Best haul of the lake

So last night (i had headlamp) i went to my lake to catch some fish and ghost shrimp, Specifically some least killifish but when i was catching them i managed to catch 5 least killifish fry (3 male, 2 female) and i added them in my tank with my other 2 male least killifish fry. When i was about to head back i saw something smooth and somewhat bluish hiding in the rocks So i put my net in front of the rocks and before i knew it i had caught a Sailfin Molly, Put it in my 36 gal and is very social, exploring the tank and swimming through the plants. The least killifish fry formed a colony of 7 (minus 2 mature female), i will feed them brine shrimp (About to have an explosion of brine shrimp). Any thoughts or suggestions?
Just thought i should share my night time fishing adventure?
Note: I am well over my tanks capacity (gets to the best of us no matter what) and I haven’t had a single Amonnia spike since early September. All fish are healthy and happy and i know how to deal with parasite and fungus (especially ich).
extra note: When i was catching fish with my net (through thick patches of floating hornwort and lake weeds) i caught an abundance of small fish and fry (barely any grownup fish at all). I guess at night the small fish go to the surface while the bigger fish stay at the bottom.
fun fact: Sailfin mollies are the only native molly in all of north america.

 

So last night (i had headlamp) i went to my lake to catch some fish and ghost shrimp, Specifically some least killifish but when i was catching them i managed to catch 5 least killifish fry (3 male, 2 female) and i added them in my tank with my other 2 male least killifish fry. When i was about to head back i saw something smooth and somewhat bluish hiding in the rocks So i put my net in front of the rocks and before i knew it i had caught a Sailfin Molly, Put it in my 36 gal and is very social, exploring the tank and swimming through the plants. The least killifish fry formed a colony of 7 (minus 2 mature female), i will feed them brine shrimp (About to have an explosion of brine shrimp). Any thoughts or suggestions?
Just thought i should share my night time fishing adventure?
Note: I am well over my tanks capacity (gets to the best of us no matter what) and I haven’t had a single Amonnia spike since early September. All fish are healthy and happy and i know how to deal with parasite and fungus (especially ich).
extra note: When i was catching fish with my net (through thick patches of floating hornwort and lake weeds) i caught an abundance of small fish and fry (barely any grownup fish at all). I guess at night the small fish go to the surface while the bigger fish stay at the bottom.
fun fact: Sailfin mollies are the only native molly in all of north america.

Well, you've gotta post photos!

 

Well, you've gotta post photos!

Here are the photos, sorry they aren’t perfect but this was last night. I will try to get a picture of her today and the fry later today in the tank.

 

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So cool! I went swimming with a bunch of mollies in a cenote early this year, and allll I wanted was to take a bucket of them home with me and start a biotope for them. I don't get to just go visit them in nature like that here int he northeast. Thanks so much for sharing.

 

I was able to identify her as a female, roughly 2 inches adult. She regained her color in the morning. I will feed her some blood worms and brine shrimp.
edit: I always wanted to have a molly of some sort. My dad says the top fin reminds him of a sailfish (cant blame him).

 

I think the wild-type mollies are some of the more pretty ones. The color on some of captive morphs is nice, but there's no questioning that the highlights on the scales of a wild-type sailfin molly is one of the most beautiful things in the hobby - at least to me.

 

I think the wild-type mollies are some of the more pretty ones. The color on some of captive morphs is nice, but there's no questioning that the highlights on the scales of a wild-type sailfin molly is one of the most beautiful things in the hobby - at least to me.

Here is the video of the fry eating and a video of the molly vibing.

 

Sooo I went to the lake today and caught some interesting stuff. I caught several dozen ghost shrimp, 8 least killifish (7 of them are fry), and 2 baby sailfin molly’s.