Good Golly!

[MHunt]

This is great! Really interesting reading. But i really think that rather than the physical traits, it will be if the Golly's can reproduce themselves. If so we may have the start of a new strain.



I'm sure hybrids in the wild wouldn't be fussy about muddying the genetic code, that's one mechanism for evolution. We're just giving a helping hand!

 

[Gankutsuou]

someone in all of fish history has done this before right? so there should be some records somewhere...

 

[GuppyDude]

Im certain it has been done before, but this to my knowledge is the first closely observed case of such a pairing.

 

[diburning]

It should be noted that this project is an attempt to sufficiently document and answer a fairly old question. These fish will not be released into the aquarium trade or have any opportunity to interfere with pure lines of either parent species.

it is ok. Your "experiments" are sterile and will not hybridize or even reproduce for that matter.

That's certainly part of what I intend to find out--which of the 3 categories they fall into:
1) completely sterile
2) occasional fertile females, sterile males, can reproduce with either parent species but not each other (like mules)
3) self-fertile (can reproduce with each other)

Since this hybrid is so poorly documented to begin with, and I'm stubborn and curious, I'm not willing to take "they're 100% sterile" at face value until I mess around with them myself.

I'm not saying they are, but they SHOULD be 100% sterile because you don't see them in the hobby.

And why do you call them gollys?? muppies sound better

 

[Darkmoon Bettas]

Sorry about the lack of updates--I was out of town for a little bit.

There seem to be 5 remaining fry. I never found a body, but when netting each one individually to photograph just now, I could only find 5, so I must have lost one while I was gone.

They are now 24 days old, and starting to get long and lanky like guppies, and the two largest are developing nice, substantial round tails.

What follows is a single photo each, of each of the 5 remaining fry. They still look VERY similar but can be told apart by the patterns on their tails and their size. (As for size, they are between 1/2 and 3/4 inches long, fairly large for their young age of just over 3 weeks. This is the fastest batch of livebearer fry I've worked with in a long time.)

 

[sharkbaitwoohaha]

they are great. can see the body length of guppies cos pure molly fry have a shorter body, in my experience anyways!

 

[~T~]

Lookin good 8)

 

[GuppyDude]

Is it just me, or is the one in teh first pic a little bent, like in a V shape, slightly?

Nice looking fish, i cant wait to see how their tails turn out.

 

[pica_nuttalli]

i agree, it does look like that one might have a slight spinal deformity. it could just be the guppy heritage. i've seen plenty of low-quality guppies display similar spinal kinks.

 

[§tudz]

i agree, it does look like that one might have a slight spinal deformity. it could just be the guppy heritage. i've seen plenty of low-quality guppies display similar spinal kinks.

I dont think its deformed it looks more just like the angle from which the photo is taken, the fish is rising up through the water and the photo has been taken at a funny slanted upward angle

 

[wei0204]

This is something new to me, it is very interested. I feel like want to try this....

I am waiting to see them growing up.... Please update us with pictures... thanks a lot

 

[Betta5]

I wanna try a balloon molly/guppie breeding. Would this work do you think? Very nice fry and an interesting experiment!!!!!

Good luck!!!
Sean

 

[~T~]

I wanna try a balloon molly/guppie breeding. Would this work do you think? Very nice fry and an interesting experiment!!!!!

Good luck!!!
Sean

Hmmm

 

[CBBP]

maybe sailfin molly with guppy? then try and work some ballon molly fattness into it?

 

[pica_nuttalli]

since female guppies are not evolved to contain molly-sized babies, i would encourage anybody interested in replicating this experiment to use female mollies and male guppies (especially if one is interested in crossing a balloon molly).