Guppy And Molly Fry

[deanrar]

Hi about 6 weeks ago i had my first ever fry from my molly and and about 2 days later a load of guppy fry too and they were kept in seperate breeding nets in my 34 gal tank. Anyway now i can clearly see sexes of the gupie and they have been seperated but what suprised me was the fact that the guppy fry (even though younger) are loger than the molly fry and i still can not tell what sex the mollies are (i know about looking for the pointed anal fin and its made more difficult but them hiding and being silver).

Is it normal for guppies to grow faster than mollies? as i wasn't expecting that to happen and how can i tell the molly sexes? as i have said i cant see the anal fin on most because its clear and i do not see gravid spots on any of them which i thought would be easy to see as their silver.

 

[kewskills]

mollie fry need about 3 months before you can be sure of the sex of the fish, not sure which one grows quicker(molly or guppy) hope this has helped a little

 

[deanrar]

yes it has helped cheers i just assumed that the fry would all sex at the same rate and if anything the molly fry would grow quicker as they will end up bigger but its good to know that i'm not just being silly not being able to sex the mollies yet.
Cheers,
Dean.

 

[kewskills]

np