Sunset Variatus
In other words a sunset variatus.
Sunset variatus. The sunset variatus has a yellow and red body color. One of these was sunset variatus. They re relatively easy to care for and do well in slightly cooler water.
They combine all the things you would want in a perfect fish. They do not have any issues being a tank with other fish. Sexing edit edit source females have a fan shaped anal fin and males have a gonopodium.
We spend a lot of time culling off colored fish. There will be little to no confrontation. The sunset platy is a great all around fish that can do well in a number of different conditions.
One cull that showed up fairly consistently in our redtail black variatus line was a fish without a black tuxedo or black body. Variatus platy sunset platy variegated platy variable platyfish additional scientific names platypoecilus maculatus dorsalis platypoecilus variatus platypoecilus variegatus. A young male in one of our beautiful aquariums.
A young male about 1 5 long swimming in one of our aquariums. Platy s are a very popular aquarium fish and don t require anything special. Sunset variatus regular xiphophorus variatus.
A live bearer it is native to southern tamaulipas and northern veracruz states in northeastern mexico. The variatus will prefer a densely planted tank and can be kept in pairs or groups. These fish breed readily in the tank and produce 50 100 fry every four to six weeks.
A peaceful community aquarium with at least 2 females should be kept to each male so they aren t continually harassed. 3772 premium rare honeybee platy pictures. They do not have any issues being a tank with other fish.
Click on each picture to see a bigger picture. We have a special place in our hearts for livebearers or fish that bear live young because of how readily they make baby fish but over the years the sunset variatus platy xiphophorus variatus has become one of our favorites. The variable platyfish also known as variatus platy or variegated platy is a species of freshwater fish in family poecilidae of order cyprinodontiformes.
The variatus is generally more elongated than its close cousin the platy. These are very friendly fish to keep in the aquarium. The sunset variatus are one of the farm raised color morphs of the wild type originally found in southern mexico.
But if we had to choose this would probably be our favorite. Sunset variatus regular xiphophorus variatus the variatus also known as the variatus platy or the variable platyfish is a species of freshwater fish in the poeciliidae family. Average adult fish size.
A sunset wag a red and a red wag. This is a type of platy that you don t hear many people talking about. Variatus platies much like guppies are highly variable.
