Ok i breeding mollies and i know i have a boy and a girl but how many babies will they have? does it matter if there 2 different mollies? because i have 2 diffrent kinds.Will she eat her babies?How many days will it take her until she has her babies?
2007-03-07 08:28:43 · 9 answers · asked by Susan H 2 in Pets ➔ Fish
As long as you have one male and one female, they will do all the work. It takes about 30 days for the female to have young (They are alive, no eggs here) they can have as little as 1 or as many as 25. Mollies are mollies. I personally never had any of my mollies eat any of their young. Just be sure to feed all of them 3 small meals a day.
A female mollie can have little ones up to 5 times before breeding again.
2007-03-07 21:10:53 · answer #1 · answered by danielle Z 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it doesn't matter what kind of mollies you have, as long as they are mollies they will reproduce.
Most of the time they have 15-25 babies.
She will eat her babies, so you need a breeding net or give the babies alot of places to hide (the later isn't as effective)
You will be able to tell by her belly how soon she is going to have her babies. I think it takes at least a couple weeks after being impregnated.
2007-03-07 09:27:54 · answer #2 · answered by to be announced 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Doesn't matter what they look like, they will have characteristics of both parents, so its your choice.
The babies will be eaten. It is best to let her give birth in a breeding trap and remove her after she's done. Let the fry stay there until they reach about .5" at this point, the filter probably will not suck them up, and if you have a tank with plants (real or not) and other cover to protect them from hungry fish, everything should work fine.
2007-03-07 08:51:11 · answer #3 · answered by something_fishy 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
my molly years ago had babies on acciden we had about 20 babies and we did take momma out of the cage- daddy was somewhere in the petstore. Sorry I can't answer the rest but you should be able to see her belly swell a bit.
2007-03-07 08:37:19 · answer #4 · answered by Shawna 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
by no potential! that is extra reachable to reproduce mollies than to no longer breed mollies :) merely positioned a male and women at the same time (it truly is maximum suitable to have 2 women for each male - adult males are very amorous and could pester unmarried women) and they are going to throw out 20++ toddlers each 30 days. in my opinion, i don't love utilising breeding nets. that is fairly some stress for the mummy fish to be stuck in a stuck in there at the same time as having her toddlers. it may outcome in her aborting them too early. I favor to go by after and capture the toddlers with a internet. that is highly ordinary, and in case you furnish lots of plant cover for them, they received't get eaten by their gluttonous mum and dad. Oh, similar is going for all of your different questions about the swordtails and platies. Livebearers are really ordinary to reproduce (including guppies, and endlers livebearers). merely keep the water sparkling (including somewhat aquarium salt can help, about 1tbsp/10gallons, yet isn't needed) feed them properly, and prepare for the flood of toddlers! :)
2016-10-17 10:57:51 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need to make sure you have a male and 3 or four females. They will do the rest. Also when the females are about to deliver you should put them in a hatchery or the other fish will eat them.
2007-03-07 09:55:55 · answer #6 · answered by rsmry_phllps 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Buy more females and a 10 gal stick them all together and provide a nuteral color gravel and plenty of place for them to hide
2007-03-07 10:28:38 · answer #7 · answered by Kyle 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
put them in a tank, and they will breed
2007-03-07 11:10:40 · answer #8 · answered by srmatt 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
don't know...don't care
2007-03-07 08:40:09 · answer #9 · answered by carriekemmer 2 · 0⤊ 4⤋