GingerDiva
Aquarium Advice Newbie
I’ve had my 2 tanks running since Christmas, when I put 2 mollies into my small (22.6L/6Gal) tank and one instantly spawned – hence the large(150L/40Gal) tank LOL.
So over the months since the tanks were set up, I have been on the steep n00b learning curve of acidity, ammonia, nitrate/ite levels etc, and have lost a few unfortunate fishies along the way – but luckily only a few. Now I’m glad to say my tanks are happy and healthy, and have been for quite some time
I have only 3 mollies, all lyretails, all males – the mother was one of my casualties and I gave away several of the fry, leaving only 2. I have loads of platies, all young (oldest being about 8 weeks) and all just plain ordinary cute-as-anything platies. All of the platies were born here, so weren’t knocked up when I got them
3 of the female platies were pregnant until a few days ago – 2 have spawned now and one to go. The thing that raises questions is that around 70% of the fry so far are lyretailed!
I’ve read in my research travels that female platies mature far faster than males, which would mean the males are still too young to sire the young so soon – so is the daddy a molly?
Can mollies and platies cross breed? – because that looks like what has happened
So over the months since the tanks were set up, I have been on the steep n00b learning curve of acidity, ammonia, nitrate/ite levels etc, and have lost a few unfortunate fishies along the way – but luckily only a few. Now I’m glad to say my tanks are happy and healthy, and have been for quite some time
I have only 3 mollies, all lyretails, all males – the mother was one of my casualties and I gave away several of the fry, leaving only 2. I have loads of platies, all young (oldest being about 8 weeks) and all just plain ordinary cute-as-anything platies. All of the platies were born here, so weren’t knocked up when I got them
3 of the female platies were pregnant until a few days ago – 2 have spawned now and one to go. The thing that raises questions is that around 70% of the fry so far are lyretailed!
I’ve read in my research travels that female platies mature far faster than males, which would mean the males are still too young to sire the young so soon – so is the daddy a molly?
Can mollies and platies cross breed? – because that looks like what has happened