What the heck are these? :)

[ArkyLady]

Hubby came home with some random fish that I don't know what they are. Hoping someone here might recognize them. Oh and I wanted an excuse to play with my digital camera

This one is about 1.5":

These are about 2.5":

Thanks for any info!

 

[Xclaw]

mollies?

 

[ArkyLady]

I had thought they might possibly be mollies, but haven't been able to find any photos that looked quite like these (markings and fin shapes).

 

[Richer]

definately looks like mollies.

-Richer

 

[Rocketman]

Look like guppies to me, but that could be a bad guess, as I don't have much experience with mollies.

 

[Sum-X]

The top one almost looks like a platty...

The second could be a discolored Lyretail Molly... Definetly a molly though...

It's not a guppy Rocketman...

 

[GobyGuy5]

I have a few platies in my tank, and I'd have to say the top kind of looks like a platy, but could be a green molly? also, the top fish in the bottom pic is definetly a lyre tail molly of some kind

 

[Darkangel]

Both of those fish are for certain mollies. The top fish I would say is P latipinna. Otherwise known as the sailfin molly. The second fish are lyretail mollies. You want to see some pictures try Baensch aquarium atlas photo index 1- 5. pages 539 and 540. Domesticated varieties of mollies are crosses of so many different species that colours cover everything from grey to red and mottled, spotted or solid colours. Check out there needs. Mollies are notoriously difficult to keep in a community tank. They have some specific needs, namely a higher temperature and the addition of salt. A very nice fish though. Good luck with them.

 

[Serrateeth_2002]

The top photo could be a mosquito fish

 

[ArkyLady]

Well, it seems I'm in a bit of a dilemna then. I read that mollies and guppies don't always get along well together (though I've had no problems so far, the mollies are not much bigger than the guppies yet). Guppies and mollies like a bit of salt in the water, but the cories can't handle the salt. I've been keeping the water at 80 degrees and the cories also don't like that either.

I suppose I should move the cories somewhere else, but well I don't have any other tank other than a 55gal with ropefish and bala sharks and I'm afraid as small as they are the ropefish might be a problem (also it's a 24" deep tank and they don't apparently like deep tanks).

Maybe I'll get a super small 2galish tank for my desk at the office to keep 4-6 cories so they'll be happier

On a lighter note, I do have some babies in the tank today. Not sure which fish had the babies, I have two pregnant guppies and the two mollies are pregnant as well I think. I didn't think any of them looked big enough to be having babies yet, but apparently I was wrong hehe

Thank you all so much for the information! At least now I can do some research and decide what to do with these fish so they'll be as happy and healthy as I can possible make them.