Molly despisers, unite!

[Debisbooked]

Than I think something weird happened and I am not sure if the black mollies crossbread with a gold mollie..., they are kindo of a grey color.

About 25 of them showed up sitting in a group together...

Ha! "Crossbreeding" is just a nice term for fishy incest!!! :dance2:

 

[smbjedi]

if you dont like them why not take all of the mollies to the petstore?

 

[KateCB]

My angel fish is a homing agent for fry I think - he knows the minute the molly/platty give borth and has a feast......won't you LFS give you store credit for keeping them stocked with FREE stock????? Help you pay for the food to feed the molly clan!

 

[Debisbooked]

My angel fish is a homing agent for fry I think - he knows the minute the molly/platty give borth and has a feast......won't you LFS give you store credit for keeping them stocked with FREE stock????? Help you pay for the food to feed the molly clan!

No credit-they get mollies on a regular basis from others besides me so they are really doing me a favor by taking the fish. I woud like an angel fish but up until the last few months Ihave not had anything live to feed one. Now is the time to reconsider! :Angel:

 

[Lupin]

In the past, I have had pretty good luck breeding and selling fancy guppies, with unusual coloring patterns. It actually supported my aquarium hobby for a good number of years. (All filter supplies, food, etc. Plus a new 10-20g tank every month)

Not here lately anyway. I do agree about it when the demand was large a few years back.

 

[Malbri]

lol, I dont have mollies, but i do have swordtails, I know how you feel

 

[NinjaPenguin]

My wife bought 4 dalmation mollies (1m 3f) in February... 3 months down the line and we have about 6 generations cluttering up the aquascape already! Have more than 50 in my "for sale" tank destined for the LFS next week. Every week theres a new batch of tiny lil eyes staring at me through the plant leaves...

I think I feed them too well because they ain't eating their offspring! lol

 

[Debisbooked]

I think I feed them too well because they ain't eating their offspring! lol

I must feed well too because none of the critters have ever been eaten by other fish, least of all their parents.

 

[Debisbooked]

if you dont like them why not take all of the mollies to the petstore?

It's hard to say why I don't take the parents in too...I guess because my daughter gave me the fish is the first reason. I assume the LFS does not want "adult" fish that might die soon. (Just how long do mollies live anyway? These two must be over a year old). I actually like the colors of these two -one is almost pure black and the other is a mottled black and gold. They do eat hair algae occasionally, which makes them valuable.