Hey, i was wondering if this is completely crazy. I have a feamle Red Jewel Cichlid and some babies with her. They are a week free swimming. I have a female black molly who is due any day. Would i be crazy to try and add a few mollies in and see if i can fool the mom into thinking their her own? If she accepts them, what kind of detremental affects would exist with the molly? Like, would he or sheee be super aggressive, or would they be normal? So, am i CRAZY?

Sounds a little crazy to me...not quite what nature intended if ya know what I mean. Like fish surrogacy or something.

lol, i think im going crazy. What am i tihnking? I still might try it to see if it will take care of one or two, and just see how it affects behviour.

i think she would eat them. the baby mollies i have had don't grow very fast. especially compared to the baby swordtails i had at the same time. but if you decide to try, let me know how it turns out. oh yeah, did you get that job at the lfs?

She wasnt pregnant. I guess she was just over fat, becasue she pooped alot and now she is skinny, but i do have some baby guppies. I might try them later in the week. I havent gotten the job yet. They still havent hired the part timers!!!!!!!!!

LOL...that's hilarious!! If only that's all I had to do too!

lol, now the other looks pregnant, so i put her in a 10g with a baby angel , a guppy, and a baby sword/something fish( have no idea where it came from, it just appeard one day in my tank).