Interbreeding?

[KrystaK]

I was just curious if they could and would interbreed

 

[lloyd]

thats a good question. i would assume they would but it would be intersting to no for sure

 

[Cazgar]

As they're both molly varieties, I would imagine they would interbreed, but maybe someone with more knowledge will answer for definite

 

[StandbySetting]

Yes they will interbreed as they're the same species, but why on earth you would want to breed balloon Mollies is beyond me, they've just been line bred to look like that.

 

[lloyd]

i no i would shut fish stores down for selling them.

 

[KrystaK]

I was just wondering.... I feel like I said something wrong

 

[StandbySetting]

Not at all, I just don't recommend breeding from Balloon Mollies for ethical reasons, that is all.

 

[lloyd]

I dont think you did. its a good question. for all we know they could have been genetically modified or something

Not at all, I just don't recommend breeding from Balloon Mollies for ethical reasons, that is all.

How do you no that, have you bred them or know some one who has bread them? im just curious as i cant find anything solid on the net to say they have been selectivly bred

 

[StandbySetting]

They are line bred for the Balloon shape, basically they take a Molly that shows some of the desired 'Balloon' and then breed from it to create a more prominent Balloon shape, the arched spine results in a decreased life span and various other health problems, breeding should yield strong off-spring, breeding Molly's for the balloon trait is the opposite of that.

 

[lloyd]

I no thats the theory behind that but do you actually know they can breed with a normal shaped fish or even with each other any more as many deformed fish or hybrids cant

 

[Cazgar]

You didn't say anything wrong at all.
I'm not a fan of mollies full stop, but if you like them then enjoy them

 

[fish48]

Balloon mollies are for sale in almost every lfs simply because there in Great public demand for them. over the years thay have become as or more popular than the normal mollies, they are just a deformed type of mollie that will probably breed with the normal ones if giving the chance. You either like them or you don’t one thing is for sure. Balloon mollies are here to stay

 

[winkle]

As far as I know, any kind of molly, from balloons through to sailfins, will more than happily breed with each other. All mollies you buy in the shops are almost definately hybrids anyway; you'd have to go to a seriously specialised aquatics shop to find the original wild-type pure-bred species that actually exist in the real world. All these albinos, yellowy, white, fancy colours would have cropped up in captive bred fish from one species and then bred accross into other species. Basically, any fancy petshop molly = a whole mess of hybridization.

I love fancy mollies, but I know that my yellow sailfin mollies are not purebred examples of any specific species. The fancy colour was bred in from smaller, colourful mollies.

The balloon mollies originated as deformed mollies which were bred together to make even more deformed babies. They die younger because they are deformed, but they are mass-produced and sold to fish-shops because they are popular. Just like those dog and cat breeds that are bred to be prone to breathing difficulties, or hip dysplacia, or eyelids that fold in and scratch the surface of the eye. They are still dogs and can still breed with other, healthier kinds of dog. Just why would you?

I know I'd be severely annoyed if someone put a male balloon molly into my sailfin molly tank; just incase he spread his poor quality genes around!

 

[KrystaK]

I just wanted to know.
I love my Dalmatian Mollies. I three different versions of the same fish colouration. A normal Dalmatian Molly female, a Lyretail female and a sailfinned + Lyretailed male (He's beautiful!)

So Balloon mollies are basically the english bulldog of the fish world? (I just know bulldogs have a lot of health problems, no offence to them or anything)

 

[lloyd]

yES I AM QUITE AWARE HOW AQUARIUM FISH ARE BRED AND I AM QUITE AWARE THAT MOLLIES ARE BRED FOR ALL THERE DIFFERENT COLOURS BUT THE POINT I AM GETTING AT AND THE THING I WOULD LIKE TO NO IS HAS ANY ONE ACTUALLY BRED A BALLOON WITH A NORMAL LOOKING MOLLY. NOT ALL FISH YOU BUY IN THE SHOPS ARE BORN THROUGH NATURAL CAUSES, LOADS OF AQUARIUM FISH ARE ARTICIALLY INSEMINATED OR BRED THROUGH HORMONE TREATMENTS OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT. CAN ANY 1 SAY THAT THEY HAVE ACTUALLY WITNESSED THE TWO FISH BREEDING JUST BECUASE IT SHOULD BE POSSIBLE IN THEORY DOESNT MEAN IT TECHNICALLY IS POSSIBLE