Anyone seen this color morph before?

[phoenixkiller]

I was at my cousins's house checking out his fish tank and the cool mollies caught my eye. A handful of people heard me talking about them, I called them the dalmatian mollies with an orange belly. I've got a pic of them below, has anyone seen this morph before or bred them yourselves? I had told him that those were some awesome mollies, and he wanted to know of what value they were to the fish community. I said I would check with the people on here. Two things: I am not allowed to tell you how he bred them and he is not selling them... ever. So, what price would you pay for this molly?

 

[maxwellag]

I was at my cousins's house checking out his fish tank and the cool mollies caught my eye. A handful of people heard me talking about them, I called them the dalmatian mollies with an orange belly. I've got a pic of them below, has anyone seen this morph before or bred them yourselves? I had told him that those were some awesome mollies, and he wanted to know of what value they were to the fish community. I said I would check with the people on here. Two things: I am not allowed to tell you how he bred them and he is not selling them... ever. So, what price would you pay for this molly?

My LFS has them all the time. They call them "koi mollies". I wouldn't consider them special, they are pretty common. I would pay $2 for one at an LFS, but from a hobbyist, no more than $.75, but I'm not even interested. I think basically you breed black and white Dalmatians with orange and white Dalmatians.

 

[skywhitney]

I've seen them numerous times under the name "Black Gold Dust Molly". Like maxwellag, i wouldn't pay more than $2 for one since they really aren't uncommon.

Here is a link that shows more about their husbandry.

Goliad Farms, LP - Poecilia 'Black Gold Dust Molly'

 

[emerald76]

Ehh-75 cents to a buck maybe

 

[mfdrookie516]

I am not allowed to tell you how he bred them and he is not selling them... ever.

Since you won't tell... I will. You see... what he did is he put a boy molly and a girl molly in a tank together.... and, well... they did the rest.

 

[phoenixkiller]

Since you won't tell... I will. You see... what he did is he put a boy molly and a girl molly in a tank together.... and, well... they did the rest.

Ha ha. Ha ha. Ha ha. No. What I meant was I'm not explaining what color mollies were bred to make that morph.

 

[maxwellag]

Ha ha. Ha ha. Ha ha. No. What I meant was I'm not explaining what color mollies were bred to make that morph.

It isn't a secret... It's obvious. It has been done before, and is still being done. There's no point in not telling how to breed a common color morph.

 

[phoenixkiller]

It isn't a secret... It's obvious. It has been done before, and is still being done. There's no point in not telling how to breed a common color morph.

I know, but that's what I promised him.

 

[maxwellag]

How long did it take him to breed them to be like that? Or did he buy them like that?

 

[phoenixkiller]

How long did it take him to breed them to be like that? Or did he buy them like that?

It took a time, he bred it himself.