Check to c if ur fish are pregnant here!

[fudgecake]

I may be wrong, but..

That "pregnant molly" is actually a balloon molly. They're always that size. Cant even imagine a pregnant balloon molly!

And once again I may be wrong, because livebearers are really my specialty, but arent Tiger Barbs egg layers? She is probably laden with eggs.

But hey, I may be way off track.

Dakota

hiya
u said you specialise in livebearers so i thought ud be the best person to ask.
i bought two female platy's two days ago-whe i got them the bloke said there was a high possability that one or both would be pregnant as there were males in thank with the females. how do i know for sure that ive got a pregnant one? one of them has got a black colour on belly and the other one doesnt,i have no idea what kind of platy they are-they are a silery blue colour, still really new at this lol also if she is pregnant, how long is the pregnancy? and i would want to seperate her from the rest when she has them and have the tank thingy that goes in the water so need to know when/if i should put her in there.

thanx

 

[kribensis12]

Yeah, they pregnant mollie is a ballon molly, which is slightly misleading as any regular molly that big would surely die from being backed up ( I've seen it happen). Also, atleast 3 of the female in the first pic are pregnant. Some of the pictures wont show up.

 

[Harlequins]

5 Year old topic guys

 

[OldMan47]

Welcome to the forum Fudgecake. You won't be getting an answer from Dakota Ice. The last time they logged in was in June 2006.
Any female platy in a mixed tank is very likely to be carrying fry. The typical total time from being fertilized to dropping fry is about 4 weeks. There is no telling where we should start the clock on your females, so it is best to think of it as the drop being due within the next 4 weeks but not on any particular date.