Breeding Mollys

bankai01

i have been told to breed mollys you dont need anything. you do not have to buy a breed kit but you will lose some of the babies not all of them though. is this true? do i need a breed kit do i need plants or anything?

Lupin

A 10g tank full of plants is sufficient to make the female more comfortable to drop her fry. You will lose fry to predation, wrong equipments albeit strong filters and defective products and poor water quality.

bankai01

i will get a airpump with a fizz thing attached to it, heater, and cycle tank first. i will put some plants in it too, but mollys are live breeders so...what fry?

Lupin

Fry=babies

:)

bankai01

Oh, Lupin so tell me, wil this set up work.
10 gallon tank
2 or 3 java furns
air pumper
4 mollys 2 guys 2 girls.
heater

And also how many babies would u think i would lose if i dont get a breedkit?

Falina

2 guys and 2 girls will lead to the females being very stressed with the males trying to breed and this can sometimes lead to the death of the females. If you want 4, and I would put no more than that in a 10g then go for 3 females and 1 male. Always have at least 2 females to every male, 3 females to every male is better.

The breeder kits also are very stresful. Avoid them and use plants instead to allow the fry to hide.

bankai01

ok thanks man i was thinking of getting 3females and 2 males, i will ignore the breeder kit but i heard if you put marine salt in a molly tank it will be better.