Molly Pregnant?

[fantasy fish]

I just bought a female molly today and i think she is pregnant but i am not sure. She is white with black spots and i see no gravid spot but she is pretty fat. Is she pregnant or is it a disease. and if she is pregnant how can i tell, is it the same way to tell with platies and guppies?

 

[shadow]

If it is a dalmation mollie, it may be hard to look for a gravid spot. If she looks squareish on the bottom then she is pregnant and may give birth soon. It could be overeating also. I would wait to feed her for about 2 days and see if her size changes, if not then it would be safe to assume that she is pregnant.

 

[fantasy fish]

Thank you, when i find out i will post it. Right now i have her in a fve gal just in case. Should the five gal have a heater? right now the temp is in the 70's.
And another question where the molly is i have 3 other pregnant platies in the tank and just did a 25% water change and they all seem stressed out can you tell me if i should be worried about the mothers 2 be.

 

[shadow]

You can put a heater in the tank since they like it to be about 75-78 degrees. When you did the water change, was the water the same temp as the tank? That may stress them out. I wouldn't be overly concerned since water changes can stress out the fish. Give them adjustment time. Also, how long have you had the other two mothers to be?

 

[fantasy fish]

I did the water change about 2 hrs. ago. I have had the other 3 mothers to be for a couple of monthes but they have been in the 5 gal for about 3 days.

 

[shadow]

It may be them getting used to being in a different tank.

 

[fantasy fish]

Ok i won't worry too much right now. Thankz

 

[fantasy fish]

i just fed all of the females in the 5 gal. and all 3 of my platies will eat a piece of flake food and spit it out right after they eat it. is this a sign that they will drop their fry soon? and the molly isn't even eating. could this be because she was just moved to a new tank today?

 

[fantasy fish]

Now about 3 hrs. later all of the pregnant females in the 5 gal. seem to be even more stressed . should i put something in the water? or put them back in the community tank?

 

[fantasy fish]

Hi Shadow just thought i would tell you that my pregnant white and black molly is dying and when she is dead i will try to get the fry out.

 

[shadow]

Hi fantasy fish, I was not able to access my computer so I could not get your posts. I am wondering if your mollie had survived? I would put them back into the community tank, if you have not already done so. How big is your community? Maybe if it was bigger than 5 gal, they got stressed.

I'm just surprised that no one else answered to your problem.

 

[fantasy fish]

Well the molly died i got to her too late after she died EARLY in the morning so the fry had died too.(guesse she was pregnant ) My communtiy tank in 10 gal. (working on getting 20 gal.) and i have put back all of the mothers to be in the community tank. i might move them back if the males are stressing them out too much though.

 

[shadow]

I'm sorry to hear about your mollie If the males are stressing out your females, then you could just move the males. If females are stressed out, I think they can abort the pregnancy. I don't think the males should bother them too much. Good luck with your other mothers to be.

 

[fantasy fish]

Hi Shadow, Thankz for helping me.