Baby Molly Growth

[deanrar]

I managed to save 5 baby mollies from my first ever batch as the rest were eaten before i could get a net in the tank , and i just wondered how long roughly it would take them to grow large enough not to be eaten by their mum and a male dwarf gourami?

 

[modaz]

I managed to save 5 baby mollies from my first ever batch as the rest were eaten before i could get a net in the tank , and i just wondered how long roughly it would take them to grow large enough not to be eaten by their mum and a male dwarf gourami?

your looking at atleast 2.5months but they do grow fast, feed them on live newly hatched brine

 

[deanrar]

i've never had any luck with brine shrimp will liquifry do?

 

[helterskelter]

they will eat crushed flake foods but brine shrimp is best, what do u meand u had no luck? whet getting it, hatching it or something else?

 

[deanrar]

hatching, i used a 2 litre bottle upsidedown with a heater at about 28 dergees and an airstone with quite a strong current to keep them moving but got very few living babies

oh one more thing will decapsulated brine shrimp eggs be ok as i bought them a little while back but only used them once as they just made an orange mess of my tank lol but would prefer any advice on live ones

 

[helterskelter]

their are different grades of shrimp eggs as their tested, and C grade which are still 80% hatch rates are cheeper than A grade

I too use decapsulated eggs and their just as good, just need to feed that very lightly