Sailfin Molly Breeding

[mtnkngxt]

I know they arent monsters. but this is my mini monster tank tank I keep for my GF. If shes happy I get to keep the Monsters. So far Ive bought her 3 pairs of Sailfin Mollies and the males harrass the females nonstop. I was wondering if anyone has ever managed to get them to breed. I know people have I was just wondering If anyone on here ever has.

Tank Specs 35 gallon- Penguin 350, Fluval 3, AC 50 powerhead with filter. Magnum 250 HOB

Stocking: 3 Pr. Sailfin Mollies, 4 Clown Loaches small, 2 Yo-Yo Loaches sm, 2 Boesmanni Rainbow, 3 Bala Shark sm.

I have 60,90, and 110 tanks waiting for the balas and clown loaches.

 

[Druu]

Your ratio is a bit off. As with all livebearers, breeding trios are preferable to pairs. Two females to one male.

 

[wataugachicken]

yeah, you need at least 3 more females.

 

[guppy]

Your ratio is a bit off. As with all livebearers, breeding trios are preferable to pairs. Two females to one male.

I know this is a bit off topic but there is at least one livebeare that you want at least one to one m/f, or even more males than females, that is the pike topminnow. The reason is that if they get at all hungry the females tend to eat the males.

Back on topic,
Are you using any salt? Mollies do best with at least1 tbsp/5gal. Also a few feeding of blackworms or live brine shrimp will encourage the females to come to breeding condition.

 

[Druu]

I know this is a bit off topic but there is at least one livebeare that you want at least one to one m/f, or even more males than females, that is the pike topminnow. The reason is that if they get at all hungry the females tend to eat the males.

Back on topic,
Are you using any salt? Mollies do best with at least1 tbsp/5gal. Also a few feeding of blackworms or live brine shrimp will encourage the females to come to breeding condition.

Sorry, I meant the common livebearers found in LFS- guppies, platies, mollies.

 

[sandtiger]

Need more females per male. I pefer 3 females for eatch male. I would look into taking two of the males back.
As for the brackish molly subject they do not need and do not do better in brackish conditions. LFS mollies are not bred in salt or brackish water. The fish farms raise them in freshwater and the LFS keeps them in freshwater. They are adapted to the point where it really makes no difference. Even if they were wild caught there are freshwater populations of mollies that live out their entire life cycle without ever living in a salt environment.

 

[wataugachicken]

I know this is a bit off topic but there is at least one livebeare that you want at least one to one m/f, or even more males than females, that is the pike topminnow. The reason is that if they get at all hungry the females tend to eat the males.

yeah, true, but those fish are freakin' scary. you'd think being livebearers that they'd be nice, but they are one of those fish that make you want to count all your fingers after a water change to make sure you still have them.

 

[mtnkngxt]

I bought all of them as pairs and each pair stays with its mates. I think when I move into my apartment in January that I'll get 2 29 gallon tanks and just move each pair into their own tank and hope that I can get them to breed. I have a Sunset pair and the male is a brilliant orange and black and then my marble pair has really dark deep silver white brown and black, and my dalmations are decent.

 

[Liam]

I've once tried 1 male with 5 females (with guppies). In about a week i had fry swimming out everywhere... They got fed to the O

 

[Mystix212]

IME its only the jet black mollies that actually do well in water with salt in it. Other strains IME are just plain freshwater.

I have 2 male mollies that I have raised as fry, and the smaller uncolourful one always try's and impregnate the sailfin male. Funny stuff. I wish he would just jump out.