molly fry dead

[jaws19]

well my molly gave birth today but they are all dead i see only to bodys the rest are large eggs, why would this happen???

 

[sabotage]

sorry bro!!!!! im not a expert on molly's..

 

[jaws19]

ive never even heard of this

 

[benzjamin13]

Never heard of this either. Is the female still alive? Maybe it was just some freak accident.

 

[Lupin]

It's called premature birth. The fry are stillborn as the mother dropped her fry prematurely due to stress-related factors.

 

[benzjamin13]

I had no idea that fish do that.

 

[jaws19]

yeah but its been 4 weeks of here being pregnant shes still alive

 

[Lupin]

4 weeks seems too long. Do you have pics of your setup? What is the temperature? Water parameters? Tank size and tankmates?

 

[woodyoz]

she gave premature birth...
i think u did a waterchange and added new salt and warmer water...and she might be a little stressed

 

[woofy]

Was she in a breeder net or something? if she was it might have been for to long and she freaked out and basically just aborted her pregnancy. The eggs would tell u that she didnt allow the babies to develop and it was really early in her pregnancy.