Molly Genetics Help

[connorsbala]

I have some balloon mollies and today i got a pair of silver lyretail mollies. Im getting another one 2moz as the female is constantly getting harrassed. So i mihgt get a dalmation molly or even a different colour lyretail.
Say i get an red leopard (?) lyretail molly, what will i get if the male silver lyretail breeds with it
Or if i get a normal dalmation, what will be the outcomes with that?
Also, ive noticed my male balloon molly courting towards the lyretail female...what would happen if they bred? The balloon male is similar to the molly here, form what i can make out from the pic but it probs doesnt look anything like it lol http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=104855

Thanks alot

 

[fish_4_all]

If you have the basic stock from your LFS and have not bred them yourself or know they are fairly clean as far genetics then flip a coin and that is what youcould get. While breeding them, you could get any color combination you have seen from any molly. The genetic coding could be there for Mickey Mosue, Lyre Tail, Balloon and just about any other type or color combination you can think of. I have been breeding Swordtails for a while and I started out with nothing but red ones, and I mean really red ones. Through about 8 generation I am down to Sunsets and almost completely white offspring.

It is not impossible to breed them out to get the colors you want to try to get deliberately but it will take a lot of time and effort. Until then, the combination themseleves will keep you guessing as you never really know what you will get from any one combination because of the mass of traits that the parents might carry.

 

[theotheragentm]

Without knowing the complete genotype (gene coding) of a fish, you will have no way to even guessing what kind of phenotype (physical expression of genes) you will get in a fish. I had a yellow Molly that gave birth to a completely black fry that is still black as an adult. She also gave birth to a fry that was half black and half yellow. Now that fry is mustard colored as an adult. I assume there is some black coloration in the gene pool at some point, but without tracing it out over a few generations, you have no idea what you'll end up with normally.