pregnant silver molly

[flamcannon1]

What do i do with my pregnant fish? any special treatment? how many babys will it have? how long does it take for it to have babies once it got pregnant?

[JulieAnn]

i just got a silver molly and she is being really friendly with her male friend. how do you know for sure when she is pregnant? by a big belly?

[flamcannon1]

The pet store told me she is, they said if she has a black spot buy the anal fin, then she is pregnant, u can also tell by the increase in weight =\

[BirdLuver288]

the darkining spot is a clue, but watching to see if she gets fat isnt the best way...Its impossible to tell you how many fry she will have, if its her first drop *unlikely* it will be small, but if she has dropped many times, she will have more fry each time.

[Bettachris]

that dark spot shouldn't be visible on mollies, and really should only be visible on guppies.

since you got her from a lfs instead of a breeder, she will come pregnant. dont forget that a single female can reproduce many times without a male. female mollies usually breed once every 28-30 days, and should produce aboiut 30 -60 fry.

after she first drops her young, write it down, and about every 28 days add her tlo a breeding trap to increase the number of fry that live.

[BirdLuver288]

ok, suppose its been a while sence I last owned mollys...I cant even remember lol...my bad..

and adding her to a breeding trap might not be a great idea, I would add her to sepreate aquarium with either a few inches of java mss on the bottom, or REALLY well cleaned spanish moss *a dried craft moss available at walmart and craft stores* < it can realy dirty the water, so you will want to soake it for about a week with regular rincings, after that you can use it again and again with no issues of dying, rotting, ect..

[puddingpet]

that dark spot shouldn't be visible on mollies, and really should only be visible on guppies.

since you got her from a lfs instead of a breeder, she will come pregnant. dont forget that a single female can reproduce many times without a male. female mollies usually breed once every 28-30 days, and should produce aboiut 30 -60 fry.

after she first drops her young, write it down, and about every 28 days add her tlo a breeding trap to increase the number of fry that live.
I have a question about that. I bot a silver molly on thrusday, and she gave birth on friday. now its only been a week and 2 days, but she's pregnet again. any guess when I can put her in the trap? she's in the trap rightnow
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