I Thought My Molly Was A He, But I Think It's A She!

[helterskelter]

what else do u have in the tank?

Molly fry are a little larger and tend to have some colour too unlike guppies.
Good luck

 

[dsiegel13]

what else do u have in the tank?

Molly fry are a little larger and tend to have some colour too unlike guppies.
Good luck

I only have these two mollies, along with 8 platties and 5 tiger barbs. Everyone plays nice, the species seem to separate into their own neighborhoods, at feeding time they all gather at the source and there is no noticeable fighting.

The platties made short work of the first platy fry brood that came along two weeks past, there were only 2 that I could find and those only lasted a couple days. I don't like the breeder traps, so I let nature take its course in the tank and allow for free birth. I have built up lots of good hiding spots that the bigger fish can not get to and moss growth is improving daily so they can hide/feed there too.

Trying to convince the wife to allow me to start a breeder tank (have a spare unused 3 gal), but she is hesitant to let me... she knows that if I have 2 tanks going, that 2 will turn into 5 tanks in a short amount of time

 

[This Old Spouse]

Excellent. Let us know how the fry do once they're here!

 

[dsiegel13]

Excellent. Let us know how the fry do once they're here!

Will do!

 

[helterskelter]

If you just keep livebearers you can rear the fry along side the adults very easily.
Your tiger barbs are whats eating the fry.

Simple answer for me is to .........

 

[This Old Spouse]

If you just keep livebearers you can rear the fry along side the adults very easily.
Your tiger barbs are whats eating the fry.

Simple answer for me is to .........

Not necessarily true. It takes some care and planning to rear the fry with the adults, otherwise the livebearers will gladly eat the fry as fast as the barbs would.

 

[dsiegel13]

If you just keep livebearers you can rear the fry along side the adults very easily.
Your tiger barbs are whats eating the fry.

Simple answer for me is to .........

Actually like that only the strong will survive, not getting rid of the barbs they are the kids favorites. Besides if too many survive then my tank will be horribly overstocked, instead of moderately overstocked as it is now.

 

[This Old Spouse]

I wouldn't be getting rid of my barbs either!