Hippoherder Posted October 7, 2011 Report Share Posted October 7, 2011 Wow, I have a new appreciation for all the great shots I have seen on here. I have about 40 blurry pictures and maybe 3 that look in focus. These are a couple of the fish I got at the auction. I beleive they are Red eye, hi fin, lyretail swordtails. I'm calling them Jaws and Mongo Here is Mongo Here is Jaws I was trying to get some pictures of some rainbows and ricefish, but all I got is color streak, action shots lol. Its a start First thing i did was go out and get these guys a couple of girlfriends but from what I have been reading, I don't think they will be passing their genetics on anytime soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nanmer Posted October 7, 2011 Report Share Posted October 7, 2011 Very nice fish! All the evidence suggests that they are unable breed but if there is a will there is a way lol. You never know! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BettaFishMommy Posted October 8, 2011 Report Share Posted October 8, 2011 could somebody please link the articles regarding this swordtail type not being able to breed? i'm quite interested in reading them! thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hippoherder Posted October 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2011 Can't find the link yet but here is a quote from a discussion on breeding them: "Male lyretail swordtails are incapable of reproducing. The mutation that causes the extended fins also causes the anal fin to become extremely elongated and there by not able to function properly. So male high fin lyretails while incredibly beautiful are completely useless for breeding. You have to use standard fin or high fin males with the lyretail females to get babies. " I had read that they couldn't breed because of an overdeveloped gonopodium ... not sure what is true. I can tell you my males have absolutely no interest in the females in my tank. could somebody please link the articles regarding this swordtail type not being able to breed? i'm quite interested in reading them! thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BettaFishMommy Posted October 8, 2011 Report Share Posted October 8, 2011 (edited) the anal fin on male livebearers is the gonopodium. thanks for the info! Edited October 8, 2011 by BettaFishMommy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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