molly fish

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Molly Fish

• Group No VIII

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Scientific classification
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Cyprinodontiformes
Family Poeciliidaetropical
Genus Poecilia
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Distribution

• Common name is Molly.
• Sometimes called short-finned molly or common
  molly.
• They inhabit fresh water streams and coastal
  brackish and marine waters of Mexico.

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Types of molly
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Types of molly
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Introduction

• The wild-type fish are a dull silvery color,
  often sprinkled black all over.
• The common molly can produce fertile hybrids with
  many Poecilia species, most importantly the sail
  fin molly.

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• The male black mollies generally tend to be
  mildly aggressive.
• Mollies rank as one of the most popular feeder
  fish due to high growth rate, birth size,
  reproduction, and brood number.

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Gender identification

• Males are more slender.
• Females more round.
• Males also have a modified anal fin.

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Gender identification

• The most accurate way is to examine the anal fin.
  
• Those possessing fanlike anal fins are females.
• The anal fins of males are highly modified.
• The males transfer sperm to the females by using
  anal fin.

Female
Male
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Feeding

• Mollies are omnivores.
• Feed on
• Invertebrates
• Plant matter
• Detritus in the wild

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Feeding in the aquarium

• Fed a high quality flake food, along with regular
  feedings.
• Vegetables are absolutely essential to a mollies
  health.
• Similar tastes in frozen foods.

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Favorite live foods

• Mosquito larvae
• Bloodworms
• Black worms
• Daphnia
• Brine shrimp

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Breeding

• Internal fertilization and gestation.
• The male has a modified anal fin called a
  gonopodium.
• During mating, the male inserts the gonopodium
  into the female's urogenital opening and deposits
  sperm.
• Before mating, the fish engage in a mating ritual
  
• involving fin displays.

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Breeding

• The ideal combination of male and female fish is
  one male for multiple females.

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Breeding
Spawning molly
Separating fry from adults using contraptions
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Caring fry and fingerlings after hatchery

• Use contraptions in aquariums
• Aquarium Net Breeder
• (It has a thin frame made of plastic that's
  covered with a fine net to separate the babies
  inside the net from the larger fish outside the
  net.)

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• Net breeder made of solid plastic
• (has an upper space for the female and second
  space below for fry.)

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Different body colors of mollies

• Mollies come in a range of colors like black,
  orange and white and also come in various spotted
  colorations.

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Culture

• Brief description of Molly
• Size 2 to 4 inches (5 - 10 cm) depending on the
  species
• Life Span 3 - 5 years
• Molly Fish Temperament / Behavior Peaceful
• Origin / Habitat Central America

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Culture

• Brief description of needed Aquarium
• Aquarium Size about 29 gallon minimum, prefer
  tall aquariums
• Molly Tank Mates Not many - some feel
• they should
  only be kept
• with others of
  the same
• 
  species.
• Tank Region All over the tank.

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Culture

• Brief description of needed environmental
  conditions
• pH 7.5 - 8.5
• Temperature 21C - 28C
• Water Hardness 10 to 25 dH

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Culture

• Housing
• Mollies can be sensitive to poor water
  conditions.
• They should be provided with a spacious aquarium
  which allows for more stable water parameters.

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Culture

• Housing
• The minimum tank size for a small group of
  mollies is 29 gallons (110 liters).
• Minimum tank size rises to 45 gallons (170
  liters) if the fry allow to grown to reasonable
  size.

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Culture

• Housing
• Its important to maintains a very strict ratio
  of the sexes.
• There should be at least two females for every
  male.
• The reasons for this ratio is that males
  relentlessly attempt to mate with females, and by
  providing more females, you ensure that no one
  female receives all of the males attention.

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Plants used in small aquariums for molly

• It is generally recommended that any tank
  containing mollies be heavily planted.
• The adult mollies will appreciate the planted
  environment.
• More importantly, the plants will help with the
  fry survival rate.

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Plants used in small aquariums for molly

• Some easy to care for plants that you can add to
  a mollies tank are 
• Amazon sword plants.
• hygrophila polysperma.
• Java ferns.
• Java moss.
• water sprite.
• water wisteria.

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Fish Disease

• White Spots on Molly.
• Ammonia Poisoning.
• Fungus infections.

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Disease Prevention

• Provide the best environment for your fish to
  avoid stress on them.
• Maintain excellent water quality and perform
  frequent water changes.
• Avoid overcrowding.
• Feed a balanced and varied diet consisting of
  commercially prepared foods, supplemented with
  live foods, and avoid overfeeding.

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Disease Prevention

• Purchase fish from reputable sources.
• Observe your fish regularly to monitor changes in
  behavior or for symptoms of disease.
• Equipment shared between aquariums, such as nets,
  etc., should be soaked in water above 90 degrees

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Hey! Friends this is our home..
ENJOY
Pregnant Mothers
Breeding
Molly fish
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This is how I want to be look like
Do you want to see my babies.?
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Oh Yeah..!
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