Wednesday, July 13, 2011
How often can fish inbreed before there is a problem?
      I have a 55 gallon aquarium.  I currently have 1 female guppy (which just had 18 fry) and a male and female balloon molly.  I eventually want to have probably around 10 male guppies with 20 females, and a pair of white mollies and a pair of black mollies.  I want the resulting babies to finish out the population of my tank.  I realize that in a confined area, there is bound to be some inbreeding.  Does anyone know how long I have before there will be a problem?  And once I have a large population, would it help if I gave some of the young fish away and replaced them with new fish, to increase the genetic diversity? 
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