Mollie Fish Questions

[vent]

1. i have 4 mollie fish 2 males 2 females what is the likeness and how long will it be before they get pregnant
2. if my fish do get pregnat how many fish should i expect and how should i perpare for it.
3. my tank is 10 gallons is that a good size for the fish i own
4. what food is best for them ive read live bait is good but what live bait

Hope you can help me
THANKS!

 

[helterskelter]

1. i have 4 mollie fish 2 males 2 females what is the likeness and how long will it be before they get pregnant

They will almost surly already be pregnant.

2. if my fish do get pregnat how many fish should i expect and how should i perpare for it.

Depends on what fish you are keeping, if it's just mollies then u can rear the fry with the adults but they eat a few, if well feed most will surive.
If you do have lots of fish though they will eat most of the fry as all fish love to eat them!!!

3. my tank is 10 gallons is that a good size for the fish i own

Sorry but the tank is a little small, you could expect 20-50 fry from each female once a moth, even id only a couple surive you soon be over stocked.

4. what food is best for them ive read live bait is good but what live bait

The very best food is Newly hatched brine shrimp, but not many people want to hatch it on a small scale.
Live Daphina is also great. Just simply crushing flake food is enough for most fry though, and then finding some live foods as a treat is good enough.

 

[OldMan47]

I find that my molly mom is a great mother, for a livebearer, in terms of not eating fry much. This is a picture of my molly mother with her week old fry. I never did separate them but moved the mother away from my other fish to reduce predation. The picture was taken today.

When they were first born I caught this picture of mother and fry after just a few hours.

and a closer picture of just the fry at that time.

 

[vent]

I find that my molly mom is a great mother, for a livebearer, in terms of not eating fry much. This is a picture of my molly mother with her week old fry. I never did separate them but moved the mother away from my other fish to reduce predation. The picture was taken today.

When they were first born I caught this picture of mother and fry after just a few hours.

and a closer picture of just the fry at that time.

alright thanks what sort of signs and when can u tell if a fish is pregnant?

 

[helterskelter]

Coz she gets very fat

 

[OldMan47]

The thing that I look for is that the female become "squared off". Her abdomen will have a squarish look to it as if she had swallowed some rectangular object and the corners were being slightly hidden by a covering of flesh. There is a thread by 5teady on this site that shows pictures of fish approaching the delivery date. A link to that thread is called "ready to pop" in my signature area.