TheEssigs

Hey gang... I WANT GUPPY TAIL MOLLIES... have you seen em... awsome!

armadillo

Are you kidding? Does that exist? I'd love to see pictures.

TheEssigs

YEA - I want em... I found them at fish2u.com. They also have guppy tail balloon mollies. They are out of stock on both, but as soon as they are in I am going to order them. Check em out!

Callum The Cat

armadillo

Man, you're kidding? Guppy tail balloon mollies. That would be so gorgeous.

TheEssigs

From the picture they have they look really cool, especially the ones that are black and yellow painted. I hope they get some in soon, I keep checking back, but no luck yet.

armadillo

Have you got that link? Whenever I try to google it it returns results showing AND guppies AND balloon mollies, not one fish called guppy tail balloon molly

Callum The Cat

armadillo

Thanks, Callum. Wow, they look amazing!

TheEssigs

I got to learn how to do that linky thing...

Callum The Cat

TheEssigs

Thanks! Have a good night!

TheEssigs

Has anyone been able to get these fish yet... I have been waiting for fish2u.com to have them in,but they are still out of stock... I was wondering if they look as awsome in person as they do online.

armadillo

No, no, I haven't, and am getting so curious. Can't wait til one of you gets them so we can see pix. Wondering which section to put them in, though.

TheEssigs

Am, do you mean the pix of the GTM? Well, they are mollys, so I guess thats a good place.

armadillo

Yeah, you're right. I figured are they guppies or are they mollies, but the name says it all. I really can't wait to see one. You're going to order some, right - when they're back in stock I mean?

TheEssigs

Yes, hopefully. I check the site every few days to see if they have restocked...

Dino

It is a man made hybrid of one of the sailfin mollies.

The fish this is derived from, is native to the Atlantic coast of the US from North Carloina down Florida and around the Gulf to Mexico.

It most likely is a hybrid of Poecilia latipinna and Poecilia mexicana.

Though related to the guppy, I doubt it is a molly/guppy hybrid.

TheEssigs

Thanks Dino!

On the site, they have it listed as Scientific Name: POECILIA LATIPINNA but thats all is says....

armadillo

Pffff. They call everything latipinna these days, it's really annoying. It should at least be P. latipinna something, you know what I mean? Argh, frustrated zoologist, here.

Dino

If you do wind up getting them, make sure you give them lots of vegetable matter.
With their intestines scrunched up like that, they are prone to digestive problems.

TheEssigs

Are you talking about the digestive system in the balloon variety or both?

Dino

The balloon body type is prone to problems.
All molly species need their diets to have lots of vegetable matter.

armadillo

But are guppy-tailed mollies always balloon, then?

TheEssigs

I don't think so, the site has them listed separately.

armadillo

I was kindly pointing out that Dino seems to have lost his mind!

Cody

i would love to see pictures..hey its possible with cross breeding but i can only imagen the beauty

armadillo

yeah, but imagine if they have guppy body and a molly tail. :P

Sabi

That wouldnt look too good. i'm still watching my molly.

Dino

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