I bought some Mollies at the weekend, 4 adults and somehow a wee one sneaked into the bag, so I ended up with 5. Bargain!!
Just came in from work tonight and dscovered 11 new babies. Buster Bargain!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My anxious question is this...... Will the adults eat the babies or will they be safe.I also have 3 Clown loaches in there...
Any advice please :o)
2007-08-21 07:06:24 · 8 answers · asked by Bodieann 4 in Pets ➔ Fish
Hiya...
Thanks everyone for the answers so far...
Thought I would give you's an update.....
23 little one's...and counting.....!!!!!
2007-08-21 09:33:49 · update #1
Congrats on the babies! Hope you know that mollies, like other livebearers can store sperm and give birth to fry for up to 6 months after being separated from a male (about once every 28 days), so you may have lots more to come!
The mollies may or may not try to eat the fry, but the loaches almost certainly will. You can use a breeder to try to separate the fry until they're large enough not to be eaten (I don't like using them as a place to move pregnant females, as it seems to stress the fish), but I've also used plants as a place for fry to hide so they aren't eaten. The bad news here is that if you use rooted plants, the loaches will be more than happy to uproot them for you. You could also use a floating plant (hornwort, water sprite, or anacharis/elodea/egeria). This would give the fry protection, and if you use the second species, it also gives the adults something to nibble at. Since the fry will be hiding above the loaches, it's that much harder for them to be eaten, since a loach's mouth is pointed down!
2007-08-21 08:07:40 · answer #1 · answered by copperhead 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Instead of putting them in a breeder i would leave them in the main tank and get live plants if you don't have any
or
get a separate breeding tank
usually they won't eat them, but your clown loaches might go after them
also read the following article
http://fishlesscycling.com/articles/breeding_tropical_fish.html
hope that helps
Good luck
EB
2007-08-21 08:55:21 · answer #2 · answered by Kribensis lover 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
seperate the babies into a nursery net or another tank
be carefull mollies are prone to fin rot
clown loaches with adult fish is fine
2007-08-21 07:31:22 · answer #3 · answered by bob 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes they will eat the babies. you need lots of plants for them to hide in java moss is good.
I took my babies out of my community tank and put them in a breeding trap with my Oscar, they are getting big.
Sadly when i got up this am the breeding trap and came unstuck from glass and sunk to bottom and my Oscar ate them all, the big s**t he is :(
I have left babies in the community tank with lots of java moss but they never seem to survive, i have no room for them really anyway and would soon end up with lots if iv saved them all, i just ate to see them get eaten!
2007-08-21 08:14:45 · answer #4 · answered by Pete 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The other fish will probably try and eat them. my advice is to go to your local fish store and get a maternity unit (yeah i know sounds odd!) but it is a little floating mesh tank inside your tank that should keep most of the babies safe until they are big enuf to no longer be threatened by the other fish.
2007-08-21 07:15:04 · answer #5 · answered by Andromeda Newton™ 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
No mollies do not eat their babies...thats what guppies do.
2007-08-21 07:37:24 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Wow! Good luck
2007-08-21 07:23:23 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
whats a baby mollie??????
2007-08-21 07:12:46 · answer #8 · answered by shonkamur 3 · 0⤊ 6⤋