Pregnant? Help?!

[VampireGirl411]

My current tank is 10 gallons with 2 male guppies, 3 female guppies, 2 goldfish, 4 dalmatian mollies (3 female one male?), a (female?) yellow molly, and a silver male molly.

I recently bought some new fish, including a female guppy and lyre tail dalmatian molly who both appear pregnant. If so, can anyone tell me about how far along they are/ And when i should separate them?

The pictures aren't the best, but I tried! Attaching them wasn't working, so here's a link

http/paradoxgirl411.deviantart.com/art/Fish-277282936

 

[fluttermoth]

If your livebearers have been anywhere near a male in the last six months, they will almost certainly be pregnant, but they're not very close to giving birth yet by the looks of them.

I wouldn't separate them, unless you have another tank to put them in, as you really don't have any room in your tank for anymore fish; in fact you should really, really remove the goldfish altogether, as they'll grow far too big. You will get a few fry surving without needing to separate the females.

 

[OldMan47]

Welcome to the forum VampireGirl411.
To me, the fish in your pictures do not look very far along. I would guess they each have at least 2 weeks to go before a drop. Have a look here to get an idea of how to judge your fish's progress yourself. You should be able to do better than any of us by watching your fish yourself.

 

[VampireGirl411]

Okay, thanks guys ^.^ A molly I bought a few months ago had 5 babies, then sadly died Only one of them is alive, he's in his own 2.5 gallon tank with plants and has grown to 1/2 inch He's eating well too, so I'm thinking he'll survive.

I was going to move the 2 gold fish into the tank with him once he's bigger since I don't want them in my 10 gallon (They are only 1.5inch feeder type goldfish) But how long should i wait before doing this?

 

[fluttermoth]

Honestly, you really can't put two goldies in a 2.5 gallon tank, I'm afraid to say.

If they're fancy goldfish they'd need about a 30 gallon tank, but if they're commons, as most 'feeder' goldies are, they really need a pond. I know they're only small now, but all common goldfish can grow to around a foot long.

I'd see if you can rehome them somehow; either through your LFS or by offering them on Aquarist Classifed or Craiglist, depending on where you are. If you know someone with a pond, that would be the best place for them.

 

[VampireGirl411]

Okay, I'll look into re-homing them. At what size would it be safe to introduce my baby molly into the big tank? Or place a fish with him?

 

[VampireGirl411]

Here's a picture of the baby And a better one of the two pregnant females. Are the orange spots normal on the molly?

It almost looks to me that the molly has lost weight...the last pregnant one I had got a lot fatter, and I don't see any babies hiding anywhere. Is it possible she had her babies already? Or could she have not been pregnant to begin with?

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[omgitzmollie]

I have breed mollies, platies, and guppies successfully. In my experience you shouldnt seperate the nother from the tank before she has the fry, usually the mother gets stressed out and aborts the fry( meaning the come out looking like unfertilized eggs). Just make sure you have plants that are leafy and it doesnt maker if theyre real or fake.

Some signs of labor are isolation, loss of appetite, squaring of the stomach is common in mollies and most likely swirdtails, and you will see a clear tube near the gravid spot.

The darker the gravid spot the further along the fish is.

Hope this helped, good luck,
Mollie

 

[OldMan47]

Your pictures

The orange spots on the molly are perfectly normal. The fry is coming along nicely. The guppy female is far from a drop. She shows no swelling or squaring at all.
Most goldfish belong in ponds, not small indoor aquariums. The common feeders are called comets by goldfish people and grow to at least 18 inches as they mature. That is far bigger than most of us can easily accommodate in a tank.