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Platy turned into swordtail?
I have a freshwater tropical tank with a mix of species. I originally purchased 4 platys, 1 male and 3 females. They started reproducing a while after, recently one of the fry has grown and now he resembles a swordtail! Is this just birth "defect" or is there something in the genetics in the past which caused this? Thanks!
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- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
No. Swordtails and platies can interbreed, so this is prefectly normal.
Cheers!
- 1 decade ago
yea,chances are that one of them has sward tail in its genetic past....and its a "throw back"