Well I woke up this morning to see little things swimming in the tank.I caught them all after like 5 hours.But the mother of the fish died.She seemed fine to me yesterday but her eyes were dark,but cleared up a little.So what caused the molly to die?The dark eyes?Or giving birth?
2007-11-21 07:48:38 · 9 answers · asked by Lily Amanda 1 in Pets ➔ Fish
That's actually more common than you would think
most of the time they survive, but a lot of times they can die after giving birth, it's a lot of stress which they are beeing put through
Sorry for your loss, hope your babies will survive :)
Hope that helps
Good luck
EB
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2007-11-21 12:06:47 · answer #1 · answered by Kribensis lover 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Usually they do not die, but they do give live birth and just like humans, this can cause stress and pain. I have never heard of a molly's eyes getting dark. Sometimes when an animal of mine dies I look for reasons for it to be my fault. This may be your mind playing tricks on you. Also, whenever a fish dies, even if it is killed by another, you should check your water. A lot of pet stores do this for free, such as petsmart. It most likely died of giving birth. Interesting question though. Good luck with the little ones.
2007-11-21 08:00:35 · answer #2 · answered by Zane sucks Riley's Balls 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I had a guppy and it also died after giving birth, all but two of the babies were dead i am not sure if having the babies just completly drains them so they die or if maybe something was wrong with either one..but i hope this helps a little..
2007-11-21 07:54:16 · answer #3 · answered by nicca90 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
this is somewhat some issues undesirable water high quality, and/or undesirable nutrition spring to innovations. Mollies are very under pressure after giving delivery, and issues that innovations not have led to dying can kill them. i might 1st verify your nitrate ranges ideally they might desire to be very low. (under 20 ppm) additionally what are you feeding the molly. Molly are omnivores, and want a honest quantity of greens. women additionally want an excellent style of protein while the are pregnant. i opt to propose a mix of algae flakes, and freeze dried brine shrimp.
2016-10-02 03:23:23 · answer #4 · answered by meadors 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They do not normally die during the birthing process, but I would guess that with any species giving live births it is possible. Usally though they multiply endlessly and in abundance.
2007-11-21 07:51:57 · answer #5 · answered by Ruairi 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
We had a mollie and she did not die after having babies, she did eat them though later on before we could get them.
2007-11-21 07:50:58 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My fish die but i see 3 little baby swimming there... is she die because of the pain T.T
but because the baby born in Valentine day, so the name will be : Va, Len and Tin..
But why the mother die.. now they only got single parent T.T
2014-02-14 01:01:32 · answer #7 · answered by Agnes 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe she was already sick and the giving birth part made her weaker and she died! none of my mollies ever had babies so i don't know but when my guppies had babies they were okay.
2007-11-21 08:28:00 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I lost to mallys yesterday and i do not understand why or what happend to them
2014-02-11 02:17:42 · answer #9 · answered by Linda Halsey 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋