Hi blub, it will certainly lower them! you may want to get a net breeder, or alternatively if you have lots of java moss or similar dense plants then you may get a few who survive? Or if you're really quick with the net and catch them. Good luck and keep us posted.

nice article and I agree for the most part, the only thing I would dis agree with would be on the first few sentances you say 2 males and 1 female. What I have read and my experiance is that the males would "mate" her to death with that ratio. I always have read and been told more F than M.

Once more I read a thread asking what a pregnant platy looks like.

Can you guys add picks of pregnant mollys, platies, and swords (the guppy's already up there )? That should help them out.

This post has been edited by tempestuousfury: Apr 15 2004, 08:01 PM

i have two new female guppies from the shop and both are pregnant but how can i tell when they will drop

when they look like theyre gonna explode

so the more fat they get ,more close to explode, got it.... my 2f gups are like this fat ---- <<<<- thas how fat they are.... it could take 2 more weeks isnt it? or less?

ummmm.......i think u should wait at least 3 weeks b4 u expect any babys

THANK YOU!:)

i was wondering.... why everytime i turn on the lights my pregnat gups have the black point turn into red ?! and after a while goes back to normal its confusing

william. the first thread u posted on here had pics of platies and a female guppy. well its been a long time now and my female looks exactly like the female guppy in your thread. same colour and her gravid spot is pitch black like the one in that pic. i have had her for nearly 2 months now and i havent had any fry from her. all my other females have given birth. i know u know quite alot about livebearers. is she pregnant and how soon will she have them? she is the same size as the one in ur pic. thanx.

Just a quick Q...I've got 2 guppies who look to have been preggers fer about 2 months now and still no sign of bubbies, is it normal to take so long? I've read at some places that usually it's between 2-4 weeks, gettin kinda impatient and worried lmao.

once you have the fry..how soon can you mate them with an adult male????
thanks

Maybe I missed it but is there a rough estimate on long they are in labor? Went to work and when I got home this morning saw my wife had found 15 fry and we have since pulled out 6 more. She still looks big and square.

wow, thanks so much for that post, my fish just gave birth to fry and b/c of you, i know what to do!

gday guys,

i just bought 2 sunset platies from the local fish shop (1m 1f) they're about 4.5 cm long (almost 2") and very healthy lookin how long can someone with exp. estimate before the female looks like spawning
thnx
,kneller

I bought 3 balloon mollies this morning here they are in the tank...



This is my first attempt with tropical, are balloon mollies easy to look after,guy in shop said he gave me 2 females and a male.I hope i don't kill them just been reading up on them

Mollies are a good beginners fish, they are not delicate fish and will handle a wide range of conditions. Although they will breed readily, so expect lots of little Mollies. Males can be distinguished from females by the anal fin, the males have an elongated fin called the gonopodium.

EDIT: This is the general breeding guide so William has already put all everyone needs to know.

They are fat fish well one is

Let you know if they survive.

I have a huge problem! my male guppy is chasing my female platy! is he trying to breed with her or what?

You betcha! Males are very horny and irritating characters when they want to breed, thats why there's a ratio(2:1 female to male) advised so females don't get over stressed. When you see him chase her, you'll see his gonopodium rise. At that moment he's shooting sperm her way to inpregnant her.