The problem is that female mollys hold there babies for months. I don't want to wait 2+ months for a single spawn
livebearer project.
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Your an indiot. My mollies release fry every 6 weeks on the dot. Usually within 2-3 days. Some may go up to 2 months, but thats considered a long time. 6 weeks is average.
lolIf it was me I would set up like 3 or 4 10 gallons.
Breed the Endlers to the normal Guppies in one of them, then breed the Platys and the Swordtails in another, then find out if the Swords or Platys will hybridize with the Mollies.
Once you get a batch of Endler/Guppy and a batch of Sword/Platy, set them up with their own little colony in another aquarium and let them breed for a couple of generations. Once you figure out if the mollies will hybridize with the sword or platy, then seperate the males and females of the endler/guppy hybrids. Breed the male e-guppies to the female mollies, then once you got that figured out for a couple of generation, cross it over to the play/sword hybrid.
Really, get them to start line breeding within their own brood for a generation or two to strengthen the existing hybrid gene before crossing over to another fish.
If that works, then hurrah for you.
Breed the Endlers to the normal Guppies in one of them, then breed the Platys and the Swordtails in another, then find out if the Swords or Platys will hybridize with the Mollies.
Once you get a batch of Endler/Guppy and a batch of Sword/Platy, set them up with their own little colony in another aquarium and let them breed for a couple of generations. Once you figure out if the mollies will hybridize with the sword or platy, then seperate the males and females of the endler/guppy hybrids. Breed the male e-guppies to the female mollies, then once you got that figured out for a couple of generation, cross it over to the play/sword hybrid.
Really, get them to start line breeding within their own brood for a generation or two to strengthen the existing hybrid gene before crossing over to another fish.
If that works, then hurrah for you.
TheBloodyIrish;1131868; said:
Top information! i won't need to do the top part becasue i already know that platys will breed with mollies.
guppy x endler = e - guppy
e - guppy x molly ( prolly sail fin)
e-molly x platty
e-platty x sword = The perfect breed, And i can mix it up. Fancy guppies with the endlers. Fancy mollies with the e-guppys. fancy swords with the plattys. Any thing is possible with Live bearers.
I was going to stick with my new law of life:
"That which disturbs your soul you must not suffer"
But this is too ridiculous to not say something.....
First.. hybrid guppy x endlers are all over the place
and most that actually keep endler's will have a nasty flame day on you should they come across this post. It has been a goal to NOT hybridize them..If you where to actually market these (and think you could make money) you would be laughed at.. 
On hybridization in general among livebearers : (the short version)
Endlers will not hybridize with Mollies..
While they are not genetically incompatible they are physically incompatible.
Mollies will NOT hybridize with platies...
Poecillia and Xiphophorus can not hybridize naturally.... They are genetically and physically incompatible.
There are already plenty of spectacular lyretail swords available from top breeders...go buy some and save some time for yourself so you can do a bit more learnin about livebearing fishes.
"That which disturbs your soul you must not suffer"
But this is too ridiculous to not say something.....
First.. hybrid guppy x endlers are all over the place
and most that actually keep endler's will have a nasty flame day on you should they come across this post. It has been a goal to NOT hybridize them..If you where to actually market these (and think you could make money) you would be laughed at.. On hybridization in general among livebearers : (the short version)
Endlers will not hybridize with Mollies..
While they are not genetically incompatible they are physically incompatible.
Mollies will NOT hybridize with platies...
Poecillia and Xiphophorus can not hybridize naturally.... They are genetically and physically incompatible.
There are already plenty of spectacular lyretail swords available from top breeders...go buy some and save some time for yourself so you can do a bit more learnin about livebearing fishes.
Pixy Blood;1130841; said:if this works i could be in for some big money, Endlers are only bought from websites not LFS. Even if thid doesn't work, endlers go for large amounts of money because they arn't common. I can buy them off a website for 6 smackers and sell them for 15 +.
Let me know what you think.
if it would work the big farms etc would already be producing these by now
willtang3000;1132739; said:
Everyone's done everything with livebearers. Nothing new is going to come out of this, but something might thats not seen very much.
I think a lyretail Platy x Sailfin something would be stunning.
