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[Frank the Tank]

ok got a few pics of some fish which i am not 100% what they are, the reason for this is that they were freebies (scooped up by mistake) whilst i was buying other fish.sorry for rubbish pics but none of them stay still for long enough

first wee guy was in a tank with balloon mollies in lfs, naturally i would assume he was also ballon molly but he looks like a platy or normal molly?



second was also in a tank with balloon mollies in lfs, i can see he's a boy but not sure what kinda fish, maybe he is too young and now developed a big belly yet



lastly this one was found in my own tank (fish on right), the only livebearers i have are balloon mollies and variatus platy so naturally i would assumed he is one or the other but he looks like neither... oh the one on left is defo balloon molly

[random919]

the top ones look like platies or barbs of some sort and the bottom ones could be mollies or platies. they are both livebearers.

[lloyd]

the top two both look like balloon mollies, just not very ballooned. not sure about the young one its to small to tell.

[craftyfishlady]

The black fish looks the spitting image of my black male Molly.

Kirsty
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[Ny82]

The top pic and 2nd pic looks like a sailfin molly. They usually have mollies and balloon mollies in the same tank.
In the last pic, the one on the right looks like a baby platy. It looks at least a few weeks old. Mines looked like that at a few weeks old! How long have you had your platies? I could be wrong if you only have male platies lol.

Edited by Ny82, 09 May 2012 - 08:27 PM.

[Frank the Tank]

The top pic and 2nd pic looks like a sailfin molly. They usually have mollies and balloon mollies in the same tank.
In the last pic, the one on the right looks like a baby platy. It looks at least a few weeks old. Mines looked like that at a few weeks old! How long have you had your platies? I could be wrong if you only have male platies lol.

sailfin molly for first one looks like a good shout, either way the first one and wee black one are defo both male, the frisky wee Bad word removed never leave the 2 female baloon mollies alone

the small one on right is probably a platy, i have 2 female and 1 male platy, i've just never seen them that young and obviously not developed any color yet

[Ny82]

The top pic and 2nd pic looks like a sailfin molly. They usually have mollies and balloon mollies in the same tank.
In the last pic, the one on the right looks like a baby platy. It looks at least a few weeks old. Mines looked like that at a few weeks old! How long have you had your platies? I could be wrong if you only have male platies lol.

sailfin molly for first one looks like a good shout, either way the first one and wee black one are defo both male, the frisky wee Bad word removed never leave the 2 female baloon mollies alone

the small one on right is probably a platy, i have 2 female and 1 male platy, i've just never seen them that young and obviously not developed any color yet

Omg did I actually get something right? lol there's a first for everything!
The sailfin is lovely, light body and dark fins-striking contrast! When I had platies, I found a baby in my tank and that's what it looked like. He's about 3 months old now and silver with black fins.
Keep us updated on the fry, it would be interesting to see how it turns out! I love seeing what fry turn out like.
I have guppy fry, they are 8 weeks old and 6 of them were rehomed today. I have 2 that I kept. One male that I kept just because of his brilliant red tail and fins already at that age! My baby platy had no colour for ages!