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couchy

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i bought two platys ysterday and there lovely.

one is orange and black fins and the other is silvery blue with navy fins

one is male and female and looking on the internet about platys i have noticed their dorsel fins are much different

when it comes to the top they are really pointed like a triangle

can anybody tell me what type these are and what colour name, ill post pix of them as soon as i get them on computer
 
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likely a blue wag tail platy:
http://www.google.com/imgres?q=blue...9&tbnw=216&start=0&ndsp=19&ved=1t:429,r:1,s:0

and perhaps a red or orange wag tail?
http://www.google.com/search?q=red+...m=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&biw=1280&bih=647

as for the dorsals, it sounds like they could be high fins, or high fin crosses perhaps:
http://www.google.com/search?q=sail....,cf.osb&fp=f6a1ba91b1b3e71d&biw=1280&bih=647

with a male and a female, expect lots of fry. the parents will eat some, but you will end up with surviving babies. tankmates may eat some as well.
 
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couchy

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thank you those are them, are they very popular or rare?

i got male and female spicificly to breed, i have bred guppies and mollies so im trying platies now :)
 
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I have 3 platties right now, one being a dark red with black fins, and it's just a Red Wag Platy. Another is all Orange all over, and it's a Sunburst Platy. The third and most recent I picked up is bright orange with a touch of yellow, and black fins, and it's called a Sunset Fire Platy, which sounds like yours.
 
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ah, I see.

I'd actually get at least one more female; male platies can be pretty rough with females, its best to have multiples to spread aggression.

and those are very common colors; high fins are a little harder to find, but IME also pretty common.

I'm not sure how true they'll breed, either. my guess is you'll get quite a mixed group of fry, in color and in fin type.

they are pretty fish though, especially the blue wagtails. I have an orange wagtail I absolutely adore, platies are great fish.
 
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ah right i might get another one but a different colour again, i dont know what tho.

i have got a 30 ltr tank to put the fry in and at the moment the only thing thats interested in my female platy is m newly all black/navy male guppy (moscow mayb?)

it is quite funny mind when he tries he is so small compared to the platy
 
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