Pregnant Molly Help

[fish_lover09]

Hi all I recently got a fish tank and brought 2 female molly from the store when i noticed that 1 was gettin a lot fatter than the other 1

here is a link to a video of my molly can someone please tell me if she is pregant or just fat thank you to anyone that can help

<a href="http/www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpLVdhNUe6w" target="_blank">http/www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpLVdhNUe6w</a>

i also have scissor tales and neon fish should i move her away from the other fish and get a second tank or will she be ok in there if she pregnant thanks 4 the help once again

update

this is a clearer look at this 1 and a pic
<a href="http/www.youtube.com/watch?v=i54E7Hr2iAA" target="_blank">http/www.youtube.com/watch?v=i54E7Hr2iAA</a>
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update
she gave birth last nite bout 15 fry how long should i keep them in the breeding net

 

[hypno_pleco]

your molly looks to me like shes maybe pregnant,
try and post up a good picture maybe? its hard to tell on the video...
if she is pregnant, you can either let the mollys be free into your main tank and see if the fry survive (they are amazing at hiding in plants from other fish)
or you could get a breeding trap for the female so when she does drop your fry will be safe ( so long as you dont keep the mother with them afterwards....

 

[fish_lover09]

your molly looks to me like shes maybe pregnant,
try and post up a good picture maybe? its hard to tell on the video...
if she is pregnant, you can either let the mollys be free into your main tank and see if the fry survive (they are amazing at hiding in plants from other fish)
or you could get a breeding trap for the female so when she does drop your fry will be safe ( so long as you dont keep the mother with them afterwards....

thanks mate i have uploaded a clearer 1 maybe if u ave time u could have a look ill be getting 1 of them breeding traps soon until i get the money for a little tank how big should a breeding tank be for mollys

 

[OldMan47]

Welcome to the forum FishLover.
The first video looks like a female who is probably no more than a week from a fry drop. The second video is not showing the same degree of progress. If it is the same female, the first video may have been shortly after a big meal. It can be hard to tell without some very clear pictures. In the second video I saw some nice house plants, the ones with the light colored leaf edges. What are they doing in a fish tank? I try to avoid using breeding traps for mollies or any other fish that big. When they don't succeed in jumping out of the trap it often causes them enough stress to abort the fry if they are not ready when you put them in. Instead, I try to provide plenty of fry cover in the form of things like a nice clump of java moss. The fry will hide in the moss and adult mollies won't try very hard to hunt them down anyway. The other option that I have used with mollies is to put the female in her own small tank, like a 10 gallon, and let her drop her fry there. I will often get at least 30 fry that way although she may drop a few more. The female that I have been using lately is peaceful enough with her fry that I just leave her with them for a while. This picture was one of her drops around the first of the year. This is her with her fry the day they were born.

This is her with some of the fry 27 days later. You can see some of the java moss on the left side of the picture. These fry ended up not really needing it because of the nature of that particular female but I always provide some.

 

[fish_lover09]

Welcome to the forum FishLover.
The first video looks like a female who is probably no more than a week from a fry drop. The second video is not showing the same degree of progress. If it is the same female, the first video may have been shortly after a big meal. It can be hard to tell without some very clear pictures. In the second video I saw some nice house plants, the ones with the light colored leaf edges. What are they doing in a fish tank? I try to avoid using breeding traps for mollies or any other fish that big. When they don't succeed in jumping out of the trap it often causes them enough stress to abort the fry if they are not ready when you put them in. Instead, I try to provide plenty of fry cover in the form of things like a nice clump of java moss. The fry will hide in the moss and adult mollies won't try very hard to hunt them down anyway. The other option that I have used with mollies is to put the female in her own small tank, like a 10 gallon, and let her drop her fry there. I will often get at least 30 fry that way although she may drop a few more. The female that I have been using lately is peaceful enough with her fry that I just leave her with them for a while. This picture was one of her drops around the first of the year. This is her with her fry the day they were born.

This is her with some of the fry 27 days later. You can see some of the java moss on the left side of the picture. These fry ended up not really needing it because of the nature of that particular female but I always provide some.

cheers mate the plants i got from the same shop i got my fish and he had them in all his tanks and he seaid they was ment for tropical tank and she gave birth last nite while i was asleep she has bout 15 fry and i got most of them in a breeding net how long should they stay in here 4

 

[OldMan47]

A lot depends on then other fish in the tank. If it is nothing but a few mollies, leave them in the net for a week or two and they should be fine with the adults. As you can tell from my pictures, a molly is not much threat to fry. If you have other fish, you will need to be more careful. The accepted advice is to wait until they are too big to fit in any other fish's mouth before releasing them into the general tank area.
On the plant, a dracaena (probably spelled it wrong) is a house plant no matter how pretty they look when submerged the first month or two.
I found a picture here http/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Green_plants.jpg

 

[fish_lover09]

A lot depends on then other fish in the tank. If it is nothing but a few mollies, leave them in the net for a week or two and they should be fine with the adults. As you can tell from my pictures, a molly is not much threat to fry. If you have other fish, you will need to be more careful. The accepted advice is to wait until they are too big to fit in any other fish's mouth before releasing them into the general tank area.
On the plant, a dracaena (probably spelled it wrong) is a house plant no matter how pretty they look when submerged the first month or two.
I found a picture here [URL="http/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Green_plants.jpg"]http/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Green_plants.jpg[/URL]

thanks 4 that mate should i cnt believe i got sold a house plant do u recon it will be ok in there as it aint really dieing or anything i should i just get something else sry all the questions i really dont know much at all cheers

 

[OldMan47]

The plant will do OK for a few weeks, maybe even a couple of months but it will eventually die from being submerged. In the time, while you are deciding what to do with it, look around the plants part of the forum and ask for some suggestions on plants after giving your light and water conditions. There are folks who hang out there that know a lot more than I do about plants. Don't let them convince you that CO2 is a must in a tank. It suits what they think of as good plant growth but those guys like to trim the plants every week to control the growth. Nice easy low light plants can be kept with almost no effort by comparison to that.