Recent content by gaiagrrrl

I've found an answer to my own question. :) In his book Livebearers: Understanding Guppies, Mollies, Swordtails, and Others, David Alderton writes, "[Females] can even undergo an apparent switch in gender at this stage as well, as the result of hormonal changes in their bodies following...

An update: When I bought this molly, there were only two others in the shop. A few days later I was back in the shop for something else and that's when I found out the molly had been tattooed. I thought it was horrible. He agreed with me and said they weren't going to even sell them, but...

Thank you for the picture. It really helps. My first batch of fry were from a marble molly. I was only able to save 6 of them. One of the babies is marbled, but the other five are sort of a pale beige irridescent color. She had these babies a few days after I bought her, so I'm not sure...

What do you mean by "wild forms"? What would that look like? I know there are no black mollies in the wild, but what else? Do you just mean color, or shape as well? Thanks!

I'm wondering what the dominant traits are when breeding mollies. Is there a more dominant color, fin shape, etc? Like how brown eyes are dominant in humans. What can I expect from offspring and which are the most desirable offspring to keep for future breeding? Thanks!

I know that it takes the babies a while to decide which sex they're going to be, but what about adults? I have an adult "female" who I bought a couple months ago. My male molly tried (and I thought) succeded in mating with her, yet she never got bigger with fry-to-be. He stopped trying to...

I bought a female balloon-belly molly who has been tattooed (she's white and has purple polka-dots). I didn't know this at the time, or I would not have bought her because I don't like to support cruel treatment of animals. Anyway, from what I understand, fish do see in color, so my question...

I just got on here today and I'm really excited to learn from all of you. I only got my aquarium a couple of months ago so I'm quite new to the whole fish thing in general. Right now I have mollies--three females and a male, and I'm hoping they will breed. I think it would be exciting to have...