My mollies arent breeding!?

Question

I have 2 mollies i think its a male and a female (one is larger than the other) they are in a mixed tank with 2 angelfish, 2 loaches, 2 kois, 3 fantail goldfish, i goldfish, 2 redtail sharks and 2 swordtails. my tank is 103 cm in lenght, 30 cm in width and 63 cm in height

Answer 1

You have around a 40 gallon tank. You are seriously overstocked as well as the fact that you have some incompatible fish here as far as size requirements. In this size tank, you could only have the 3 fantail goldfish OR the two angelfish OR the 2 loaches OR the 2 mollies OR the 2 sword tails OR the 2 sharks and the 2 koi should not even be in an aquarium at all and this could apply to the other goldfish as well. They belong in a pond. You could keep the angelfish, swordtails, loaches and sharks together for a while, but their size will eventually require separation or a much larger, very large tank. And all this is aside from the fact that koi and goldfish are coldwater fish and have high water maintenance requirements and the rest of these fish are tropicals that need much warmer water and other water quality requirements. I'm not surprised that your mollies won't breed. If you provide a different environment for all of these fish, you may have a better chance of getting your mollies to breed. This will require getting additional tanks and separating the goldfish from the tropicals. Get a 60 gallon aquarium for the 3 fancies. If you want to keep the koi and the other goldfish, you will need about a 250 gallon tank minimum for them and plan on them outgrowing this eventually. You could keep the two angelfish in the tank you have now. The 2 swordtails could be kept in a 20-30 gallon tank. The mollies are brackish fish and would do better on their own in a brackish water environment in a tank of around 30-40 gallons. You didn't mention what kind of loaches you have. Loaches can grow anywhere from 4 inches to 12 inches each. If the loaches are smaller species, they could be kept in with the angelfish or swordtails. If they are the larger species, they will need their own tank of around 50-70 gallons. Or you can get a large tank of around 150 gallons for the angelfish and loaches in there. Or you can get a tank of around 300 gallons and keep all of the tropicals together, except the mollies, which would still do better in brackish water. Or, you can try to take most of these fish back, do some research on what fish go well together and how much water they need and then stock your tank appropriately. It's okay. We all made mistakes in the beginning, but we learned from those mistakes, did our research and have happier fish for it. Good luck!

Answer 2

They very well could be breeding but with that many fish in that tank all the babies could be getting eaten. Your tank is only 50 gallons and is VERY over stocked. The 2 koi alone need a pond of at least 1000 gallons, the 3 fantail goldfish need 20 gallons each, depending on the other type of goldfish it could need another 20-60 gallons and with all those other fish in there I'm surprised the only problem you have right now are mollies not breeding.

Answer 3

Nunya is exactly right, you are way, way over stocked and need to re-evaluate your fish now.

I would suggestyou get a tank just for the mollies. You should have about 20 gallons for them to be comfortable and breed well. As for sexing them, the male has a gondopodium under his body This is a male:
http://gallery.pethobbyist.com/data/16077MaleWhitesailfin.JPG
and a female:
http://www.fishdeals.com/livebearers/mollies/home.jpg

Notice the difference in the anal fin under the fishes body, that is the best way to sex them.

MM

Answer 4

Try getting a tank just for your mollies so they aren't surrounded by others for a while. Remember to be patient, it might take a while until they start breeding.

Answer 5

counting on how long u have advert the fish your male or females won't be sufficiently old to reproduce yet or your male won't be drawn on your females. maximum adult males will oftentimes chase and dance for any lady interior the tank. you would be able to could purchase yet another, older, male to get them to reproduce mollys could be approximately 3 months previous to reproduce save your hopes up infant fish are continuously extremely certainly worth the wait

Answer 6

Those are not ideal conditions for Breeding....They need special Conditions for Breeding. Water Temperature...and the moment needs to be right.

Answer 7

Your mollies, if they are male and female, are breeding, the babies are getting eaten though.

Answer 8

your fish are dead sry 2 say that 2 you