Molly breeding

[eklikewhoa]

So.... I've collected a few mollies.

Trio of dalmation lyretail
Black female
Creamsicle lyretail female

If I crossbred them would I get that cool calico looking molly?

[wesleydnunder]

with enough interbreeding between them you may get what you're looking for Quoc. Without controlled breeding of segregated fish it's a crap shoot on what the offspring will look like... depends on what's dominant and recessive in each fish.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mendelian_inheritance

Hope this helps some.

Mark

[eklikewhoa]

Really makes you appreciate those that have the patience to breed the good qualities.

[Sea-agg09]

Yeah, some Great things happen by chance, but most definately don't. It would be an interesting project to document all the attotd.

[eklikewhoa]

I don't have the patience like others, I went and bought a pair to my liking and lucky me the big female dropped a ton of fry!

[BrAin]

Ek, i have a community tank with some wild mollies and a couple lyretails. I keep plenty of live plants and a good temp. Do you think my mollies wont drop b/c of the other fish in the tank?

[eklikewhoa]

I doubt it's cause of the other fish, I honestly don't know if there is a real science behind it since I've always just "add water" and I have molly babies.

If there's nothing in the tank that would suffer from it maybe add a bit of aquarium salt/Sea salt to the tank.

[BrAin]

I've added salt, fed worms, algae disc, added xmas moss, and changed the water regularly. Still nothing. My buddy "adds water" and gets two females to drop.

[eklikewhoa]

Just wait it out, she might not be ready.

[Philbert]

ek...eventually you will breed back to the beginning and end up with green mollies, like the ones living in the bayou.
I love lyretails, they sorta occured naturally but are hard to maintain if crossed with delta tails.
I mostly love Sailfins, from Green wild to Platinum and on.