Molly fry colouration

robyn · 10-15-2006, 11:19 AM

i bought a couple of mollies about 2mnths ago, not exactly sure. there was a stowaway baby molly in the bag that the lfs said i could keep. she's grown alot and recently i noticed her tail was tinged red on the one side. the other side is going blue. how long does it take for them to get their body colour and is my molly really a molly?

Puffer Pita · 10-15-2006, 11:30 AM

Could be anything, depending on what they had in the tank. We got a stowaway fry once when we bought some cherry shrimp. They said it was a gold zebra danio fry. Once it grew up, it turned out to be a gambusia (mosquito fish).

A picture might help us identify it if you can get one.

robyn · 10-15-2006, 11:51 AM

i have been trying, but im struggling to get a decent pic. i think my mollies are camera shy, lol!

leafgirl115 · 10-15-2006, 02:54 PM

lol they can be hard to get a picture of. Just keep trying.

robyn · 10-17-2006, 11:41 AM

well, i think i got some semi-decent pics:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y53/Rbynu/DSCN1942.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y53/Rbynu/DSCN1939.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y53/Rbynu/DSCN1926.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y53/Rbynu/DSCN1916.jpg

Puffer Pita · 10-17-2006, 12:01 PM

Could be a molly or platy, or even a guppy, although from the 3rd picture, I doubt its a guppy.

darkfalz · 10-17-2006, 08:49 PM

I'd say its the same fish as the fish in whatever tank it came from.

doggydad38 · 10-19-2006, 12:57 PM

Couldn't make out anything in the first two or last pictures. The thrid picture looks like it might be what I see being sold as a Cremecicle Molly. Really tough to tell, though.
tony

corykid225 · 10-23-2006, 11:53 AM

The one you are asking about is not a molly at all if you are talking about the little fish i am seeing in the 1st 2nd and 4th pics that is a female fancy guppy.

Damon · 10-23-2006, 12:12 PM

1,2 and 4 would be a guppy. the thirs does look like a molly (longer body vs a platy) but cannot be sure.

robyn · 10-23-2006, 01:40 PM

yea, in the 3rd pic, it is a molly. the fish in question is right at the top of the frame. so u say a guppy?

corykid225 · 10-23-2006, 02:16 PM

yes that is def. a female guppy

robyn · 10-23-2006, 02:58 PM

thanx alot every1

10-15-2006, 11:19 AM	#1
robyn Lost sole Join Date: May 2006 Location: South Africa Age: 20 Posts: 233	Molly fry colouration i bought a couple of mollies about 2mnths ago, not exactly sure. there was a stowaway baby molly in the bag that the lfs said i could keep. she's grown alot and recently i noticed her tail was tinged red on the one side. the other side is going blue. how long does it take for them to get their body colour and is my molly really a molly? __________________ Robz 29G 1 mollie (moving to QT) 1 guppy(moving to QT) coming soon: 6 otto/cory catfish 3 dwarf gourami 8G QT 2.5G becoming a handrearing cockatiel thingy

10-15-2006, 11:30 AM	#2
Puffer Pita Puffer Enthusiast Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 1,672	Could be anything, depending on what they had in the tank. We got a stowaway fry once when we bought some cherry shrimp. They said it was a gold zebra danio fry. Once it grew up, it turned out to be a gambusia (mosquito fish). A picture might help us identify it if you can get one. __________________ Tina Puffers: Auriglobus silus x2 Colomesus asellus x1 Tetraodon travancoricus x1 Tetraodon biocellatus x2 Tetraodon nigroviridis x1 Tetraodon baileyi x2 Tetraodon lineatus x1 Tetraodon palembangensis x1 The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way in which its animals are treated. - Mohandas Gandhi

10-15-2006, 11:51 AM	#3
robyn Lost sole Join Date: May 2006 Location: South Africa Age: 20 Posts: 233	i have been trying, but im struggling to get a decent pic. i think my mollies are camera shy, lol! __________________ Robz 29G 1 mollie (moving to QT) 1 guppy(moving to QT) coming soon: 6 otto/cory catfish 3 dwarf gourami 8G QT 2.5G becoming a handrearing cockatiel thingy

10-15-2006, 02:54 PM	#4
leafgirl115 ₪ Morgan ₪ Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Canada Age: 18 Posts: 477	lol they can be hard to get a picture of. Just keep trying. __________________ ₪ Morgan ₪ 20g Marble/Salfin Molly's Silver/Salfin Molly's Red Commet Platy's Ted- Commpn Pelico lots of molly fry!!! 5g Aquarius -VT Male betta / Austin -Blue VT Male betta 1g Rose-Green HM female

10-17-2006, 11:41 AM	#5
robyn Lost sole Join Date: May 2006 Location: South Africa Age: 20 Posts: 233	well, i think i got some semi-decent pics: http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y53/Rbynu/DSCN1942.jpg http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y53/Rbynu/DSCN1939.jpg http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y53/Rbynu/DSCN1926.jpg http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y53/Rbynu/DSCN1916.jpg __________________ Robz 29G 1 mollie (moving to QT) 1 guppy(moving to QT) coming soon: 6 otto/cory catfish 3 dwarf gourami 8G QT 2.5G becoming a handrearing cockatiel thingy

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10-17-2006, 12:01 PM	#6
Puffer Pita Puffer Enthusiast Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 1,672	Could be a molly or platy, or even a guppy, although from the 3rd picture, I doubt its a guppy. __________________ Tina Puffers: Auriglobus silus x2 Colomesus asellus x1 Tetraodon travancoricus x1 Tetraodon biocellatus x2 Tetraodon nigroviridis x1 Tetraodon baileyi x2 Tetraodon lineatus x1 Tetraodon palembangensis x1 The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way in which its animals are treated. - Mohandas Gandhi

10-17-2006, 08:49 PM	#7
darkfalz Vishy vishies! Join Date: May 2006 Location: Australia Age: 29 Posts: 482	I'd say its the same fish as the fish in whatever tank it came from. __________________ 40L - 1 opaline gourami 160L planted - 8 harlequin rasboras, 6 tiger barbs, 2 swordtails, 1 bristlenose pleco

10-19-2006, 12:57 PM	#8
doggydad38 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 198	Couldn't make out anything in the first two or last pictures. The thrid picture looks like it might be what I see being sold as a Cremecicle Molly. Really tough to tell, though. tony

10-23-2006, 11:53 AM	#9
corykid225 Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 57	The one you are asking about is not a molly at all if you are talking about the little fish i am seeing in the 1st 2nd and 4th pics that is a female fancy guppy.

10-23-2006, 12:12 PM	#10
Damon Aquatic Naturalist Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Dayton, Ohio Age: 32 Posts: 14,971	1,2 and 4 would be a guppy. the thirs does look like a molly (longer body vs a platy) but cannot be sure. __________________ For in much wisdom [is] much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. Member of the AGA (Aquatic Gardner's Association) Member of the IBC (International Betta Congress)

10-23-2006, 01:40 PM	#11
robyn Lost sole Join Date: May 2006 Location: South Africa Age: 20 Posts: 233	yea, in the 3rd pic, it is a molly. the fish in question is right at the top of the frame. so u say a guppy? __________________ Robz 29G 1 mollie (moving to QT) 1 guppy(moving to QT) coming soon: 6 otto/cory catfish 3 dwarf gourami 8G QT 2.5G becoming a handrearing cockatiel thingy

10-23-2006, 02:16 PM	#12
corykid225 Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 57	yes that is def. a female guppy

10-23-2006, 02:58 PM	#13
robyn Lost sole Join Date: May 2006 Location: South Africa Age: 20 Posts: 233	thanx alot every1 __________________ Robz 29G 1 mollie (moving to QT) 1 guppy(moving to QT) coming soon: 6 otto/cory catfish 3 dwarf gourami 8G QT 2.5G becoming a handrearing cockatiel thingy

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