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Molly's virgin pregnancy

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I have many platies and one molly, all who I've had for about 5 months. They always seem to be pregnant but recently the molly was absolutely huge so I put them all on a diet because I thought I was feeding them too much. But one day I came home to find loads of fry (about 50) which I put in a breeding net. Usually I struggle to find one baby to save. On that day I noticed the molly was dramatically slimmer, which had occurred over a period of hours. But can they be the molly's babies, since she is the only molly? I have heard that livebearers can store sperm for a while but would she have stored it for that long a time? I have 2 male platies, who show no interest in her and a male gourami. Is breeding possible with any of these?
 
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