New to tropical fish aquarium. Help with Mollies?

[jeckunion1980]

Hello. I am very new to aquariums and have had mine for about 3 weeks. I have just 3 mollies at the moment. The black molly looks rather fat and I think she may be pregnant. I will try to upload a picture but would like to know the signs of when shes about to give birth and do I put her into the the breeding box so the other fish dont eat the babies. Thanks for your help

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[MyGiants]

Molly's generally don't eat there young if the babies have places to hide like bushy plastic plants. Its hard to say when she'll drop her babies. She can remain fat for a long time. Sometime a water change can induce them to have her babies.. Molly's like a little salt in there water.

 

[alexou812]

Be careful with the fry.. In my experience mollies are some aggressive little guys. I've had them go after a few of my bullhead's fins, so I wouldn't doubt that they would go after the fry. There's alot of info out there regarding breeding mollies.. they are done often, and with fair ease as well!

 

[davet]

You have Mollies and you come to Monsterfishkeepers for advice? Why not try www.molly-fish.com?
Not trying to hate, just seems like a non sequitur leap.

 

[BuffaloPolypteridae]

Super easy, i usually just go to the store and pick up a prego female when i want a molly fry. Leaving her in the breeding box overnight after a water change when her birthing zone looks almost square w/ the fins (youll know what im talking about when you see it). I would divide my 30 and let the fry growout on one side and the parents on the other, worked really well but i would imagine it would work well in a 20 or 15 too.

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[Curtis Rouse]

You have Mollies and you come to Monsterfishkeepers for advice? Why not try www.molly-fish.com?
Not trying to hate, just seems like a non sequitur leap.

Actually a lot of ppl on here breed Mollies. Usually for food for their other fish but regardless of the reason there's still a wealth of knowledge here on Molly and guppy breeding.

Good luck op! :thumbup:

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[Pole]

male+ female mollies= baby mollies. if there's a male and female, they will breed. constantly.


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[Ian21777]

male+ female mollies= baby mollies. if there's a male and female, they will breed. constantly.


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+1 although its better to have more f than m. Better for the f that is.

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[xraycer]

You have Mollies and you come to Monsterfishkeepers for advice? Why not try www.molly-fish.com?
Not trying to hate, just seems like a non sequitur leap.

As the title state, the op is new to fish keeping and just wants some fish keeping advices. The overwhelming majority of us here started with small species and somewhere along the way veered into monsters. Nuturing not mocking help grows our hobby.

 

[davet]

As the title state, the op is new to fish keeping and just wants some fish keeping advices. The overwhelming majority of us here started with small species and somewhere along the way veered into monsters. Nuturing not mocking help grows our hobby.

True. I apologize. I shouldn't post at 1:30am after I've had a couple beers!