Pregnant black molly with orange male???

[littlesonshine]

I am fairly certain that our black molly is pregnant as she has gained a fuller figure recently. The males that I have in the tank are an orange and white speckled molly and an orange and blueish grey colored platy. I was wondering if anyone has had these two colors breed together and what color the fry end up being. I am pretty sure that these are our baby makers because she has been at our house for over a month and didn't get big until recently. Also any help on how far my black molly is would be appreciated.

 

[Mgamer20o0]

genetics its hard to say..... some will look like the mom and pop

 

[jm1212]

there will probably be quite a few speckeled ones...maybe even some silvers.

 

[OldMan47]

Have you had the girl a long time? If not, what color were the fish in the tank she came from? Mollies can carry sperm for months.

 

[KarlTh]

These are just colour varieties of Poecilia sphenops crossed with P. velifera. They interbreed freely. None of these colour varieties exist in the wild.

 

[hayleysharp]

some will look like pop but most will look like mum

 

[CornBreadjiffy]

No I think you will have a mix of O B looking ones and mostly black with a red tint. Had one do the same and they came out like a blood red and as they grew up turned more black with red tint. Blue light a must

 

[KarlTh]

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