I have 2 male mollies and 1 female shes preganant help!!!?

Question

should i put her in a tank with the grass stuff and as soon as she lays the eggs take her out and put male in and let him do his thing and then take him out or anyoter ideas and i dont want to get a breeding tank so please dont say thae

Answer 1

I bought three mollies and ended up in the same situation. Fair warning she will keep having them. Be sure the two males do not aggravate her to much and kill her. I put her in another tank and then the one male killed the other male.

We now feed the fry (not eggs) to the cichlids. They love it.

Answer 2

Female mollies do not lay eggs. They just release very small baby fries. If you just have the molly fish recently, she might have somewhere around 20~30 fries. Once your fish is used to and happy with the tank environment, she can release a lot more. Mine just had more than 100 2 weeks ago.

Female mollies store sperm in their body, so they could give birth every 1~2 months depending on the tank conditions. I use breeding container (the floating one) because my filter's tube sucks the babies in when they are swimming. Also, not all fries will live. (If fries are still alive and active in 3 weeks, they usually are strong and healthy ones.) Fries like to hide in the gravel. It makes it difficult to do the vacuuming regularly. Any dead ones might not be found easily, which can make water quality get bad suddenly.

I understand you do not want to use breeding tank. What about a small floating container? It's easy to look after the fries. Or maybe a tank divider?

If you still prefer to have babies in the main tank, you many need to check the following:

1) Filter: Make sure your filter won't be able to suck the babies in. (I used to find several dead fries in the filter when cleaning)

2) Plants: Lots of plant to provide fry places to hide...

3) Look for dead fry bodies regularly... they can be buried in the gravel. (Not easy to do in a planted tank)

2 males vs. 1 female is a problem. The female can get very stressed by the males, as they are very sextually active. It's better to have 3 females per 1 male. However, before you decide to get more females or wish to put female and males together in a tank, you probably need to think about the tank size you have and how many tanks you are going to keep.

I have had 3 mollies since February this year and so far I have more than 200 in total. I have put males and females in different tanks, as I can not afford to get more tanks.

If you have any other questions, I am glad to share my experiences.

Answer 3

Mollies don't lay eggs. They give birth to live young. If you are totally opposed to having a breeding tank, then I would put the floating grass in the tank now and let momma get used to it.

I would not recommend some of the floating "birthing tanks" because mollies can jump while giving birth and injure themselves. You will probably lose a lot of the young, not only from the males, but from momma as well.

Answer 4

First of all, mollies are livebearers, and you are suppose to keep them the other way around 2 females to 1male

If you have a seperate tank, it's highly recommended putting her in there with a lot of real plants where the fry can hide, because the mollies are known for eating their own fry

And no, you don't put the male with the young

If you don't have a seperate tank, put real plants in your current tank that your fry has hiding places and a chance of servival

You feed them with "First Bites" as soon as they are born or with crashed up flakes (crashed like powder)

I would also recommend you getting at least 2 other females, because the males are able to chase the one you have to death, and you really don't want that. if you have 2 females on one male, your females will have some breathing time when he chases the other female


Hope that helps
Good luck



EB

Answer 5

Mollies are livebearer, that mean they give birth to young live, they do not lay eggs. You should move her to another tank all by herself feed well until she give birth, then move her back with the males. You may also use breeding traps especially design to separate the babies from the parent as soon as they are born. But you don't have to, in my experience, mollies if well fed do not eat their youngs. Good Luck!!

Answer 6

Mollies swim in communities of six and are extra healthful for 30-gallon tanks basically. Guppies swim in communities of six and are extra healthful for 20-gallon tanks. you will would desire to alter to a 30-gallon tank rather to hold all species required. this is your ultimate setup: 6 mollies (comparable species sort) 6 guppies (comparable species sort) 3 secret snails so some distance as your fish intercourse ratio: you prefer 2 women folk in line with each and every male.