Dalmatian Molly

[swimmychick]

I have a dark dalmatian molly that I thought to be pregnant, but she has yet to give birth. She looks HUGE! I am unsure of what to do. I would like to upload a picture, but I seem to have a problem uploading... She also has a big white spot under her tail. I am very unsure of what is going on. Is she pregnant, sick, dying?

 

[swimmychick]

Ha! I got the picture to load... Someone, help!

 

[nosoup4you]

Looks like a balloon molly. She is definitely pregnant but those darned balloon mollies can be hard buggers to peg a gestation time on. I'd say she'll go soon, within the next week or so.

Edit: Also, how often do you feed? She appears to be carrying a few extra pounds, unrelated to the pregnancy.

 

[helterskelter]

Ye Balloon's can be very difficult to tell. Even when their not pregnant they still look huge. This is due to the deformed body shape compressing the body shape.

 

[swimmychick]

My fish get fed twice a day. Once early in the morning and once evening time. I was told she was a dalmatian molly because the pet store that I got her from didn't have any balloon mollies. I have been doing research on dalmatian mollies, but I guess I need to start looking into info on balloon mollies...

 

[OldMan47]

Dalmatian mollies are a simple color variation. Balloon mollies are genetically different to regular mollies (some call it defective) and come in all of the same colors as regular mollies.

 

[algir]

It's a toss up! Watch her growth closely!