Balloon mollies

[Alien Anna]

Saw some of these yesterday for the first time. I didn't like the look of them - they looked about to explode!

Does anyone know anything about them? Are they hardy? Or are they over-bred?

 

[aernympha]

i have one ballon molly called specky i dnt think they look odd just premeantly pregnant hehehe they are hardy in my opinion and very godd natured!!! most mollies i have are apart from my sailfin she moody and doesnt hang around with any of the other fish bit of a bully...... but they are kool fish and if u dnt like them why woul du want them or dont u ..................confused u just asking out of interst???

 

[bigfish]

I think the balloon molly is a cultivated variety which has been intentionally produced to have a deformed body shape.

I think they are as hardy as the normal mollies but i'm no expert on this subject, maybe william could give you a better answer to your question.

 

[aernympha]

they often remind me of fantail goldfish with there big bellies maybe that where the idea came from also some have lyretails

 

[Alien Anna]

but they are kool fish and if u dnt like them why woul du want them or dont u ..................confused u just asking out of interst???

You don't expect me to make sense on Bank Holiday Monday, do you?

Perversely, I like ugly fish. But I like them to be naturally ugly, rather than deformities bred by strange human beings. For instance, I love bristlenoses because they are incredibly ugly, but designed by nature to be that way. There is method in their ugliness. Those bug-eyed goldfish, OTOH, I just find upsetting because some of them are so deformed, they can't even feed properly.

 

[aernympha]

hmmmmmmm i surpose ....... but i kinda like some of the fancy goldfish strains....

 

[bigfish]

The only goldfish i haven't got is the ones with the bubble eyes because i be afraid it would hurt itself in my aquarium.

 

[aernympha]

bigfish do u like the different goldfish strains???