mollie questions

[builtf0rdtough]

Well I just bought a silver mollie and put it in my tank. I already had a creamsicle mollie. The cream keeps nipping at my silver mollie. Must be two males? We like the silver better, so Im dabating taking the cream back and maybe trying to get a female. Does that seem like its the problem? two males, need a female instead?

 

[bud29]

You may have gotten 2 males, and you may have gotten 1 male and one female. What size tank are they in?

 

[builtf0rdtough]

29g. the male could be picking on the female? I dont know how to tell the mollies male and female

 

[builtf0rdtough]

Well i toon the cream back and got a female dalmation mollie. Lets just hope the dalmation and silver get along. They are both pretty fish

 

[DavidAl]

Check for a gonopodium to make sure you have the right sexes. The gonopodium is a modified anal fin in the male. Keep one male to three females.

David

 

[Ljk09]

You want a 3-1 ratio. 3 female, 1 male. It keeps from making the females so stressed from being 'chased'

 

[Ljk09]

Check for a gonopodium to make sure you have the right sexes. The gonopodium is a modified anal fin in the male. Keep one male to three females.

David

I was a minute too slow.

 

[StuMcc99]

Check for a gonopodium to make sure you have the right sexes. The gonopodium is a modified anal fin in the male. Keep one male to three females.

David

I have 2 mollys both Dalmatian ones, I think the white one I have could be pregnant as it has a bigger belly than the other, but I am not to sure.
You r saying about gonopodium what's the difference? The black one loos like it tucks it away and the white one has it open (if you know what I mean?

 

[Calypso77]

This is what the difference looks like.

 

[StuMcc99]

This is what the difference looks like.

Thanks that clears it up for me, so I have one of each

 

[builtf0rdtough]

Thanks yall. I took the cream back and got a dalmation. For sure a girl, looks pregnant. I believe the cream was just a meany, because these two get along well.

 

[builtf0rdtough]

Found 11 babies this morning. Guppies must have died after giving birth