AboutRichard Hight Expertise I own several freshwater aquariums from 10 to 125 gallon. When provided with the correct information and detail, I can answer most questions about freshwater aquariums. Set up, cycling, maintenance, likely and unlikely tank mates, feeding. Moving? I've moved fish both across town and across the country and can help you get your little aquatic friends to their new home safely. I know about most freshwater tropical fish and some Cichlids including Angels, Bettas, Blood Parrots, Brichardi Cichlids, Cory Cats, Danios, Farlowella Cat, Gouramis, Green Severum, Guppies, Kribensis Cichlids, Mollies, Oscars, Platys, Swordtails, Tetras, Tiger Barbs & Uaru Cichlid to name several I currently own. If I don't know the answer to your question, I will certainly do research and find the best answer for you. If I don't know the answer and unable to find it, I'll tell you. I will not give it my best shot or an educated guess as this could potentially put your pets in danger. I am NOT an expert with Goldfish, Koi, Cod, or Frogs etc. I also cannot answer any questions about saltwater fish or aquariums.
Experience Many years of personal experience with fish and aquariums
Question I have two female Mollies, a mother and a daughter. This daughter was the sole survivor of mom's first litter, born in February (we were on vacation and another female ate almost all the fry born between the two of them). We have not bred her since.
We separated both into a ten gallon tank before Baby was one week old.
I have recently moved the two of them, as well as my Guppies and Neon Tetras and Otocinclus, into my forty gallon. Suddenly, Baby is looking pregnant. I wondered, "Could a Guppy have gotten her pregnant?" Surely not! we thought. They're both livebearers, but they're not the same. Surely they cannot breed! She is just a pig and gorges herself everyday.
But she still looks pregnant. It's been almost a solid week of her looking swollen to the point of bursting. Two days ago I thought I saw tiny eyes showing through.
Is this possible? Can she be pregnant? Or was our first thought correct, and she is just ridiculously fat? Maybe she has some sort of parasite in there? She acts so healthy though..
Answer Hi Teneisha
Guppies and Mollies will breed. I've seen pictures of fry from a Male Molly & Female Guppy cross.. however they did not survive. In fact, in the articles I read, very few of these fry survived from a cross male to female or female to male. Those that did survive, had genetic defects.
So if she is pregnant from the Guppy, I doubt the fry will live long.
