Help Needed Asap

[DavidPenniall]

I got two baby Mollies at the moment (don't know if theres anymore yet still looking, do you expect more will come?), this was totally unexpected, was chilling in bed on laptop and notice this little black fish and found out i had a baby then found out i had two. Due to this been unexpected I do not have a nesery, what should i do. As it's midnight I wont be able to go shop and get one as everywhere shut. I have though of 3 options... Leave in tank and hope they servive until the morning... Put them in the little net I have inside the tank (where they currently are)... Put them in a plasti cup inside the tank... Anyone awake who can help me?

 

[LauraFrog]

The mother's probably going to have about 20 or 30, depending on how big she is, how old she is and what she's been fed. Keep them in the net until you can get a proper breeder net or trap. In a community tank it's likely that most of the fry have been or will be eaten.

You can feed the fry on crushed up flakes - get a fish food flake and crush it to powder between your fingers and then put it in the net or trap. There's no point using liquid fry foods because they are too small for livebearer fry. Some people start guppies on Liquifry No 2 but newborn mollies are too big for this.

 

[DavidPenniall]

The mother's probably going to have about 20 or 30, depending on how big she is, how old she is and what she's been fed. Keep them in the net until you can get a proper breeder net or trap. In a community tank it's likely that most of the fry have been or will be eaten.

You can feed the fry on crushed up flakes - get a fish food flake and crush it to powder between your fingers and then put it in the net or trap. There's no point using liquid fry foods because they are too small for livebearer fry. Some people start guppies on Liquifry No 2 but newborn mollies are too big for this.

How you know if she still preggy?

 

[cowboy507]

if there arent any new babies by now then she is probably done.
what have you ended up doing, did you get a net or did you just leave them?

personally i just leave my fry in the tank with some plants, i get some to survive but some die. its nature.

 

[DavidPenniall]

if there arent any new babies by now then she is probably done.
what have you ended up doing, did you get a net or did you just leave them?

personally i just leave my fry in the tank with some plants, i get some to survive but some die. its nature.

I put them in a net and brought a nersary tank the next day, they are in the nersary at the moment. Still only 2 babies though.