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Can a balloon Molly mate with a regular molly?

53K views 13 replies 10 participants last post by  Oblivious 
#1 ·
I have a male balloon molly (he is the only balloon molly i have) and he seems to be ALL OVER my regullar female mollys. He's the only male in the tank right now and seems to be enjoying himself....haha! Anyways, if they can mate with eachother, will the fry be deformed? Will they survive? Just kinda curious!:hmm:
 
#3 ·
yea i think they could aswell....but i dont know how good quality the fry will be :):):)
 
#6 ·
wow intresting. so if i keep a balloon molly and a regular molly,will they breed like crazy right away or will it take time for some babies?
 
#7 ·
Depends on the male... I know some males are more interested in... mating... than others. But most likely she'd get pregnant in a few days probably. As I noticed with my balloon molly my males went crazy after she gave birth. I'm sure the males would go crazy after the female since she isn't pregnant...

But if you buy it from a store its likely already pregnant so it'll take some time for the selected molly to become the father I'd think. ;P
 
#8 ·
yea some males want "it" more than others :):):) and i agree...when you buy a female for a pet shop they are usually pregnant
 
#9 ·
i was just at the pet store and they had some mollies with guppies and some balloon mollies with dalmation mollies and i wanted them soooooo bad!!!!!!!! but i have a very stocked tank.
 
#11 ·
I just put a normal female molly in with my Male ballon molly and they haven’t stop being at “it” since. my theory is that ballon mollys are fat so when a male ballon molly sees a normal molly (which is gonna look super thin to him) he will automatically think she is definitely not pregnant so he will go to mate it.
 
#12 ·
Interesting theory, if applied to animals with the capabilities for complex thinking. Fish like mollies however will not, and readily breed regardless of size or shape of females - heck they sometimes chase after fish of other species...

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