We are having Mollie Babies!!!?

Question

I just got back from the Pet Store with a Breeding Tank and my Mommy Mollie is having her babies right now....we are up to 15 babies....WOW!!!
What do I do know?? How do I feed the Babies?? How long do I keep the Mommy in the Breeding Tank?? Any and all information will be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

Answer 1

Congratulations,. If the mollies are in a seperate tank you can leave the female mollie (mommy) in the tank until she has drop her young before removing her from the breeding tank. But you can keep her a little longer in the breeding tank since mollies usually do not go after their babies especially when well fed.
As for feeding the babies, you can either feed them with Bady Brine Shrimps (BBS), Daphnia, commercially available fish food for livebearer babies, or simply feed them with crushed fish flakes, but I find feeding them with live food makes them grow faster and healthier.
BTW, mollies like most livebearers can store sperm in their bodies and are capable of multiple births with a single fertilization, so exxpect to have another batch of babies in a month or so.

Answer 2

take out the mom 20 min after she's done birthing

feed the babies with "first bites" or crashed up flake food to powder

Personally I would get a 10 gallon tank as a breeding tank with plants in it, that way they don't get stuntet and grow much faster

read the following article as well
http://fishlesscycling.com/forum/index.php?topic=252.0


Hope that helps
Good luck


EB

Answer 3

Check with your local pet store most of the time they have kits and stuff you can have.