Ok, I am a total newbie. These are probably very stupid questions.
I want to breed my mollies and platys. I have three female platys (one male) and two female mollies (one pregnant) and I need advice on how to maximize the babys' chances. My one molly dropped a couple of weeks ago late one night and I was hoping that a few babies were hiding in the plants but none showed. The few times before that I put the pregnant fish in the breeder net and they miscarried. So that didnt' work.
Is there any way to tell exactly when a female molly or platy is going to give birth? Do they always do it at night? If I can catch them in the act I can scoop some fry into the breeding trap and save them (I know keeping fry in a breeding trap isn't the best but I am going to get a fry tank after Christmas - too much Xmas shopping to do now to afford one!)
I have a ton of java moss, and its all clumped on one side of the tank. I would say between a sixth and a fifth of the 29 gallon tank is full of java moss. Should I change its position- either let it float or anchor it down on the bottom spread out? Would some fry maybe be able to hide so I could scoop them out later? I also have two plastic petco 'baby saver' bushy plants, one floating and one anchored to the bottom.
So is there anything I can do? I have all these friends who want fish, and a lfs ready to give me credit for them, and no babies!
BTW- my other fish:
5 blackskirt tetras (longfin)
5 neon tetras
4 ottos
4 gold barbs
then the 4 platys and 2 mollies.
Thanks.
I want to breed my mollies and platys. I have three female platys (one male) and two female mollies (one pregnant) and I need advice on how to maximize the babys' chances. My one molly dropped a couple of weeks ago late one night and I was hoping that a few babies were hiding in the plants but none showed. The few times before that I put the pregnant fish in the breeder net and they miscarried. So that didnt' work.
Is there any way to tell exactly when a female molly or platy is going to give birth? Do they always do it at night? If I can catch them in the act I can scoop some fry into the breeding trap and save them (I know keeping fry in a breeding trap isn't the best but I am going to get a fry tank after Christmas - too much Xmas shopping to do now to afford one!)
I have a ton of java moss, and its all clumped on one side of the tank. I would say between a sixth and a fifth of the 29 gallon tank is full of java moss. Should I change its position- either let it float or anchor it down on the bottom spread out? Would some fry maybe be able to hide so I could scoop them out later? I also have two plastic petco 'baby saver' bushy plants, one floating and one anchored to the bottom.
So is there anything I can do? I have all these friends who want fish, and a lfs ready to give me credit for them, and no babies!
BTW- my other fish:
5 blackskirt tetras (longfin)
5 neon tetras
4 ottos
4 gold barbs
then the 4 platys and 2 mollies.
Thanks.