Question about Pregnant Molly

[Puriti]

Is there any signs I should be seeing for when she's ready to drop? She's like 2 or 3 months pregnant and she's swimming around with her fins clamped but she's eating....


And just noticing this now, both my dalmatian mollies that are pregnant are like... knocking their body against my acryllic mermaid wanted sign ._. but only do it slightly and then stop. Only seen them do it once...

 

[Puriti]

Well, now her fins are fine ._.

 

[Devilishturtles]

And just noticing this now, both my dalmatian mollies that are pregnant are like... knocking their body against my acryllic mermaid wanted sign ._. but only do it slightly and then stop. Only seen them do it once...

Keep watching for this action. It could be a sign of ich.

To the best of my knowledge, clamped fins aren't really a 'side-effect' of pregnancy. When she is ready to drop, she'll get really big...and that's about it. You should see a noticeably dark gravid spot on her as well (if she is lighter colored). 3 months is a bit long for a pregnancy...are you sure they aren't just...constipated?

 

[Puriti]

And just noticing this now, both my dalmatian mollies that are pregnant are like... knocking their body against my acryllic mermaid wanted sign ._. but only do it slightly and then stop. Only seen them do it once...

Keep watching for this action. It could be a sign of ich.

I haven't seent hem do it anymore.... they just....smacked their head against the mermaid thing, once to the rocks, then just stopped. o.o maybe they have a headache! lol

You should see a noticeably dark gravid spot on her as well (if she is lighter colored). 3 months is a bit long for a pregnancy...are you sure they aren't just...constipated?

She's almost completely black >_< and I'm sure cuz she eats and craps and I saw her being bred every morning when I got up for school before I pulled the males out and her stomach is big and has been square for a while, but I used to have her in a breeding cage which didn't help any and she often escaped that...then I had to move my females because they were antagonizing a new addition to my tank, which they aren't now so I put them back. She might just be holding them or something ._.