1 Fry with No mommy??

[celestialpoet]

Hey everyone . Im new at fish breeding and i have a question. Last night I looked into my tank and found 1 black fry. All the female fish looked still pregnant and eating well. I think it was a molly fry, so i took out my two female mollies that looked about due. i put one female in the breeding trap and the other in the maternity tank. When i woke up .. no more babies. Has anyone know of a fish giving birth to one fry and still be pregnant and not drop the rest? If so, when and is it ok to leave them seperated?? Thanks for any comments

 

[HeatherSweetness]

My ballon molly did this,but quite the opposite. She dropped 16 babies,a week or so went by,and she dropped ONE. One last fry. I don't get it either,but they can hold them in and drop them at their leisure it seems.

 

[Aquagurl]

Hi!
It could have been her first fry, because I heard that they can give birth for a couple days. or it have been her last fry and the reason you didn't see ithe rest could be that they got eaten........ I hope that didn't happen !!!
I have 5 platy fry. That's all i could save, the rest got eaten. Two of the fry got eaten for sure, i seen it with my own eyes and couldn't do anything... it happened so fast!! Now I am taking care of the lucky 5!!!
Good luck to you with your one fry and i hope you will have more!!
Waiting to hear from you!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[freak4mollyz]

that sounds normal to me , my mollies do that sometimes , it might jsut been an early on that was to matured and the others havent developed all yet


good luck