Two balloon mollies bred babies came out regular

[Auratus]

Ummm my oldest fry are now almost 5 months old. But like half of them never developed bellies and just look like regular mollies. Anyone know what's up?

 

[jams.alaskan]

If you're not keeping them with regular mollies but you've had them for less then 5 mo., perhaps they bred with reg mollies at the lfs./.

ALASKA

 

[Ben]

hi

wat ALASKA sed isnt true(im not tryin to be mean) Mollys dont have to have pure breed potbellys. all fry come out different. e.g i had 2 non fancy guppys and they bred and they had long finned fancy guppys.

 

[HeatherSweetness]

My balloon molly babies look regular too,but I also have a regular male and a balloon male. I can only guess who daddy is.

 

[Auratus]

Well at the lfs there were only balloon mollies in the tank.

I know they are made by inbreeding regular mollies so I guess technically they are just regular mollies...

 

[tstenback]

Here are some pictures of balloon molly fry Do yours look like these if they do then they will likely be like their mom when they grow up. HTH

 

[Aqua_Princess64]

The mollies could just have not developed their pot bellies yet or maybe they just aren't balloon mollies.

 

[EX-AmP]

my balloon molly has developed many forms of babies. ranging from orange to black, i have regular, potbellies and what LOOKS to be sailfins. i know that you cant tell sailfins from others until about 6 months but the fins seem a bit longer. they could be lyretail.