Fry Death

[vandrez]

I had my two balloon mollies give around 50-70 fry last month. However now only 15 remain. I noticed before they perish, the fry stay at the bottom of the tank and are unable to swim though they have their fins moving.

I do a 50-70% water change every 2 days. Also from where i come from the only food available to feed them is crushed fish food or live worms which i havent tried (cos they seem bigger than the fry!) So their diet has only been crushed dry fish food for the last month

What else can I do to ensure the survival of the remaining fry? Would really appreciate your feedback because it kinda stinks having to take so much trouble for a month only to lose the fry one at a time

 

[fishnovice]

I had my two balloon mollies give around 50-70 fry last month. However now only 15 remain. I noticed before they perish, the fry stay at the bottom of the tank and are unable to swim though they have their fins moving.

I do a 50-70% water change every 2 days. Also from where i come from the only food available to feed them is crushed fish food or live worms which i havent tried (cos they seem bigger than the fry!) So their diet has only been crushed dry fish food for the last month

What else can I do to ensure the survival of the remaining fry? Would really appreciate your feedback because it kinda stinks having to take so much trouble for a month only to lose the fry one at a time

Can't help with cause of daeth but I feed my fry on special Fry Food bought on Ebay from a Powerseller -cheaper than crushing adult fish food yourself and has high protein and growht boosters. My mollie fry love it and have doubled in size. I can try and identify the actual seller and email later if you are interested.

 

[glolite]

Baby Mollies produce pheramones (I think that's the right spelling). Anyway, the strongest couple of fry produce this to kill off the other fry to give the bigger guys a better chance of survival in the wild.

Try doing smaller, daily changes ie 40% to rid the water of this substance. Two days may be enough time for the pheramones to build up?

Worth a go.

 

[fry_forever!]

Really!? Whoa, that's scary!!!