Is my black molly pregnant or diseised? Tank curiosity's?

Question

My Black molly looks pregnant but it's not fat just has a hump in the normal spot on a molly where it's suppose to be pregnant. And my male dwarf gourami is attacking fish so I used a tank divider trapping him in a small 2 or 3 gallon area. He killed my pictus catfish I think because he bit him a lot. Do mollies eat alagae? My four (two females, two males) mollies are eating a red alagae that grew on my glass and fake tree? What is it? Is it alagae? Do black kuhli eat alagae? How long are mollies pregnant? Can I use the tank diveder to seperate the birthing molly in that area? Do I have to bare bottom it?

Answer 1

the gestation time is 28 days with live beareres, can vary by stress and everything
Yes you can divide your molly there, and no you don't have to bare the bottom, but you better get some real plants in there for the fry to hide if you think that she's really pregnant

Here is some info about algae growth
http://netclub.athiel.com/cyano/cyanos2.htm

To my knowledge mollies don't eat algae


Here is some info about your black kuhli
http://www.aquatic-hobbyist.com/profiles/freshwater/loaches/kuhliloach.html

I have one of them, and he feeds from the wasted food in my tank


Hope I was able to help
Good luck


EB