yesterday i got a baloon mollie and today i found her dead the day befor that shwe had given birth to i dont know how may but alotplea help im new to the fish world!!!!!!
2007-07-31 09:00:52 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Fish
As MM said on your other question, it died due to the move stress and early birth
EB
2007-07-31 11:00:37 · answer #1 · answered by Kribensis lover 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I'm not going to pretend I know a lot about fish, there are millions of reasons why your molly could have died.
You have an aquarium with a filter and heater right? Mollies are tropical freshwater fish and need their water temperature to be in the right range. Around 70-80 degrees. Perhaps you filled your tank from your tap, and your tap water has the wrong pH or hardness? Also if you bought your fish from a pet store the fish could have already been sick.
If you don't want to keep the fry, try to return them to the pet store.
2007-07-31 16:15:29 · answer #2 · answered by Rhea 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hmm...lack of space and/or wrong food?
"The Balloon Molly is a livebearer that requires a spawning box in a 25 gallon, or larger breeding tank. The Balloon Molly is omnivorous and requires both meaty foods as well as algae. Provide these fish with an algae-based flake food, as well as freeze-dried bloodworms, tubifex, and brine shrimp. "
2007-07-31 16:12:36 · answer #3 · answered by arcane_armageddon 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
could be there was infection with the birth that caused death at least you got a bunch of baby's from her right before she died that's what i do alot i go to the store and find a pregnant fish that i want then when she gives birth its like getting 6 to 10 for the price of 1
2007-07-31 16:11:14 · answer #4 · answered by tkerbag 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Fish die. They don't have a very good life expectancy. There is a possibility that she got it from the pet store or are you sure she was pregnant. Sometimes fish appear to be pregnant but really they have an internal disease
2007-07-31 16:13:58 · answer #5 · answered by Rock N Roll HootchieCoo 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋