NANFA-L-- More on sailfins

Bob Bock (bockhouse-in-earthlink.net)
Tue, 8 Feb 2005 09:32:40 -0500 (GMT-05:00)

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<DIV>The other thing one needs to keep in mind when breeding sailfins is th=
at males become sexually mature-in-a variety of sizes, from tiny quarter in=
ch "sneakers", to 4 or 5 inch males with big sails.  Although the stor=
ebought sailfins I keep do grow a little after developing a gonopodium, the=
y don't grow very much.  If you're interested in big sailfins, you nee=
d to rigorously cull out the smaller males and only expose the females to t=
he larger males. -----Original Message----- From: Bob Bock <=
BOCKHOUSE-in-EARTHLINK.NET> Sent: Feb 8, 2005 9:24 AM To: nanfa-l-in-nanfa=
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<DIV>Moon, your not the first person to tell me that sailfins have been get=
ting smaller.  At our local plant club meeting, I met a guy who looked=
to be in his mid to late 70s, and he told me that when he was a kid, molli=
es used to be a big fish.  Similarly, as a kid in the early 60s, a rem=
ember a pair of albino sailfins in the fish section of the local Two Guys t=
hat dwarfed the little black mollies in the other tank.  It's hard to =
remember back almost 40 years ago, but I'd have to guess that those fish we=
re anywhere from 5 to 6 inches long! -----Original Message-=
---- From: Moontanman-in-aol.com Sent: Feb 7, 2005 3:32 PM To: nan=
fa-l-in-nanfa.org Subject: Re: NANFA-L-- Amazon Mollies <ZZZHTML><=
FONT face=3Darial,helvetica><ZZZHTML>In a message dated 2/7/05 3:25:01 PM East=
ern Standard Time, dlmcneely-in-lunet.edu writes: 
<BLOCKQUOTE style=3D"PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000=
0ff 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" TYPE=3D"CITE">Moon, No one really knows t=
he parentage of all the aquarium mollies, especially blacks.  Black mo=
rphs of several molly species occur in the wild, but the most common are fr=
om Poecilia sphenops.  Some are also from P. latipinna.  The sail=
fin on the fish you bought suggests latipinna, velifera (or other tropical=
) heritage, but the red margin on the fin suggests some other parentage als=
o, even including sphenops.  The short of it is, mollies in the aquari=
um trade are derived from lineages long ago established from a variety of p=
arents.  Unless you bought fish from a breeder who could document his =
fish, I would just call them "black mollies."  That is sort of like sa=
ying that your pet dog is a dog. Dave </BLOCKQUOTE> Th=
at is really too bad, I know you don't see those huge mollies in the trade =
anymore much less the huge black ones. I remember I paid $1.50 for it 42 ye=
ars ago. I had saved for a whole summer to get that fish. I loved it like a=
dog! Moon</ZZZHTML> </DIV></ZZZBODY>/----------------=
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