I have 5 mollies, they recently had five babies about a week ago and two new babies just today. the older ones are a light brown, and the newest are black i was wondering when they will start to change color. thanks.
2007-05-09 12:19:59 · 5 answers · asked by Dah! 1 in Pets ➔ Fish
thanks. im thinking they might be white becuase both my white mollies have brown on them. so who knows. they are only a week old. we'll see. thanks for all the advice.
2007-05-09 14:35:47 · update #1
They probably won't change color, or at least not much. Most mollies you buy at a pet store have a widely varied genetic background and can have babies that don;t look much like them at all. Also, they are usually pregnant when you buy them and the father could be any male in the tank or that was in the tank with her for the last several months. Talk about a mess genetically speaking.
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2007-05-09 14:01:49 · answer #1 · answered by magicman116 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not an expert on this but it seems that the coloring may depend on the parents & grandparents. Don't think I remember seeing any lt brown mollies. They have so many different varieties out now. Black, albino, silver, gold, & spotted or speckled as some call them. Pot-bellied or balloon belly ( they look miserable-like blotted blimps). Not to mention the high fin & lyre tailed. Too confusing.
2007-05-09 19:47:10 · answer #2 · answered by aka.quirks 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have 2 sets of brother & sisters from different parents - 2 silver/white and 2 kinda orange, black & clear "speckely" - I gave away the others before the 2 boys developed so I thought I had 4 girls!!
My silver female had 3 fry the other day, one like her & the others seem to be a weird mix of silver and grey at the back and spots of orange at the front.
Watching my "speckelies" as they grew, - they didn't so much change colour as "adjusted" the area covered as they got bigger. Although I have to say on the male his colours seem to be stronger & more vibrant lately!
2007-05-10 19:30:49 · answer #3 · answered by Zookeeper 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hi, when my mollies had babies the first 3 born were black then the next 7 were white!!
when they got to about 4 weeks old we could distinguish their markings much clearer and y 7 weeks old we could tell what color they were going to be
good luck
2007-05-10 02:13:02 · answer #4 · answered by rik v 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
as soon as their size got bigger, i've got some platies who give birth to white and brown fries, but they soon changes color in about less than 1cm.
2007-05-10 02:09:02 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋