What Are My Mollies Doing?

[craigthomas2010]

my male mollie is chasing my female mollie around and pecking her anal fin / belly and also he is raising his top fin really high?


are they mateing?

 

[Curiosity101]

Often males nip at the anal fin before commencing mating so yep. I'd say he will mate with her (if he hasn't already). And you can espect fry in a few weeks.

 

[craigthomas2010]

Often males nip at the anal fin before commencing mating so yep. I'd say he will mate with her (if he hasn't already). And you can espect fry in a few weeks.

well i braght her and him about 3 days ago 1st day i had her she had 25 fry ,, from today 3 have survived


so is he mating this early on , i mean they were in different tanks when i got them so would they so soon ?

many thanks

 

[Curiosity101]

Livebearers breed like rabbits. Nothing stops them, and they will mate even if she's already pregnant and developing fry again.

 

[craigthomas2010]

Livebearers breed like rabbits. Nothing stops them, and they will mate even if she's already pregnant and developing fry again.

lol i have 2 guppies they are about 2cm long how do i tell if there male or female?

 

[Curiosity101]

Same way as your mollies. Male has a gonopodium, female has a normal spade shape anal fin.

Sometimes you'll get late developing males though that seem to have a female anal fin.

Another way is to look at the colouration, females tend to be a plain grey/cream body with coloured fins. Males are normally brighter, larger fins, colour is continuous over the whole fish.

 

[elisew]

Do you have only one female molly? If so, you may find she will become extremely stressed from the constant harrassment from the male. if your tank is big enough I would strongly advise that you get at least another 2 females or consider keeping only males together if you don`t want a continuous stream of fry to deal with

 

[jester4666]

i have 1 male & 3 female mollies, and the male only harasses 1 of them...the one that is currently pregnant.