I believe she is pregnant. Mollies are harder than some livebearers because for most livebearers (guppies), you can see a big black dot behind the stomach which shows they are pregnant. However, if you are not sure and you want babies, it doesn't hurt to move her to a separate 10g breeding tank and you'll know in a month.

 

I am not sure how to set one up. I will be picking a ten gallon up from my brother in law tomorrow. What should I make sure I have in there for her? Will it stress her out being away from the others? if so, what will help her?

 

no but if you move her in the late stages she will reject the new tank and be full of stress so move her early if you want babies or have natural selection and take the surviving fry from the tank she is in

 

start by getting a filter, and putting some nice lighting (2w/gallon)... thene sponge over it to protect the baby fish (or a floss bag). don't put any gravel, and get lots of plants to help the babies hide, especially near the bottom. feed them hikari baby bites (powder) to start and increase to crushed flakes as they grow... good luck, and if you need more help pm me!

 

OMG.. She had the fry last night efore I moved her to the fry tank... I have two left that is in a fry tank now... what do I feed them??

 

i have never had mollie fry but my guppie fry did well on tropical flakes there good cause they can be crushed small so there easy eat.

 

Frozen baby brine shrimp will be gobbled up by the fry as well as crushed up veggie flakes. I raised my baby platies on those two things until they were old enough to eat the variety my mature fish eat. (I used the Omega One brand).

 

Well, it is with the saddest heart and tears that I have to say this.... I lost both of my babies- one yesterday and one today. Thank you all for the advice, and I will keep the notes so I can maybe have some surviving fry the next round.

 

So sorry--I wonder why they died? Did they look abnormal in any way? I'm sure you'll have plenty more in the future, so don't despair too much. Hugs.

 

I am not sure why they died. I know one of them had a funny swim, but the other looked fine as far as I could tell. I am going to check their water and see if there was something wrong with the water, but there shouldn't be. I do a 20-25% change every other day and sometimes once a day (I am not using a filter in their tank as it is a 20 gal. with only 10 gal. of water. I checked it on the 24th and it seemed nearly perfect, but I will check it again just to make sure. It is just the thought that I lost the only two babies I could save.


R.I.P Thing 1 and Thing 2

 

Is my Molly pregnant and shall I keep her separate ? Please help !

I have 3 female mollies and 1 male guppie so I am guessing the guppie is the daddy sorry if I sound daft but still learning . How long is she pregnant is it between 25-30 days ?? Thankyou .

 

I have 3 female mollies and 1 male guppie so I am guessing the guppie is the daddy sorry if I sound daft but still learning . How long is she pregnant is it between 25-30 days ?? Thankyou .

mollies and guppies can hybridize so you make perfect sense

 

Would you say he is pregnant with the black spot ?
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It depends does he have a gonopodium that determines if he is a he gonopodium is the sex organ that is stuck in the females vent making the gravid spot the spot is equivoulent to the womb as the gonopodium is equilvuant to a urmm .... a penis sorry for that word
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Sorry mistyped ! I meant she ! Yes the male guppie has a guppie has a gonopodime
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Sorry mistyped ! I meant she ! Yes the male guppie has a guppie has a gonopodime
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ok had me worried for a bit lol

 

Is it just me or does one of dalmation molly girls look pregnate?? And is it possuible for a 24 karate molly to get one of the dalmations or a sunburst platty pregnate?