When will my molly have her babies??

Question

I have 3 questions about my pregnant white molly:

1) I bought her on July 14 and she was already pregnant. When she will give birth.

2) What will happen if i am not here, will she or the other fish eat them? (there is a small castle that the other fish are to big to get into)

3) what should i do when she starts to have the babies (i have a 5 gallon tank, can i put the babies in that)

Answer 1

1- the gestation period is 28 days, so yours is due very very soon, look for the squared appearance benath her head, if she has that she is only 1-2 days away, here is an example of a guppy
http://video.yahoo.com/video/play?vid=812528

2&3- I never put my mollies in a breeder, because it stresses them out, instead I just leave them in the tank and they breed without me doing anything, and a lot of fry survive because my tank is very good planted with live plants, so the fry can hide in there
I have now 10 fry which are about 3 weeks old, and just found another batch of about another 10 fry which are about 1 week old, I never seen them because they were hiding out in the plants


Hope that helps
Good luck


EB

Answer 2

1. You can never really tell, so you should place her in a breeding trap once you see her start to show signs of pregnancy. If you don't have a breeding trap, I highly suggest that you get one.
2. If you get a breeding trap, you don't have to worry about them being eaten. The fry will fall into a bottom section which the mother can't get to.
3. Yes, you can place all the babies into the 5 gallons tank and feed them brine shrimp or fry food.

~ZTM

Answer 3

2)she will have them very soon, i sugest puting her in hatchery found at petco or a pet store, they prevent the mom from eating her babies.

2)the other fish will prob will try to eat them.there may be a few that live but most will die if u leave them in there.

3)put her in the hatchery and when she is done put her in her regular tank and put the babies in the extra 5 gallon with a weak filter(so it does not hurt babies)also feed them the food u give your other fish but instead crush it into very small pieces. good luck chris

Answer 4

yes. other fish will try to eat them.

http://www.fishforever.co.uk/livebearers.html

adding one of these to your setup will protect them

http://www.petco.com/Shop/Product.aspx?familyID=9217&CMReferringUrl=http%3a%2f%2fwww.squidoo.com%2fmyfishies%2f&cm_ven=CJ&cm_cat=1672788&cm_pla=1849806&cm_ite=Aquatic%20Gardens%20Fish%20Net%20Breeder%20(6.5%22Wx5%22Dx5%22H)

scoop them up (or her) and put them in there until they are big enough