Molly Fish Not Breeding?
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Just give it time. They won't mate on command. They'll mate when they want to. You just have those females 10 days ago.
And the gestation period of mollies is longer than in guppies.
And the gestation period of mollies is longer than in guppies.
But i notice that the male molly does not show any mating behavior. The male molly sometimes flares his fins at the females but he doesn’t show mating behavior. Will it still take time for breeding?
Do we know if the male is mature or alternately elderly?
The male molly is elder. I bought him in may 2021. He isn’t infertile though right?!
I would still give it time... But yes, sometimes a male just don't care what's swimming around him.
Infertility has got nothing to do with not mating. For even infertile males will try to mate but with no result. He could also be trying to mate when it's dark. There are males who prefer to mate when it's dark. For most mollies in the dark will stay still in general. A good option to try to mate with a female if the male is still active. So, it's a bit hard to give the proper answer.
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Im sorry for replying late, just saw your message now. When your saying that infertility has nothing to do with mating, isn’t that infertile means? Can’t reproduce? Also my male molly has sometime been in very high gH conditions and high ammonia conditions months ago. But then the parameters were corrected.’That was months ago, but can that cause infertility to my male molly?
Good point. The alternately elderly usually don’t care about mating anymore. Not that I know anything about that.
Infertile only means that the specific specimen is not able to reproduce. But infertile specimens still have the urge to mate. An infertile male can still direct his gonopodium to the female's vent. That will still function but won't result in offspring.
By my knowledge the circumstances your male molly was in, won't cause infertility.
A high GH is exactly what mollies require so if you are "correcting it" - how? It is unnecessary and, depending on specific numbers, detrimental. Please provide numbers for the parameters.
Photos of the fish may help pinpoint any barrier to reproduction.
Is there anything wrong with his anal fin? Is his anal fin fine?!
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It does look raggedy but that may be the fin shape for the variety of Molly you have? @emeraldking can you advise please.
At 10 days in, just relax. He may or may not be fertile, but the females may or may not already be gravid from the store. You won't have enough info to worry with for another month.
I hate to say this, because he's a nice fish, but he doesn't look like breeder material to me. He isn't in his prime, and his fins are ragged looking.
I hate to say this, because he's a nice fish, but he doesn't look like breeder material to me. He isn't in his prime, and his fins are ragged looking.
No. That is not the fin shape the molly already has. He was once nipped by a fellow tankmate thats why his fins are like that.
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