Birthing Tank Or Breeding Trap

[JohnRossDele]

Hi all, i've got some mollies pregenant again, nedd a little help though:

1) whats better a breeding trap or an empty tank, ive got 2 tanks espically for breeding mollies, one is were the mollies who still have to get pregenant stay in (30L) in my sig, and the other for a pregenant molly to give birth (i use the breedng trap in this 1) (18L) in my sig also ive added my 3.1 week old molly fry to my 30L so the pregenant mollies can give birth singley in my 18L so will i just put her into the breeding trap in the 18l or just let her be free in the 18l

2) from question 1 this is why i ask, would the female eat the fry after giving birth if i didnt use the breeding trap (thats what breeding traps are made for, to not let the female eat the fry) or would it just be as safe as the bare tank itself.

3) i know the fry would die if the mother is stressed and thats why i want to put her into the 18l would there be any chance of fry death if she could swim freely in the 18L.

ill add some pics as soon as i can! Cheers!

 

[Nick16]

get a small 20L or more tank with a cycled filter and do lots of regular small water changes.

 

[JohnRossDele]

get a small 20L or more tank with a cycled filter and do lots of regular small water changes.

no point in getting a new tank if its only gonna be 2 l's bigger , ill post a pic later so you can see that its big enough, i also put a load of floating plants in main tank 30L so that the fry could hide!

get a small 20L or more tank with a cycled filter and do lots of regular small water changes.

no point in getting a new tank if its only gonna be 2 l's bigger , ill post a pic later so you can see that its big enough, i also put a load of floating plants in main tank 30L so that the fry could hide!

also that isn't what i asked!!

 

[OldMan47]

I use a 10 gallon tank, about 35 litres, as a molly birthing tank. The end result is a high survival rate for the fry and, depending on the molly, the female can be left with the fry with no problems. That is what I did with this girl and I got about 30 nice juveniles to sell at my club auction about 2 1/2 months later. I only sold off 7 of them but it paid for all of their food. This is a picture of some of the fry, still with mama at day 33 after their birth.

She delivered the next fry drop on day 42 without ever being removed from the birthing tank. The second drop was smaller at about 20 fry but all have now been moved to a 55 gallon grow out tank and the female has been returned to the 120 gallon community tank with her mate.

 

[karigupi]

As long as there are plenty of plants, I would be tempted to use the tank, like you, I think Mollies especially get a bit stressed out in the traps, they seem too small for them. A few fry will be eaten I guess, but I think this way you end up with stronger, faster fry surviving & loosing the weaker which probably wouldnt survive to adult hood anyway.

Good luck & have fun, Molly babies are so cute.

Oldman47 that is one of the sweetest piccie ever!

 

[Nick16]

1) whats better a breeding trap or an empty tank,

it is what you asked!!! and i advised you to get a small tank with a cycled filter.