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Anyone know what fish this is?

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Nameusernameuser · 09/04/2019 21:37

Just that really, inherited some fish and were told they're guppies but not sure they look like any pictures we can find on Google. Also, do they look pregnant?

Anyone know what fish this is?
Anyone know what fish this is?
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TeenagersandFurbabies · 09/04/2019 21:41

They look like Molly's.

threemilesupthreemilesdown · 09/04/2019 21:41

Shortfin mollies?

chipperchop · 09/04/2019 21:45

Yep, that’s a pregnant molly!

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azulmariposa · 09/04/2019 21:46

Definitely Mollies. In the second pic the one at the top is a male and the one below is a very pregnant female.
They give birth to live young, but be warned they will eat most of them!

Cherrysoup · 09/04/2019 21:54

Agree, molly. Guppies tend to have fan like tails which droop slightly. Fish are buggers for cannibalising their own young. My pond goldfish ate all their own babies, mixed feelings on that, we’d be overrun if they hadn’t, but ugh!

How big is your aquarium? I’d want to add some colour, some neon tetras, just to be predictable!

Anyone know what fish this is?
MitziK · 09/04/2019 22:15

You can buy a little nursery tank - a small box like thing that the babies go into inside the main tank until they're too big to be gobbled up.

They're not expensive.

Nameusernameuser · 10/04/2019 14:14

Will buy a small nursery for them then. @Cherrysoup we've just added 6 neon tetras and a couple of sucky fish to the algea. It's a 70ltr tank so plenty of space for the fish we do have, but I think we'd be overrun with anymore!

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Cherrysoup · 10/04/2019 14:33

Sucky fish!! Love it! 😂 Loaches? Brilliant little workers. You can get a double felted magnet to clean the sides, I used to love doing that on dad’s tanks. He specified the house build around them, bit keen!

Nameusernameuser · 10/04/2019 17:56

It's a bristlenose catfish according to DP, we've got the magnet to clean the tank top Grin I don't want to have fish and then not look after them properly, so hopefully we are doing everything right! Grin at your dad!

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ItsMyIssue · 10/04/2019 18:12

Look like balloon molly

Nameusernameuser · 21/04/2019 10:58

Just an update, definitely pregnant! We have baby fish this morning Smile

Anyone know what fish this is?
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