Help Please My Mollie Has Just Had Babies

[hay13]

hi ive just added my first few fish about 2 weeks ago and think one of the mollies i bought was pregnant and today she has given birth to 4 babies and i have no idea what i have to do ive put the babies in a breeding net as i know some times mum can eat them but not really sure where to go from here any help please would be great as im new to tropical fish

 

[Paradise3]

Keep the babies away from the other fish until they are about this big _____ otherwise they will get eaten. Crush some flakes up really miniscule so the babies can eat them and feed them 3-4 times a day if possible. To feed the fry get a small container and put some tank water in then put some of the crushed flake in mix it up with a small spoon or something that you can use for your fish, then pour the sunken flake in to the breeder net. The fry will learn that it is food and start eating it. The fry will have egg sacks for 24 hours so they won't need feeding for this time.
Hope this was understandable

Xxx~misscosmo~xxX

 

[hay13]

i know this is gonna sound silly but what are the fry is that what the baby fish are called or am i getting it wrong as ive never done this before so still learning

 

[Paradise3]

Fry is what the baby fish are called.

Xxx~misscosmo~xxX

 

[hay13]

thanks thought id better check, that was a great help is it unusal that she has only had 4

 

[Paradise3]

If she is young/small and it is her first drop then she won't have had many anyway but if you have a male she will have more drops, with more fry, in the near future. I hope the fry do well. I currently have 40-45 almost 3 week old guppy fry and i found 15 new ones in the tank yesterday.

Xxx~misscosmo~xxX

 

[hay13]

cheers for ya help i hope they do ok and hope yours go well sounds like you have your hands full good luck

 

[Paradise3]

Yeah i do have my hands full. Mine are in a seperate tank and whenever they see me mixing their food up they all come to the front and wiggle up and down waiting it's really funny and call me crazy but half the time i find myself telling them to calm down.

Xxx~misscosmo~xxX