I've been really missing our old molly trio:
And mum had been complaining about the 57g in the living room "having no fish in it" before, lol. It has fish, but nearly all bottom dwellers, just a few visibly elderly tetra and a platy as mid-water swimmers. The plecos hide so well in the bogwood that you only see them at mealtimes, there are a good number of corydora (sterbai, bronze and black Venezeulan), then a single male platy, one cardinal, one black neon and three glowlight tetra.
So when I spotted someone looking to clear the last of their livebearers, I couldn't resist. He said there were a pair of mollies )which I could see where black with silver and gold dappling, my favourite kind of molly), eight male guppies, and a load of small fry.
Will try to get some decent photos later. But have them in a QT right now, and I love the adult molly pair, they're gorgeous fish. The fry that I assumed were guppy fry are actually molly fry, some look very white too, so I'm excited to see how they turn out. Ten male guppies - and one poor female guppy! I got her out of there, since she had a conga line of males behind her. I do wonder how long he's had that single female in there with ten males! She seems in good shape though.
Just one that I don't like the look of. One of the males was head down, tail up when I first saw them in the travel tub, and he has some kind of swim bladder issue. Looks fine other than that, I honestly get the impression that it's a weaker/slightly deformed one that just isn't very strong or has something a bit off with his swim bladder. I don't get the impression of illness or disease from him or any of the others, but will obviously be keeping them QTed, and might worm them, just to be safe.
And mum had been complaining about the 57g in the living room "having no fish in it" before, lol. It has fish, but nearly all bottom dwellers, just a few visibly elderly tetra and a platy as mid-water swimmers. The plecos hide so well in the bogwood that you only see them at mealtimes, there are a good number of corydora (sterbai, bronze and black Venezeulan), then a single male platy, one cardinal, one black neon and three glowlight tetra.
So when I spotted someone looking to clear the last of their livebearers, I couldn't resist. He said there were a pair of mollies )which I could see where black with silver and gold dappling, my favourite kind of molly), eight male guppies, and a load of small fry.
Will try to get some decent photos later. But have them in a QT right now, and I love the adult molly pair, they're gorgeous fish. The fry that I assumed were guppy fry are actually molly fry, some look very white too, so I'm excited to see how they turn out. Ten male guppies - and one poor female guppy! I got her out of there, since she had a conga line of males behind her. I do wonder how long he's had that single female in there with ten males! She seems in good shape though.
Just one that I don't like the look of. One of the males was head down, tail up when I first saw them in the travel tub, and he has some kind of swim bladder issue. Looks fine other than that, I honestly get the impression that it's a weaker/slightly deformed one that just isn't very strong or has something a bit off with his swim bladder. I don't get the impression of illness or disease from him or any of the others, but will obviously be keeping them QTed, and might worm them, just to be safe.
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