Dont know how this happened, I had a black (both solid black) Molly pair (m/f) and a guppy pair (m/f).

Females of both were preg, guppy went first, had a floating breeder tank. Put guppy in there, had babies, just 2 survived. Then molly went in and she had a few, but then my daughter pushed the little tank under and they all got freed, so only the two survived. Ok in the beginning till about 2 months they were solid grey, (like guppy baby's are) looked to be female to me, but knew young so didnt think about it. then long story short, tank broke, i wasnt there, husb left it with the 2 baby's and one cichlid, a jack dempsy in same tank, no filtration, just in the water. I got a new tank fixed problem. The babys are now about 6 months old, about full size as my other molly's new ones.
But now they look to be male, and instead of developing a little color, they now are clear/grey with tons of black spots, looking like a dalmation molly, ok i may concede that the molly baby survived, instead of guppy baby, but i swear that the molly babies were all black.?lol, I was watching her have them and they WERE all black, but how would these get spots anyways if both parents were solid black?
I had had her for like oh 6 months before she threw this pair, so i didnt think could still be from pet store, anyways she was with all solid black intank there too? lol, a big mystery for me !! Now my guppy threw 42 babies the other day and they are in floater tank lol

Dalmations can sometimes start black and then go dalmation....perhaps your Mollies had some Dalmation genes in them. Though sometimes Male Guppies can have strange coloring while they are young. Any chance of a picture?

I have to say though, I doubt the Mollies and Guppies would breed, since they each have a female of their own species. But who knows...it has happened, though very rarely. A Picture of this fry would be ace though.

This post has been edited by Annastasia: Aug 23 2005, 04:54 PM

Let me try to get you one, lol, i moved and i can't find my cord for the dig cam! lol

Okies, thanks. Though I guess I won't be able to see it if you don't have the cord...?

Heh, I don't know...I'm useless with technology.

This post has been edited by Annastasia: Aug 23 2005, 05:07 PM