electrikrainb0w
New Member
So I got some new fish recently, in particular a balloon belly molly and lyretail molly which, as you guys know, have live babies. Today I got home and looked in the aquarium and saw some strange things at the top I thought at first were bubbles, and then quickly realized were eight baby fish. Each one is white and about the size of a quarter of my pinkie nail. I'm pretty certain they belong to the lyretail but I could be wrong.
I didn't expect this or plan for this. I didn't know any of them were female or pregnant. All the fish stores are closed right now and I really need to figure out what to do. Their mom appears to be leaving them alone and the babies are all swimming at just the very top of the my 10 gallon aquarium.
Please someone help me! What do I do, how do I feed them and care for them? I have no other tank to put them in so I'm forced to just leave them with the others. The fish ate before their birth and I'm afraid to feed the babies now for fear they might be confused for food themselves (they are just so little) but I don't them to die of starvation either. So... the major question now is... do I feed them and how do I? None of the fish in the aquarium are top-dwellers (I planned on getting one soon).
The aquarium currently holds:
- two upside down catfish
- one plecostomus
- one balloon belly molly
- one white lyretail molly
- a mystery snail
- and eight baby fish
I didn't expect this or plan for this. I didn't know any of them were female or pregnant. All the fish stores are closed right now and I really need to figure out what to do. Their mom appears to be leaving them alone and the babies are all swimming at just the very top of the my 10 gallon aquarium.
Please someone help me! What do I do, how do I feed them and care for them? I have no other tank to put them in so I'm forced to just leave them with the others. The fish ate before their birth and I'm afraid to feed the babies now for fear they might be confused for food themselves (they are just so little) but I don't them to die of starvation either. So... the major question now is... do I feed them and how do I? None of the fish in the aquarium are top-dwellers (I planned on getting one soon).
The aquarium currently holds:
- two upside down catfish
- one plecostomus
- one balloon belly molly
- one white lyretail molly
- a mystery snail
- and eight baby fish