What To Do With Molly Fry.

[Sly13Cat]

Hear me out here. A few weeks ago my molly unexpectedly had fry and I have no idea what to do with them. Currently their in a .5 gallon with a Hornwort floating around. There's 10 of them and I've been feeding them crushed Top-Fin flakes which they've been eating. When they reach 1.5 inches the pet store will take them but currently they're 1 cm. But what should I do with them until then? I've done tons of research on how to breed Bettas but I have no ideas when it comes to mollies. Which of the above options seems best?

By the way I don't mind if nature takes it's course and a few get eaten.

 

[FishBlast]

How about... none of the above?

If put with betta and other fish, they might get eaten (especially by betta who might consider shifting through plants). They're too tiny at 1 cm, even if they cannot be swallowed in a gulp, they will be torn to pieces. -.-
If kept in 0.5 gal, the fry won't develop properly.
If you want them to survive and grow fast, a 5 gal would be good.

 

[Cazgar]

None of the above as Fishblast said.
You could divide the 10 gallon & put them in there for a week or so

 

[Sly13Cat]

So what do I do after the week of dividing? I could give them a 2-3 gal section in the 10 gal. I could put them in the 10 gal and use some airline tubing for the fish to hide in. There's a floating Hornwort and others. Kind of in a pickle here.

How long would it take for them to grow to 1.5in in a 3-5 gal divided section?

 

[FishBlast]

So what do I do after the week of dividing? I could give them a 2-3 gal section in the 10 gal. I could put them in the 10 gal and use some airline tubing for the fish to hide in. There's a floating Hornwort and others. Kind of in a pickle here.

How long would it take for them to grow to 1.5in in a 3-5 gal divided section?

Too many variables... to take in account.

There's food, there's amount of water changes, then space for exercise... 5 gal section would work for them, 3-4 times a day feed with flakes and as frequent as you can with the water changes.

 

[Sly13Cat]

I could do water changes every day or every second day. I feed them 3 times a day.

Here's the tank to help cut out most variables:

Tank Parameters (Tested during water change once half of new water was in so results may not be entirely accurate but the look pretty much the same as 2 days ago).
KH: 120PPM
GH: 120PPM
pH: 7-7.5
Nitrite: 0PPM
Nitrate: 20PPM
It's amazing how well the tank stabilized after it cycled. Also, I love doing water tests just to see the Nitrite say 0PPM after the cycle I just did...

Space the fry will get per gallon:
2 inches long (Increases by 2 inches per gallon up to 20 inches)
10 inches wide
12 inches high

Fed (Whichever brand you think is better):
Top-Fin Tropical Flakes Crushed 3 times a day
or
Tetra Min Tropical Flakes Crushed 3 times a day

Temperature:
81F

Plants:
1 Plastic
1 Floating Hornwort

Filter:
Aqua-Tech 5-15