guppymommy
Fish Crazy
Well, it's not complete yet as I am waiting for a piece of bogwood to arrive, but I changed my swordtail/molly/platy tank. It now has black sand as the substrate and live plants in the back. I left the fake decoration in there until the bogwood arrives, but then out it goes. 
These are the two black molly fish I got yesterday.
This is the male.
This is the female (don't worry I already had four other female mollies, so the ratio is good). The lfs thought she might be pregnant. Is she? Or is she a balloon/potbellied molly? Here are a couple of pics including a couple of back views. Her gravid area is white. I've never seen that before . . . but I've never had a black molly before either.
They aren't the best photos in the world as they wouldn't hold still, but if anyone can tell if she is a balloon or pregnant, I'd appreciate it.
Now unfortunately, as I was putting sand into the tank, I removed all of my fish and put them in a bowl. I placed this bowl in my bathroom sink. Unfortunately, my male black highfin lyretail swordtail seems to have jumped out of the bowl and went down the drain. I took the drain apart hoping he would be in the ubend or something, but my hubby had washed his hands after removing the bowl from the sink so he was gone. I cried and cried . . . silly to cry over a fish you may think, but he was my absolute favorite! My lfs doesn't usually carry the unusual varieties of swordtails, so my chances of getting another one aren't good (though I did find a company online and am waiting for a quote for shipping charges).
So the new tank is bitter sweet for me. It's looking nice, but I lost my favorite fish.
Anyone out there have a male black highfin lyretail swordtail for sale? And is that black molly pregnant or a balloon molly?
These are the two black molly fish I got yesterday.
This is the male.
This is the female (don't worry I already had four other female mollies, so the ratio is good). The lfs thought she might be pregnant. Is she? Or is she a balloon/potbellied molly? Here are a couple of pics including a couple of back views. Her gravid area is white. I've never seen that before . . . but I've never had a black molly before either.
They aren't the best photos in the world as they wouldn't hold still, but if anyone can tell if she is a balloon or pregnant, I'd appreciate it.
Now unfortunately, as I was putting sand into the tank, I removed all of my fish and put them in a bowl. I placed this bowl in my bathroom sink. Unfortunately, my male black highfin lyretail swordtail seems to have jumped out of the bowl and went down the drain. I took the drain apart hoping he would be in the ubend or something, but my hubby had washed his hands after removing the bowl from the sink so he was gone. I cried and cried . . . silly to cry over a fish you may think, but he was my absolute favorite! My lfs doesn't usually carry the unusual varieties of swordtails, so my chances of getting another one aren't good (though I did find a company online and am waiting for a quote for shipping charges).
So the new tank is bitter sweet for me. It's looking nice, but I lost my favorite fish.
Anyone out there have a male black highfin lyretail swordtail for sale?
And is that black molly pregnant or a balloon molly?
