mollies do this too
i know this because my friend had tropical fish at uni (horrible things that ate each other. and the bubbling water tank noise made you need a piss all day and all night). she had a black molly. when she was sad one day, i bought her a silver molly to cheer her up.

i had no idea mollies were live-bearing fish. i had no idea i had somehow managed to pick the only female in the tank (apparently they normally only sell males). shortly afterwards she had about 10 tiny baby mollyfish. they were so cute. we stood there transfixed. then the albino shark swam past. stopped. swam back. just sucked them up like spaghetti. we were too shocked to cry. she had to buy a breeding net, but chasing tiny little fuckers with a spoon around a big tank full of big fish that wanted to eat them was not an easy task.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 28 Jul 2011, 13:18, Reply)