Molly fish

[Connor123293]

Could anyone identify if this Molly is pregnant? Curious my black male molly has been constantly chasing her so recently brought another 2 females and seems to have calmed him down

Hopefully the pictures help

Thank you

 

[Sgooosh]

brobably, keep updated, until it squares.
might be bloating

 

[Connor123293]

Shes been like this for a good week now id say and behaviour seems to be okay
Hope its not bloating

 

[Sgooosh]

Shes been like this for a good week now id say and behaviour seems to be okay
Hope its not bloating

better photos? i cant see very clearly...

 

[Connor123293]

Tbh im unsure pictures do it justice haha!

 

[Connor123293]

Its alot bigger than other two mollies

 

[Sgooosh]

i think 70% that is preggo!!! make sure to have a lot of soft plants preferably live so she can spawn there

 

[Dajuyu]

Best ways to have it on separate Tank ... with of course live plants and hiding places. As it will speed up the live bearer process and resuces stress.

 

[Sgooosh]

Best ways to have it on separate Tank ... with of course live plants and hiding places. As it will speed up the live bearer process and resuces stress.

just a tip, when i moved my female to a breeder, she aborted... so try to make it as seamless as possible, take a leak proof black container and do that

 

[Connor123293]

Problem is its a 100 litre tank but I also have tetras, a few harlequin rasboras 1 thistlenose pleco and 4 albino corydoras, they all seem happy

I only have one tank and have real bogwood I believe its called and fake plants (no real ones yet) so I have brought a breeder cube net and was going to put her in that when she's ready to give birth and then obviously take her out to prevent her eating the fry, is this the correct and okay way to do so?

 

[AdoraBelle Dearheart]

Problem is its a 100 litre tank but I also have tetras, a few harlequin rasboras 1 thistlenose pleco and 4 albino corydoras, they all seem happy

I only have one tank and have real bogwood I believe its called and fake plants (no real ones yet) so I have brought a breeder cube net and was going to put her in that when she's ready to give birth and then obviously take her out to prevent her eating the fry, is this the correct and okay way to do so?

Better to leave her in the tank and let her give birth there. Moving her risks hurting her or the fry when you net her, and it'll stress her out, and stress is never good for labour.

Add some dense floating plants, like a big bunch of elodea or hornwort, and the fry will go hide in there, then you can net those into the breeder box to raise them for a few weeks until they're large enough not to be eaten, if you'd like, but chances are that a lot will survive even if you leave them in the main tank.

Also looks like you might have gravid platies in there too? If you have male and female mollies and platies in that tank, you're going to be bursting at the seams with fry in no time at all, so I wouldn't panic about trying to save every single fry... especially not worth risking losing the adult females by stressing them. Each female can easily pop out 30-40 fry every month, so figuring out how you're gonna avoid overstocking and where to raise and rehome fry is important when you have female livebearers