My Black Mollie gave birth, how long Before they get bigger so they will stop hiding?

Question

well the other day i bought 2 Black Mollies and 2 Silver Lyretail Mollies, and well after i put them in the tank, 1 of the black ones was slowly dyin cuz his fin was turnin a bit white :(, i cant find him now,. BUT!, somehow i found these little baby black mollies, lastnite i only seen 2-3 of them but this morning i seen 8-9 of them., i guess they were hiding, but I was Wondering, how long before they grow bigger so they wont have to always hide? right now thier like 0.5cm they are soo adorable. :-)

...P.s. i got 3 neon tetra's and also 1 pleco...(15gallon fish tank)

Right now my baby mollies are staying at the surface of the water near the light, but they swim fastttt away when the adult mollies swim near them, but they are fine when the 3 neon tetra's come, I think because my 3 meon tetra's are young, so they arent scared as much as they would when the adult mollies come along..

Answer 1

Any that actually survive the next few weeks will be able to come out and swim around by the time they are about 4 weeks old. The adult fish in the tank will actively search for them to try to eat them so it's not likely that many will make it unles you have tons of hiding places.

MM

Answer 2

hhmm out of my own experience with my guppies, the babies will hide somewhere they think is safe, right now i have just one new baby born today. =] (that i know of) and he hides where all the other ones hide out at too, the far back right corner with all the plants. the last one who hide there started swimming around the plants and farther away from the hiding spot about a week to a week and a half ago. you'll be ok. if you want to keep more babies (which you will have a batch every 28-90 days) you might want to separate the pregnant molly from the others until she finishes giving birth in a separate nursery tank. the breeding nets and plastic traps are ok i guess for short term, but i notice that my guppies wont have their babies in those. they give birth in a separate tank and i normally get 20 instead of 2 today and 1 tomorrow. =]

well congrats! and yes they are adorable!! they get big soo fast!! be sure to feed them crushed flake food or brime shrimp!

and if you must separate them a turkey blaster does a great job.

Answer 3

They should be big enough to interact with the adults in about 3 weeks, but until then they are hiding for good reason. It is not uncommon for the adults to EAT the offspring. This can be remedied with a cheap "nursery" net that can be bought at any pet store and even at WalMart. This creates an enclosure within your tank where you can feed the fry (baby fish) a specialized diet and they can avoid the danger of being eaten by the other fish.

Answer 4

Approximately 2-3 months - you'll need more tank space btw. This are technically long lived fish 3-5 years.

Dont be sad when you lose a few (or most), thats the way it goes. They will fall prey to lack of food in most cases (you need to feed them very small foods (brine shrimp is perfect).

You have nothing in there that will eat them normally... however be aware that male mollies might eat their young though it depends on temperment food availability etc. So give them some fake plants or live java moss to hide in.

The tetras wont touch them and the pleco would not either.

Answer 5

Any that actually survive the next few weeks will be able to come out and swim around by the time they are about 4 weeks old. The adult fish in the tank will actively search for them to try to eat them so it's not likely that many will make it unles you have tons of hiding places.

Answer 6

you should really buy a bredder tank or net to keep the babies in so that it can prevnt them from being eaten. although they can be a bvit tricky to catch! thats what i did with mine.
and you should then let them out when they are about the sizeof yur thub nail or where the smallest one is bigger then a mollies mouth.

i hope this comes to some hlp.
and good luck with your new mollies!

Answer 7

They will be eaten or starved before they get a chance to grow up. Keep them separate from the adult and larger fish.

Answer 8

No concerns. She continues to be youthful. In there first 2 months of age they provide off 10 to fifteen fry. In there 7 months they can provide off to twenty to 30 fry. In there twelve months and over thats whilst u get super numbers. She might desire to be nonetheless youthful so dont complication. It takes 10 hourse for exertions and four hours for beginning. So there'll be not extra babies. except u breed her :P

Answer 9

they will gradually get bigger and at about 5 weeks old they shouls start to interact with the mollies. they are probably not scared of the tetras because they are small as well. it is also common that mollies eat there babies and they can probably sense that.

Answer 10

at first you should separate a babies from your bid tank,otherwise they will die,if you want to keep them put them in a small tank and when they get bigger you can put them back,fish don't know they "children" after while and they can hurt them,also fish don't know how much is enough to eat so as you have a lots of fish in the same tank ,the little one will be eating as much as they can get and they stomach would "explode" and that's it...so separate them:)