Surprise Molly fry

[Scaperoot]

   When I got home yesterday, there were some special little surprises waiting for me; Molly fry! I couldn’t believe it. We’ve had a black female Molly for about 3 months. I’m wondering if it’s possible for a female to hold sperm for that long. We have a male golden sailfin Molly that was added about 2 months ago. He chases her around quite often. I’ve included a (bad) screenshot of him chasing her around. If he’s the male that inseminated, wouldn’t there be some variation in their color? 
 

 

[xXInkedPhoenixX]

What a great surprise!!

[redfish]

Awesome!  I love seeing the new surprises.  We have a tank full of guppies from new surprises. 🤣

[PineSong]

Congrats on your fry. I have read that female guppies can retain sperm packets for 6-8 months. Not sure if that is also true for mollies but since they are closely enough related to interbreed, perhaps it is.
Three months is the beginning of when I would start to wonder whether a mating didn’t work out with my platies, and I would not consider them “definitely not pregnant” unless they’d been away from a male for much longer than that.

[vividheckel]

On 5/15/2023 at 5:48 AM, PineSong said:

Congrats on your fry. I have read that female guppies can retain sperm packets for 6-8 months. Not sure if that is also true for mollies but since they are closely enough related to interbreed, perhaps it is.
Three months is the beginning of when I would start to wonder whether a mating didn’t work out with my platies, and I would not consider them “definitely not pregnant” unless they’d been away from a male for much longer than that.

Yes, mollies can hold sperm for that long too. This is generally true with most livebearers in this group.