Garavar Posted September 10 Share Posted September 10 90 Gallon tank. Can you mix a bunch of Platys, Molly, Guppies and Ender's? I don't plan on doing it but every time I look at my 90 gallon I wonder what would that look like? I am thinking amazingly chaotic. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lefty o Posted September 10 Share Posted September 10 yes you can. the guppy's and endlers will crossbreed, but there's no issue in having a community tank of them all. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtomicSunfish Posted September 11 Share Posted September 11 (edited) On 9/10/2024 at 3:53 PM, Garavar said: 90 Gallon tank. Can you mix a bunch of Platys, Molly, Guppies and Ender's? I don't plan on doing it but every time I look at my 90 gallon I wonder what would that look like? I am thinking amazingly chaotic. Yep, the guppies and Endlers will cross, yielding Endler guppies, which are completely healthy and fertile (that’s what I have). There’s a chance that the mollies, which are in the same genus (Poecilia) will also hybridize with them, producing gollies or muppies. Although viable, these are typically sterile. They can ccasionally be fertile; if so, that would usually be a female. The platies, being in a different genus (Xiphophorus), cannot hybridize with the above Poecilia species (although they easily hybridize with their congener, the swordtail). Having said all that, from a social standpoint, all of those livebearers will get along just fine in an aquarium. Might be fun to watch! 😁 Edited September 11 by AtomicSunfish 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyxxl Posted September 11 Share Posted September 11 I had that mix basically as a kid. Was great colorful mass of fish to watch. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schuyler Posted September 11 Share Posted September 11 Are you going to be able to offload that many fry? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Posted September 11 Share Posted September 11 You sure can and it would be an explosion of colors! And babies... actually, the explosion of babies would likely be bigger than the explosion of colors. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony s Posted September 11 Share Posted September 11 I'm not convinced you would have a high instance of babies. Everything in there eats fry. It would depend on what the stocking density was and how much cover was provided. That settles it, @Garavar you're going to have to run that experiment for us 😁 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garavar Posted September 11 Author Share Posted September 11 On 9/11/2024 at 12:19 PM, Tony s said: I'm not convinced you would have a high instance of babies. Everything in there eats fry. It would depend on what the stocking density was and how much cover was provided. That settles it, @Garavar you're going to have to run that experiment for us 😁 Not Gonna Do It. But I do think about it often lol. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katherine Posted September 11 Share Posted September 11 On 9/11/2024 at 12:05 PM, Garavar said: Not Gonna Do It. But I do think about it often lol. You've got me considering it for my 75 now... 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garavar Posted September 11 Author Share Posted September 11 On 9/11/2024 at 2:34 PM, Katherine said: You've got me considering it for my 75 now... It's wild to picture it right? Especially in larger tanks. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MWilk Posted September 11 Share Posted September 11 A 90 gallon is just asking for swordtails to be added. The population of fry gets stable after some time, predation rate is very high. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtomicSunfish Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 (edited) I have found predation rate of guppies / Endlers alone to be very low, leading to overpopulation. Those are the only livebearers I’ve bred, so I don’t know how prone to overpopulation the other species are. Edited September 12 by AtomicSunfish 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony s Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 On 9/11/2024 at 6:50 PM, MWilk said: The population of fry gets stable after some time, predation rate is very high I had one of those with sunset plates. One of my favorite tanks of all time. Working on redoing it again For my platy tank, they kept the population around 30 in a 20g. All age ranges. From fry to 2 years old. It was something to see. The amount of fry present depended on the amount of cover that let them hide. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MWilk Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 On 9/11/2024 at 9:41 PM, AtomicSunfish said: I have found predation rate of guppies / Endlers alone to be very low, leading to overpopulation. Those are the only livebearers I’ve bred, so I don’t know how prone to overpopulation the other species are. Mollies are pretty vicious. Swordtails as well. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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