"New Guppy Momma, please correct me if I am mistaken, but lyretail mollies usually have extended rays on the outsides of the caudal or tail fin. The dorsal fins may be impressive too. However aren't the modified anal fins (or gonopodiums) the same as their parents among regular guppies? They should then be able to reproduce with females."
Yes the extended rays on the tail are very prominent in my 3 mollies. Mr Sun(for distinguishing between the one plain sailfin male with no rays) seems to have the same shaped gonopodium as Mr Sail. And talk about impressive dorsals. Both my males are still quite young (4-5 months I'm guessing, I got them off freecycle. Great site) and their dorsals are still growing. But there was this one huge male at the pet shop that had a 4"square dorsal. He himself was about 4-5 inches long. He was beautiful and only $9.95. But I don't spend that much on a single fish. That was also my entire budget for fish that day.
They did have a couple lyretail swords at the shop the last time I was there. I might go today and take a water sample for them to test and maybe talk to a manager about trading in a few of my guppies for some store credit to save up for a filter for my other 10 to be used as a guppy grow-out tank. Or maybe I should put my little gups into the Beast to grow up. But they would become dinner to someone. The guppy 10 is getting a bit crowded with 3 dropping females :) Maybe a gluegun would work to patch the old filter back together so I can use it.......
Ok I'm starting to think again. Bad idea. Especially when I'm maybe a month away from being able to get a job at the fish store.
Time to find a place for my other 10. Maybe the other end of my daughter's dresser .......
Well gotta go fight with my 11 year old to get her going to school.
Before all else fails....do a 25% water change ;)
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