Unusual livebearer hybrids?

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True Muppies and Gollies ARE sterile. The ones you see in LFSs today with names like MollyGuppy or GuppyMolly are simply veiltail Mollies. The science has been proven over and over conserning the viability of guppy molly hybrids. See Norton's works. Yes, there are some real ones out there. They are sterile and do not reproduce. In fact, the true hybrids are mostly obtained by a modified "invitro" fertilization, milking the males and injecting it into fertile females as the gonopodum does not "catch" properly most of the time to produce hybrids in sufficient numbers for mass production. If you are only doing this at home for your own interest you probably won't have to manipulate them yourself. Males of both species will hit on almost any female livebearer and plenty of egg layers as well!
 
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hey guys.. i wish this thread had more content in both pictures and more info about breeding them together.
i have a picture of a golly/muppy (i found it on MFK)

molly x guppy golly.JPG
 
mason malawi said:
hey guys.. i wish this thread had more content in both pictures and more info about breeding them together.
i have a picture of a golly/muppy (i found it on MFK)
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This one is fake. I've seen it before. But on you tube some one does have them. I was thinking on trying this. Just get a virgin female guppy and a male Molly. Or visavera but I know with female guppy it has worked.


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I've had female guppies holding baby's from male mollies a couple times,But the guppies always died after getting really huge. I think the baby's were to big to give birth to?
So if it were to happen it think it would have to be female molly to a male guppy....


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krustyart said:
True Muppies and Gollies ARE sterile. The ones you see in LFSs today with names like MollyGuppy or GuppyMolly are simply veiltail Mollies. The science has been proven over and over conserning the viability of guppy molly hybrids. See Norton's works. Yes, there are some real ones out there. They are sterile and do not reproduce. In fact, the true hybrids are mostly obtained by a modified "invitro" fertilization, milking the males and injecting it into fertile females as the gonopodum does not "catch" properly most of the time to produce hybrids in sufficient numbers for mass production. If you are only doing this at home for your own interest you probably won't have to manipulate them yourself. Males of both species will hit on almost any female livebearer and plenty of egg layers as well!
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Bummer. Sucks that my newest accidental additions are going to grow up sterile. White Balloon Molly and female Guppy:

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/f...r-golly-s-Balloon-Molly-Guppy-fry!-(4-Viewing)
 
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