My red lyretail mollies

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I'm breeding red lyretail mollies overhere. Btw, if you breed lyretails (no matter mollies, swordtails or platies), there's usually a small percentage of the offspring that have regular fins. Lyretail guppies is a different story.
The funny part is that such reds will be born blonde (yellowish) . And they turn slowly (literally very slow) red.
With these young ones, some start becoming red at the nose and head and others from the back. But in some it's also fun to watch them change color in a slow way instead of a fast color change.
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So, they start off as being blonde, followed by orange and then red.
 
Lovely! Thank you for sharing.
 
I'm breeding red lyretail mollies overhere. Btw, if you breed lyretails (no matter mollies, swordtails or platies), there's usually a small percentage of the offspring that have regular fins. Lyretail guppies is a different story.
The funny part is that such reds will be born blonde (yellowish) . And they turn slowly (literally very slow) red.
With these young ones, some start becoming red at the nose and head and others from the back. But in some it's also fun to watch them change color in a slow way instead of a fast color change.
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So, they start off as being blonde, followed by orange and then red.
The red is quite regal.
 
Thanks all... :good:
 

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