Girl or boy?!

[Cammie]

Hello!

So this is the big bully I have been talking about and can't decide what sex!

I'm 99% sure she's a she because of her wide anal fin but she has been fat like that for well over a month and my other white molly has dropped a couple of weeks ago.

Please let me know what you think!

Thank you x x x x

P.S. How many pregnancies do they have? I know they store the sperm, but for how long?! My female tank is still a baby making machine and they don't seem to be interested in eating the fry any longer and the little fry are just swimming around without a care in the world getting bigger and bigger!!

 

[misterking]

Most definitely female

 

[BlueStraggler]

I know they hold sperm for a long time. Your tank will be a fry-making machine as long as those livebearers are in there.

I agree that it seems like a female. The males have that pointy fin there.

 

[lauraf]

Agreed, female. And quite honestly, she doesn't look that huge to me - I've seen pregnant livebearers looking waaay bigger than her

 

[ValRasbora]

female! males have a pointy gonopodium. She does not.

 

[ValRasbora]

great pics btw

 

[Cammie]

Thanks! Look at my little mollies coming along quite nicely, they're growing up so quickly!

 

[lauraf]

Nice! Beautiful colour . . . .

 

[BlueStraggler]

Thanks! Look at my little mollies coming along quite nicely, they're growing up so quickly!

They are beautiful!
Keep up the great job...they look healthy in that pic!!

 

[Newman]

dont know if that plant you have there is aquatic but it sure goes great with white sand!

mollies can store sperm from one mating and give birth up to 8 times from that single mating. 8 is highly unlikely but thats the max I've heard.

 

[Cammie]

You're kidding?! I bought the plants from my LFS and come to think if it, the were in a bag, not in the water. I was told they were aquatic but the leaves are starting to get eaten or dying. Not all of them but a few.........

8??! Gosh, imagine that in human terms........lol

Really going off context here (big time) but is anybody a swimming teacher or swims a lot?!

x x x x x

 

[Newman]

my fish swim a lot...

 

[lauraf]

Eye roll, Newman.
Cammie, I don't know tons about plants but I'm pretty sure that plant isn't aquatic, meaning eventually it will rot and die. Lots of fish stores sell plants that aren't true aquatics - it's a really frustrating practice. It does look lovely with your sand tho'. Maybe when you are ready for more plants, you can take pics of what your lfs has and their offical latin name if your lfs can provide that - then check back here or elsewhere online to confirm whether they are true aquatics or not.