What To Expect?

[my fat fish]

well not my mollies have started giveing birth being fairly new to fishkeeping myself let alone breeding how many babies can i expect and also how long untill ther all borne i thought they would all just pop out at once but the seem to be comming gradually i have 6 now and i have no idea whitch 1 of my mollies is giving birth as ther boath pregnant also soo i shall have some mollies for grabs lol i aint got nuff room for all them

 

[my fat fish]

come on someone must have an idea

btw i have 2 pregnant mollies

 

[wendyngd]

come on someone must have an idea

btw i have 2 pregnant mollies

Congrats-

All I can say is that my female mollies (2) gave birth on their own (we missed it!) about a week apart. One had about 12 (that we found and put in a separate netted thing in the tank) and the other had about 6. I send you prayers and say hang in there and let nature take its course, for now. (After all, what did they do before they "met" all of us--had unassisted births. The only thing I did notice is that they hide out behind a piece of coral, wantg to be alone.

Sorry I don't have more to offer!

Regards,
Wendy

By the way, my local Petland Discount Store adopted a dozen of the fry when they were about 2 months old. No one in this (LI, NY) area was interested in buying them. So don't worry about having room...And with a full tank with fry, keep an eye on ammonia level---lots of little fry pooping raises nitrates very fast, had me changing filters ofteen.

Good Luck!
Wendy

 

[my fat fish]

thx