baby black mollies

[ad_smith]

i found a lone fry in my tank today... i think all the others must have been eaten because i'm shure the mum would have dropped out more than 1 baby and this one was having a hard time off the bigger fish so i'm guessing the others did too.

should i set up a makeshift tank in a large plastic bowl with my tank water and my secondary tank filter or just leave the baby in my net at the top of tank?

also, what should i fed it? i put a few crumbled bits of flake in there and they disappeared but i didnt see him eat them, so maybe the fish on the out side managed to chomp it through the net?

thanks

 

[GuppyDude]

ground flakes, baby brine shrim and blood worms seem to be wat everyone else uses, if u jus wanna keep it simple stick wit the flakes. and yea its ok to leave him in the net i dont c y it would hurt haveing him there.

gl

 

[jvis0606]

I have 7 baby mollies, 5 weeks old! I bought a breeder net, which lies in the main tank and just separates them from the rest. Ground up flakes are just fine... what I do, to add some variety, is take a Ziplock bag, throw some flakes in there, some freeze dried blood worms and brine shrimp, and close the bag and smoosh... then sprinkle some in the baby net a couple of times a day (they saw smaller portions but more often for the fry). Good luck!

 

[ad_smith]

it doesnt seem to be accepting ground up flakes anymore , i'll stick at it tho, plenty of time for more attempts at breeding

 

[Filadara]

I have 7, 2-month old black mollies and 13 1.5-month old mollies. I put flakes in the corner of a plastic bag, closed it tightly with a rubber band, and crunched the flakes almost into a powder. You can also buy fry food at pet stores. The fry also love baby brine shrimp. You can buy brine shrimp eggs at pet stores.

A while ago I found a single fry in my tank. I'm assuming the others got eaten. I put him in a different tank because I didn't want him to get eaten. Unfortunately he didn't make it. I'm not sure exactly why, but maybe they survive better in numbers rather than solo. I never saw him eat either though.

I hope your little guy survives!

 

[Wisperian]

Congrats!

 

[fruity]

I used the powdered flake trick with my 3 two month olds, but I have treated the 6 2 wks olds to some proper livebearer fry food, cost me about £1.50 from Petsmart and is a liquid form - but it isnt all that good and sinks to the bottom of the breeder tank....... they then have to swim to the bottom to feed...........................