. They're a pretty commonly stocked item, so check out your local Petco. But also, if you have a good lfs, they might be able to acquire them for you.
Good luck!

This might might be a stupid question, what are Ifs?

also, how do you get the picture labeled with your name. The picture posted over here

&lt;-------------Do you need to be a preium member?

Fancy guppies baby!

I would say guppys.

Platies. they are asily the prettiest. I am personally fold of the more unusual colours, like my cram mickey mouse girl with the orange dorsal fin, or my 'appy' male .... he has spotty fry now!

For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks. - Terry Pratchett

Endlers!!!!!

I think guppies may have the most colors but platy's wear theirs better.

O Tempora O Mores

halfbeaks rule.....but fancy guppies r kool as well

cfd



--------------------------
Billy was a scientist, Billy is no more. For what he thought was H20, was H2SO4

No contest... guppies. Fancy varieties, that is. Wild guppies and gambusia are pretty boring to look at.

Go the GUPPY those little fish have my vote!
...wee...

Just a quick Q.. slightly off topic: where exactly can you get those halfbeaks? Those things look really cool but I've never seen them in any LFS. I checked aquabid but only found one listing..

Guppies, platies, and swordtails are my favorite.

Platys,I love them!

Nick your wrong about Guppies being the ulgiest livebearer, ive read all the replys on this post and most of them said Guppies are the prettiest. Haha no1 said mollies were the prettiest, I knew it they were the ugliest.