Pregnant Fish

Hey y'all,
I havent been posting in a while but I would like to tell ya'll that my fish are 37 weeks old, and I now have 7 new baby fish!, and 4 older fish. Now, when does my fish stop looking pregant?? Please reply!

BYE!

[Menagerie]

What kind of fish?

white mollies

[Menagerie]

Sorry, I recently bought Mollies, but have no real experience with them. I would google them and find out more about their breeding habitats and body types.

ok thanks!

[William]

White Sailfin?

White Lyretail?

White Balloon?


And they should loose alot of their girth when the babies are expelled.

However, just forwarning.. They do eat their young, some of my not so bright mollies have dropped a fry, turned around ate it, dropped another, turned around and ate it, ect ect.

She dosn't look any more slender than when she was carrying the fry?

If she dosn't, Does her scales poke out like a pinecone?

[Menagerie]

If she looks a tad bloated (no scales sticking out) try blanched peas to help things pass.

whats blanched peas??? whats girth?? im only 14. the mother still looks the same fatness...

[Menagerie]

Girth is the roundness of your fish (when I was fourteen--my mom made me look up everything in the dictionary, that one is your free pass ).

As for blanched peas--it's a way to cook them. I use frozen peas and microwave them for a couple of mins and then pop them out of their skins. Once they are cooled, you can feed them to your fish. This will only help if there is indeed a problem and if you don't feed them other food.

When exactly did she have the fry?

[TankGirl]

If you pop some frozen peas into boiling water for a minute or so, you have "blanched" them, and made them easier for the fish to digest. It is kind of like fishy laxative, to clear any kind of blockage in the digestive tract.

Girth is how big around she is, so her girth should reduce after dropping her fry. If she is a balloon molly they always have that round body appearance.

As mentioned above, if her fins are sticking out in a way that reminds you of a pinecone, that is an illness called "dropsy" and she should be removed and quarrantined. If she is eating normally and doing her normal thing, but just still looks round, then I would try the pea trick - mollies should scarf up a pea no problem. It may be that she ate too many of her babies and has a blockage issue.

Good luck, and let us know-