Balloon belly/dwarf platy mating?

[dewilde2]

Well, I've tried everything to try to decrease aggression between my two balloon belly molly males, and my last option is to go get some more to hopefully spread out the aggression. I thought about seeing if my LFS would take back the males and just getting a bunch of females, especially since I am raising a single female molly fry that I dare not put in the tank in its current state. My question is- if I were to get females instead, would the male dwarf platies try to breed with them? I have three of these, and they're very happy and nice and want to keep them. I know they're all livebearers, but I thought it might be possible that the platies would leave the mollies alone, since they are like 1/5 of the size, but I didn't know. I really don't want babies of any kind. Suggestions? Thanks!

 

[Red Tailed Wonder]

Hi,

They definately will breed, but it doesn't matter anyway as most live bearers are practically born pregnant and the females can store sperm for over 6 months.

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[dabaers]

usually it is this that can cross

: molly/guppy

: sword/platy

:endler/guppy

although sword/platy crosses and guppy/endler crosses are the only ones you ever seem to see.
So no they can't. They are from different familys.Mollies – Poecilia Latipinna
,Platies - Xiphophorus maculatus.