Help! my mollie is very pregnant and im new at this.I went to the pet store and they told to me that i have to seperate her,
which i did.I bought the one that is a mesh and she stays in the
same tank i don't know what else to do? She seems that she's
ready to explode! Once she delivers do i take her out?
2007-06-21 09:53:01 · 8 answers · asked by sunflowers0407 1 in Pets ➔ Fish
Mollys don't lay eggs, they have live babies. The aren't as bad as guppies, but will eat the babies if they get a good chance and are hungry, so remove her fromt he net as soon as she has the babies.
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2007-06-21 10:06:16 · answer #1 · answered by magicman116 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Having livebearers who are having babies can be a really fun experience! But you do have to protect the young from the parents, else they'll be consumed. If you're seperating the mommy-to-be into one of those mesh things she'll be right there with them and they'll have no hiding place..... so while seperators are a good theory, they're only a half baked idea.... If she has them in there, they need something to hide in to be protected from her. You could, I guess, keep the babies in there after she has them (and yes, seperate her) but they'll be a bit confined.
But if you really wanna do it right, you might want to set up a fry-only tank and put her in there so the babies will have a new home to go to once they're out of her, then you can return her to her own tank to live. That way the babies can grow up safely. They are going to need a lot of rocks, plants, or whatever you can provide for shelter. (Marbles on the bottom are nice.)
If you only have the 1 tank, be sure to put a lot of plants (fake or real) and stuff in there to help improve their survival rate...
2007-06-21 10:55:00 · answer #2 · answered by Mermaiden 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If she really seems like she is ready to explode, then, minimize the stress you give out and feed her some live food. Then, after she gives birth, get a small tank for her to rest for about a week. Leave the fry in the breeder mesh you bought. After about a week with the fry in the mesh, put them to the small tank that where the female was.
Decrease the amount of water so they don't have to have swim along way to the top.
Feed them flakes that are mushed up.
2007-06-21 10:10:57 · answer #3 · answered by Chris 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes take her out as soon as she has them even though shes the mammy she'll still eat them and trust me its not something u want to see. i didn't know my molly was pregnant so she had all the fry(the babies)in the tank with all the other fish and sadly none of them surived they were so small it was just like a tiny snack for all the other fish in the tank
2007-06-21 11:22:33 · answer #4 · answered by aoife b 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No! keep her in there for 1 day, otherwise the male will get her pregnant again.They have babies every month.
About 30.The babies are born alive, NOT EGGS.
2007-06-24 10:54:35 · answer #5 · answered by Klingon 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes you have to otherwise she will eat her babies! keep the babies in a seperate tank.
2007-06-21 09:56:33 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Right when she lays the eggs take her out.If you dont she will eat the eggs.good luck
ILF
2007-06-21 09:58:26 · answer #7 · answered by Kurt Son&trade: 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cool babies in the .t
2007-06-24 22:52:50 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋