pregnant molly

[abuvtherim2]

i have a pregnant molly in a 20g long tank with another molly and 2 long finned rosy barbs will any of the fish eat the fry or will they be ok?

 

[toehead11183]

barbs will eat them. easy way to save fry is to use the breeding grass. you can get it at the LFS. when i breed, i stack small river stone in 2-3 places, better in corners. use rocks 1/2 size of an egg. fry can fit in the cracks and bigger fish cannot. good luck

 

[WyldFya]

Everything will eat the molly fry, including the mother and father. Breeding grass will not work in this case, as molly fry do not hide well, they sit at the surface for the first few days and skim around. Very easy targets, a better method if you want to save them is to get a breeding trap, sold at most LFS.

 

[MrFisher]

barbs = eat all babbies

 

[me_wee_todded]

get a little breeder box they are cheap and you can find them most places that sell fish

 

[davo]

agree with whats been said. you could even balance a net in the water for them until they grow a bit and are more self sufficient

 

[crazydave]

go to the local food market and get a basket of strawberries. use the plastic basket combined with a rock or 2 to sink it. works great for molly fry.

 

[aussie_hippie_2]

I'd just leave them. As long as there is at least some cover a few should make it. That's how I deal with guppy fry at least.