Hello everyone. I am new to the board and I have a little problem. Long ago, when I was a little girl, one of my fish had fry. Due to an accident involving the Fry container turning upside down, all of the babies died. Fast foward a good 17 years or so, I began to be into the hobby of having fish again. I set up a tank with Mollies and an African Clawed Frog and Glass shrimp. Everyone was getting along well, "swimmingly" The ACF is such a sweet girl that she will not even eat the shrimp, let alone the fish! The thing is, yesterday I discovered some babies in my tank. I was only able to save four of them because well, for the first part, I don't know how many Mama Mollie gave birth to and I had the ACF and a 20 gallon filter (Whisper) So, I took my Fry out of the tank and put them in a little tupperware container. The water is low (less than an inch because, I don't want them to drown or anything) I do not have a breeder net! I will not be able to even think about getting one for another week. Will my babies be okay if I feed them crushed up fish food and use a turkey baister to try and keep the container clean? How long can I keep my fish in this container? it is about 5-7 inches wide. The babies are doing fine right now and are active. I read that they should be feed three times a day and can live for 6 weeks without a filter but, will be ready for the big tank by then. I have a small tank (about three gallons or so) with gold fish and another bowl of about the same size with a Betta fish in it. The fish tank does not have a filter but, I clean it every week and it has an air pump. In six weeks should I put the Mollie fry in with the gold fish until they are big enough to be in a tank with a large filter and an African Clawed Frog? I can't just rush out and buy anything now but, I think this is my second chance are raising fry and I want them to survive.
I Need Help! Mollie Fry!
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Harlequins
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Hi & welcome 
Congrats on your fry,the bigger container the better,fry won't drown but the might suffer if the water isn't changed daily,ideally they need their own tank,even a clean storage box would be ok for now...if you can't afford a tank and filter & heater for them,you will need to change the water daily to keep the ammonia and nitrite down.
You say you have a goldfish in a 3 gal tank! this is not good,an average goldfish requires at least a 20 gal tank to be happy,and needs a filter has they're major poo machines,i would get a bigger tank for the goldfish if you intend on keeping it,its cruel to keep them in a 3 gal,they are pond fish really.
You may be better putting lots of floating plants and hidey holes for the fry in the 20 gal,and hope they hide enough to reach a suitable size not to get eaten.
I wouldn't put a ACF in with any fish,these can reach 6 inches and will feast on anything that moves,you say its ok with them,but wait til its bigger and it may be a whole different ball game.,therefore should only be kept with its own kind.
Sorry to put a downer on things but keeping fish & reptiles in correct conditions is only but fair to the fish and frog.
Good luck with your fry.
Congrats on your fry,the bigger container the better,fry won't drown but the might suffer if the water isn't changed daily,ideally they need their own tank,even a clean storage box would be ok for now...if you can't afford a tank and filter & heater for them,you will need to change the water daily to keep the ammonia and nitrite down.
You say you have a goldfish in a 3 gal tank! this is not good,an average goldfish requires at least a 20 gal tank to be happy,and needs a filter has they're major poo machines,i would get a bigger tank for the goldfish if you intend on keeping it,its cruel to keep them in a 3 gal,they are pond fish really.
You may be better putting lots of floating plants and hidey holes for the fry in the 20 gal,and hope they hide enough to reach a suitable size not to get eaten.
I wouldn't put a ACF in with any fish,these can reach 6 inches and will feast on anything that moves,you say its ok with them,but wait til its bigger and it may be a whole different ball game.,therefore should only be kept with its own kind.
Sorry to put a downer on things but keeping fish & reptiles in correct conditions is only but fair to the fish and frog.
Good luck with your fry.
Hi & welcome
Congrats on your fry,the bigger container the better,fry won't drown but the might suffer if the water isn't changed daily,ideally they need their own tank,even a clean storage box would be ok for now...if you can't afford a tank and filter & heater for them,you will need to change the water daily to keep the ammonia and nitrite down.
You say you have a goldfish in a 3 gal tank! this is not good,an average goldfish requires at least a 20 gal tank to be happy,and needs a filter has they're major poo machines,i would get a bigger tank for the goldfish if you intend on keeping it,its cruel to keep them in a 3 gal,they are pond fish really.
You may be better putting lots of floating plants and hidey holes for the fry in the 20 gal,and hope they hide enough to reach a suitable size not to get eaten.
I wouldn't put a ACF in with any fish,these can reach 6 inches and will feast on anything that moves,you say its ok with them,but wait til its bigger and it may be a whole different ball game.,therefore should only be kept with its own kind.
Sorry to put a downer on things but keeping fish & reptiles in correct conditions is only but fair to the fish and frog.
Good luck with your fry.
With the research I had done, I read that people are able to keep afcs and with Mollies because they are agressive enough to take care of themself. As of now my frog will not even try to eat the ghost shrimp I have in there! I am well aware of those isses though so if I do see a problem arise I will do something about that. What I really wanted to know was about the fry. Exactly how big of a container should four fry be in? Do I need to wait 6 weeks before putting them in a tank? Also, my gold fish...well I call it a gold fish - honestly they were feeder fish with no lable. I felt bad for them and I just didn't want them to be eaten. I have kept them in their 3 gallon tank for about five months or so. I would love to have something bigger but, at the moment I don't have access to another tank. I know putting them in with the frog and mollies. Also, this is just a quick question but, what would you put in a fifteen gallon tank with a frog? Just her by herself...seems...well, lonley
* putting the goldfish in with the frog and mollies would Not be a good idea is what i meant to type
Welcome3 to the forum MissAimee.
You are correct to not combine the goldfish with the frog or the mollies. I'm afraid that I must agree with Harlequins that you have a frog in a bad situation and the goldfish is in a container that will soon be too small for it.
A typical molly drop for me is over 30 fry, so if you only can find about 4, most of them have been eaten. What you need to do now is find them a suitable home. I would get a storage box like you might use to store sweaters during the summer and fill it at least half full of water. That will give you a nice volume of water to work with at very little cost and will make it far easier to take care of the water quality than the tiny container you are using now. There is no concern about fish drowning. They are fish and will be fine that way. The only fish I know of where early development requires a shallow container is anabantids like bettas and even those do fine in about 6 inches of water.
You are correct to not combine the goldfish with the frog or the mollies. I'm afraid that I must agree with Harlequins that you have a frog in a bad situation and the goldfish is in a container that will soon be too small for it.
A typical molly drop for me is over 30 fry, so if you only can find about 4, most of them have been eaten. What you need to do now is find them a suitable home. I would get a storage box like you might use to store sweaters during the summer and fill it at least half full of water. That will give you a nice volume of water to work with at very little cost and will make it far easier to take care of the water quality than the tiny container you are using now. There is no concern about fish drowning. They are fish and will be fine that way. The only fish I know of where early development requires a shallow container is anabantids like bettas and even those do fine in about 6 inches of water.
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