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[biokid101]

After thought about what i was gonna do i got rid of some fry and bought 2 balloon mollies. i have 5 fry left which r small and i kept the 3 juveniles and 1 fry from each batch.can someone plz tell me something about balloon mollies? i bought one male and female and the female is orange with black spots...almost like a mickey mouse Platy and the male is white.the female has a black gravid spot but its not huge but its black! she is squared but i dont know if she will give birth. its hard to tell because she is a balloon molly...also i saw she was in the tank with guppies to at the lfs and they could interbreed so idk if they r gonna be balloon molly fry or golly fry(Guppy & molly)..

 

[omega59]

Balloon mollies are basically deformed breed, their spine grows like that causeing organ issues and don't live for too long due to this. They are a hybrid variation of Poecilia latipinna,the Sailfin Molly. Btw is it true they can be in a saltwater tank with clownfish etc??

 

[OldMan47]

Pet shop mollies can be acclimated rather easily to full salt water conditions. Salt water people always used to use them to cycle their tanks. I have no idea if they still do that or have found another method like we have on the fresh side of things.

 

[biokid101]

wow i didnt know that. well i knew they were a hybrid but i didnt know it wasnt normal to have a bent spine like that for them..but her belly is bigger than the males by a couple centimeters so i know she is pregnant but i just have to wait and see... if they r deformed why did someone breed them to make them popular??

 

[Harlequins]

Congrats on your new fish

Balloon mollies are very difficult to tell when they're due,because of their shape.

Who knows why they're popular...you can answer that yourself because you bought them

By the way - you 5 gal in going on overload now with mollies has well...

 

[biokid101]

yea i know im not planning on getting new fish for a whhhhhhhhiiiiiiiiiiillllllllllllleeeeeee!