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	Balloon Mollies
fishing-around Fingerling Posts: 40 Kudos: 11 Votes: 8 Registered: 21-Jul-2006	Hi everyone, just today I added some Balloon mollies to my 40gal comm tank, cant find them in your files. Can someone give me some info on them. mainly about breeding.. tks Sue
Posted 22-Jul-2006 01:13
bettachris Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3875 Kudos: 4173 Votes: 452 Registered: 13-Jun-2004	Edited by bettachris they are no different species wise from a reg molly. ballon mollies usually stay smaller than the larger sailfin mollies and care is about the same. Usually alittle salt is good. flakes are usually taken by these fish. edit: o and breeding is the same as other mollies i believe, however i also think that most of the fry of ballon mollies dont make it or are very un hardy. (might not be true, but thats what i read)
Posted 22-Jul-2006 02:43
Garofoli Big Fish Posts: 337 Kudos: 143 Votes: 27 Registered: 12-Apr-2006	Okay, As you may have noticed... They're fat. They also have broods of up to 40 fry. The Parents are highly cannabilistic(sp). They are all highly e to diseases due to their Morph. They breed easily while females have fully opened anal fins the males in a sexual organ called the genopodium(sp.. again). Good Luck! Hope I helped! Chris
Posted 22-Jul-2006 02:44
mughal113 Big Fish Posts: 343 Kudos: 160 Votes: 64 Registered: 16-Jun-2006	bettachris is right about the fry. Only one of around 25 made it to adulthood last time I had balloon molly fry. Plus they grow reaaaaaly slow. Balloon mollies are most e to swin bladder diceases
Posted 22-Jul-2006 03:37
fishing-around Fingerling Posts: 40 Kudos: 11 Votes: 8 Registered: 21-Jul-2006	Hi, Thanks for the info... thought they might be close to regular mollies. Have no interest in breeding, might be fun for the kids though, just dont want the tank set off wack. I was told that they breed easy like guppies, this is true? will it upset the tank ? I have upsidedown catfish. 5 lemon tetras, 6 cherry barbs and the 3 mollies. bye and tks again Sue
Posted 22-Jul-2006 03:51
bettachris Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3875 Kudos: 4173 Votes: 452 Registered: 13-Jun-2004	the other fishes will probably eat all of the fry so i wouldn't worry about overstocking due to breeding.
Posted 22-Jul-2006 03:58
Garofoli Big Fish Posts: 337 Kudos: 143 Votes: 27 Registered: 12-Apr-2006	Wow this is wierd... Just the other day I diagnosed my last living balloon molly fry with Swim Bladder Disease... Wierd. Chris
Posted 24-Jul-2006 16:20
fishing-around Fingerling Posts: 40 Kudos: 11 Votes: 8 Registered: 21-Jul-2006	Hi, 2 of the mollies are spitting fry, tetras are scooping them up fast..sry dont mean to laugh,some are still there for now.. well hope my mollies do ok, all fish have there problems, they are fun to keep and watch though, Time will tell. CLs I hear are very e to Ick, never stops anyone from purchasing them... Sue
Posted 24-Jul-2006 17:15
Fallout Moderator Communications Specialist Posts: 6416 Kudos: 4053 Votes: 742 Registered: 29-Jul-2000	Clowns aren't as wimpy as i think people make them out to be. I've only had a problem with two that i've gotten, but they were a lot smaller than you normally see and were emaciated when i got them. They had a small amount of ich, but recovered nonetheless!!
Posted 26-Jul-2006 07:29


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