Recent content by Darren5591

Just by observing the picture, i'd say she has in between 2 and 1 week to go. She'll look like she's about to blow up before she drops the fry :)

Haven't updated in a while... Four molly fry now! over a week old, getting bigger by the day, moved on from liquifry and onto the finely crushed flakes, they love it! Who'd of though an old shot glass and a cocktail stick could be so handy :) Also, my platy dropped her fry yesterday, managed...

Checked this evening and found another one! A twin pair now, different fry drops as one is significantly larger than the other - more to come fingers crossed!

Hey guys, My only sailfin silver molly yesterday went crooked, his body was twisted towards his rear fin. He was swimming unusual and wasn't flapping his fin to go forward. I was very worried and decided to leave him in case I stressed him out any further, as he could be injured. After a few...

I had one of these, a small red one. One day she became very reclusive and over the period of a week, became very thin and died. I kept her in a breeding net for this time as any food being given by me was snatched up by the other fish and because she was so weak, she wasn't getting a look in...

Looked very hard and can't find any more. I have a couple of male gourami's in there so the chance of them surviving would be little I guess. The fry is in the breeding trap at the moment, should I move it into the larger net trap?

Success! Molly gave birth sometime this morning/afternoon. Luckely my mum came home early enough to spot the last remaining molly fry, I am on the hunt for more however I haven't found any. It is in the breeding trap at the moment, shall be moved over when its a couple of days old. Silver molly...

Thanks for you advice :) Shame I lost her first drop, but they come around often so shouldn't be too hard to spot the signs again! Got a couple of silver/white mollys which are big, however I still think i've got a couple of weeks left until a drop. I'm finding it hard to find a picture of one...

Defo still pregnant but a lot smaller, I fear she may have dropped the fry in the night and lost them/eaten. I can see a dark black area in the gravid spot, which suggests she is still holding fry. I will move her into the nursery with the danios to see how she gets on. Molly fry look so cute, I...

Still waiting, she's got slightly smaller though but being in the trap then she shouldn't of eaten any fry (should there of been any born). I'm going to wait now until she gets bigger again, and then make sure she's watched 24/7 hehe.

It'll be having an Epidural lol, I feel like an expectant father haha. Birthing tank cycled, only trace nitrate so not too worried. I have put her in a breeding net for now but as she hasn't had the babies yet I may move her into the other tank today.

Heya :) I've got a pregnant platy, who will be giving birth in the next week or so. I've never done anything like this before so want to get it right first time round! I've got two tanks, a 64 litre tank and a 25 litre. The plan is to use the 25 as a birthing pool, when the fry have matured...

Ooo i'll get the birthing stuff set up in the other tank then! They are lovely, going from a deep royal blue to bright blue in different light. Can't wait to see the fry, be interesting to see which male has struck lucky :lol:

I'd say reclusive, but swims around happy enough. Goes from sitting still for a while to darting around. Is that a good sign? Thanks :)

I've got (what i'm very sure of) is a pregnant platy, she is starting to square off very nicely and I can see the dark gravid spot area. She is only slightly smaller than the examples in the sticky topics, which suggests she hasn't got long to go. I have taken some pics (sorry they aren't great)...