platy and swordtail are some beginners.
The guppy, platy, swordtail, and mollies are the mainstays of the fresh waters fishes.
Guppies first, then mollies, platies and swordtails all grow at about the same rate.
A platy is a type of tropical fish. It is not a quantity or measure so one can not have a "platy of" anything including guppies.
A Platy is a Platy is a Platy.(Xiphophorus maculatus variatus) The fancy name makes no difference. The gestation period for a Platy is about 3 to 4 weeks under perfect conditions but can take up 3 or 4 months if conditions are not to the fishes liking. If conditions are really bad she can refuse to let them out and they will be still born eventually (sometimes this kills her).
Make sure there are lots of decorations, enough gravel, and plants. The female platy will lays her eggs on these.
If you have a male and female Platty together I can guarantee that the female is pregnant (gravid) no matter what you think.
I don't think so.
first of all the platy fish smaller than the molly and has different colors than the molly's so fry platy will be red if the parents are red or blue if the parents is blue and smaller while the molly fry is bigger than any fry with known colors .. black brown yellow white marble or yellow on black... so did u know = How do you tell the difference between newborn platy fry and newborn molly fry? =
yes i have one my white female bred with a black male
The following link has a nice picture of a platy: http://asiatropicalfish.blogspot.com/2007/08/new-platy-fish-galaxy-platy.html
tell more about why its not breeding what is its behavior Mabe the platy tank is not suitable for the platy pair try adding more plants and hiding spaces for the fish and feed them more of a variety of foods flake + blood worms+live or frozen foods if possible