Help confused on what breed-Feeder fish that are now pets.?

Question

I have a 3 foot tank with a rainbow shark, a electric yellow, a blue, a silver shark, 3 guppies, a bristlenose catfish and a golden catfish. All really baby size lol. Before i put any decent fish in my tank i decided to cycle it with feeder fish. (I didnt loose any) Now i was going to take them out but ive grown attacted to them and i cant decide whether they are platties or mollies. They are really small and most have black speckles except one red one and one black one. Help how can i tell since they are so small? Ive looked on the net and im still confused? Is there somthing that one has that the other doesnt? Thanking you for replying Angel xoxo

((((((Also all of my fish get on fine even though some are not recommended to mix.)))))

Its cycled guys im not a retard!! Im asking how do i tell what my feeder fish are?!!!

I got my feeder fish from the local pet aquarium place. I got like 14 for four dollars cause they are so small. I think from what ive been told there is a mixture of both and thats why im so confused....

Answer 1

I don't think I've ever seen a red molly, so they might be platies. Where did you get them? Whoever it is should know what they are so I'd ask them. In general mollies are a little flatter across the top and get a little bit bigger when they're full grown. The mouth on a molly is a little further up-turned as well. You might have to wait until the fish grow up to really know what they are.

Also, there are speckled platies and black platies as well so that doesn't automatically make them mollies.

Answer 2

They speckled one and the black one are mollies. The other one is a platy. I t would be more decent though if you could show us a pic maybe of them.

Answer 3

How long did it take to cycle the tank? If it was less than 4 or 5 weeks,it isn't cycled yet.