GothFishKeeper
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Hey guys! So I’m a bit concerned/confused about my gold nugget molly named July. I got her about 6 weeks ago, and then about a week later I got a male Lyretail molly (named Ember). July was most definitely a female up until today, as you can see from the first picture of her. Ember definitely got her pregnant shortly after they had been united. Her belly kept getting bigger and bigger throughout this month, along with becoming squared off like pregnant mollies do. Plus I literally saw him breed her. One of my other females had fry a few weeks ago and none of my mollies ate a single one of them. Last night July was definitely acting like she was ready to release her fry, sitting at the bottom of plant stems, backing up to the java moss, and also sitting in the rocky substrate. When I turned their light off and went to bed last night, I expected to wake up to double the fry in the tank. But to my surprise, there was no new fry. She also doesn’t look nearly as big anymore. She’s been sitting right above the heater for most of the day today, except for during feeding time. I also noticed her anal fin is the anal fin of a male now, as you can see in the second picture. I know it’s not just clamped either because it does the thing where it flicks out from time to time. The other day I got rid of the hornwort in my tank and replaced it with some long leafy rooted plants, which makes me think she may not have been very comfortable when trying to give birth last night, like she thought she would have originally when the hornwort was there. I’ve heard of mollies changing sex, but still am not sure if thats what happened or if it was because she was uncomfortable during birth. Can anyone confirm or deny this?