2 female balloon molly...

[JoBodude]

Ok right now i have 2 female balloon molly fry and i cant wait for them to grow cuz i KINDA am thinking about breeding them! should i?

 

[Da_Oz]

Well there are easy to breed. But they do have lots of fry. Some of my females have broods as big as 50 fry at a time. And out of the 50 about 2% has to be put down due to defects. And take a time to reach saleing point.

 

[willywonka099]

Well balloon mollies seem to be hard to get rid of LFS sometimes do to the fact they are inbred and some people dont like that. but if you want the best amount of fry get a floating/hanging PLASTIC breeder ad let her birth in there or even better if you have a room get a 10 gallon with alot of plants in the net breeder a mom can eat the fry but in a plastic breeder that sometimes get stuck but in the wild not all make it anyway....... Also another thing about letting them be birthed in the main tank (as long as u dont have an EVIL male like mine) you will get the best quality of fish the strongest and quickest will survive

 

[Da_Oz]

Willy I think that matters where you live. My LFS are having breed BB's for them. So some places need them, and some don't. So best to ask first.

 

[willywonka099]

Yea sorry for any misconsumtion on that ........ I gaurantee you could get them off your hands you may not make a pretty penny (u could if u give it time and hard work !!! and alot of females lol) but i almost gauruntee you could get rid of them but i also gaurantee anything you get wont be near as valuable as raising those fish on your own from a speck to a birther of specs