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April 25th, 2009
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| | Fish Bum
| Is this a female Molly?
Here's another close up of two of my mollys. I'm sure the black one is male, just not sure about the orange one?  | 
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April 25th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| Yep, the orange is a female and the dalmation one is a male. | |
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April 25th, 2009
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| | Fish Bum
| So I have a problem then...I don't want her to have babies while my tank is still cycling....what should I do with her? She's really fun to watch and will come right up to my fingers while I'm cleaning. | |
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April 25th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| There's nothing you can do to stop it. Even if she hasn't bred with the male you have, she'll have bred before you got her. Even if you remove her or the male she'll still have babies. | |
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April 25th, 2009
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| | Fish Bum
| Ah...now I'm sad....surely the babies won't survive while the tanking is cycling will they?
I got them at walmart and the lady said they were all males...
Last edited by Lucy; June 25th, 2009 at 03:27 PM.
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April 25th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| It is possible for the babies to survive cycling.
And the Wal-Mart workers usually don't know alot about fish. ;-) | |
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April 25th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| Easiest way to sex a livebearer is to look at the anal fin.
See that cylindrical organ? that's a gonopodium - only males have it.
That's the simplest way. For next time  | |
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April 25th, 2009
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| | Fish Bum
| Okay, so what do I need to do to prepare for babies? This was not part of my plan...lol! | |
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April 25th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| If you want to keep them, you'll have to either a) put the mother in a LARGE (mollies are too big for most sizes) breeder net, b) put her in a seperate tank, or c) have tons and tons of plants in the original tank. Otherwise the babies will get eaten. Option b would be best. | |
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April 26th, 2009
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| | Fish Bum
| How big of a tank? Can it be a small one? How will I know when she's ready to have the babies? | |
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April 28th, 2009
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| | Fish Addict
| i bred molly babies and they survived the cycle. (the ones i found did.) i have bred mollys 2wice. survival rate is 100%
and yes the orange 1 is a female and the other is a male | |
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April 28th, 2009
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| | Fish Addict
| mollys are hardy but can get body fungus quite easily with my experience. and i'd say the second tank (breeding tank)should only be a minimum of like 5-10g | |
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April 28th, 2009
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| | Fish Addict
| i have never experienced fungus on a molly but one of them does have couldy eye. IT WONT GO AWAY | |
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April 29th, 2009
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| | Fish Bum
| Thank you  | |
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April 29th, 2009
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| | Fish Addict
| i hope that i have helped | |
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May 1st, 2009
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| | Fish Addict
| 11 thats how the fungus on my molly was it wouldn't go away but unfortunately i went on a trip to florida and when i returned it its bf and two babies (about 1 in long) were missing when i returned, i suspect my clowns. | |
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May 1st, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| I don't know anything about live bearers but those sure are excellent photos! | |
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May 1st, 2009
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| | Fish Addict
| i actually know quite a bit about livebearers but i cant perscribe medication because USA has different stuff than australia. | |
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May 4th, 2009
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| | Fish Bum
| Thank you Martinismommy | |
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May 7th, 2009
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| im glad we could help | |
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May 13th, 2009
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| Orange is definately female, Dalmation male. | |
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May 14th, 2009
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| | Fish Addict
| absolutely. How are the fish going anyway | |
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June 25th, 2009
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| I bought 4 mollies 2 weeks ago, last week during the water change i found a molly fry, only 1 tho, have rescued it by placing it in a breeding net, it must have birthed days after bringing it home. My tank is still in the cycling process and the baby is surviving and growing fast, good luck with yours x | |
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