Is My Balloon Molly Pregnant? If Do When Will She Drop Her Fry?

[ranish]

Got a balloon Molly yesterday with a tank that I brought and previous owner told me that she is pregnant. I am confused as it is so hard to tell with balloon mollies. Please have a look and tell me what you think. If she is pregnant how soon do you think she will drop? Thanks in advance below are some pics of her.

 

[fluttermoth]

It is very hard to tell with balloon mollies, but she does look like she's squaring off, so I would guess at two or three days. 
 
Only a guess though!

 

[ranish]

I know right? I have a couple of them and I am totally confused. This morning there were a couple if eggs and 2 premature fry in the breeding box. I don't know whether she has finished having them or whether they were just born early. I have put her in the box again. Thanks so much for your reply.

 

[fluttermoth]

The stress of being in breeder boxes often causes fish to abort fry, I'm afraid.
 
You'd be far better off leaving her in the main tank; add lots and lots of fine leaved plants if you want some fry to survive.

 

[DiddleBug]

The stress of being in breeder boxes often causes fish to abort fry, I'm afraid.
 
You'd be far better off leaving her in the main tank; add lots and lots of fine leaved plants if you want some fry to survive.

I had trouble with mollies aborting in those too.  My guppies don't mind though.  I ended up using a butterfly net for the mollies, which worked fine.