Mollie pregnant?

[Jo and Gra]

Can anyone help.

How can you tell if Balloon Mollies are pregnant?

 

[DeepSeaFishin]

They get VERY large in the belly area, she also will probibly start to hide from the other fish, and depending on the coloration of the fish you may see the Gravid Spot...

Cick here:
http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=34974

 

[aquagirl]

Yeah.. the only way to tell is that they become HUMONGOUS.

But sometimes they dont. My balloon molly had babies the other day and I didn't even know she was pregnant. But she only had like 8. So. Ya never really know for sure.

 

[Jo and Gra]

got redish spots either side of her butt........so?

 

[Annastasia]

Reddish? Is she, by any chance, a light color? Because then it would be the gravid spot. If she's not light...that's not really normal. The fry could have turned around, or she could have some internal bleeding...but it should usually be brown or black.

 

[Jo and Gra]

bearing in mind i'm colour blind........so brown more likely......


and yes,they are light orange in colour......



but we now have mollie babies!!!!..........only three at the moment!!!

does that mean there will be more to come or?

how do they give birth?...as in all at once, or pop one out occcasionally?

 

[Annastasia]

Congrats!

Probably more will come. Unless they haven't already come and been eaten.

Usually the fry birthing is spread out a little. Some will have all their fry in a few hours, some take a few days. Just keep the enviroment as stress-free as possible, and you should have more fry.

 

[blitztidus]

Congrats. have you had more?

 

[Jo and Gra]

not yet.......

both females are big though