gmac
Aquarium Advice Regular
Hello there,
Things seem to be going well with about 17 molly fry... with their mother a balloon molly floating around the tank, unfortunately their father died a week ago. We have left the fry in the tank and all seem to be fine with the other inhabitants... 11 neon tetras and a large common pleco.
The first time we had fry by this balloon molly a few months ago... the male black molly was always near her before the birth nudging her etc... and then I think we noticed him at her rear... possibly as she was giving birth... was he eating the fry as they were born?
We removed the fry before he would have had a chance to eat ones anyway which got past him and now sadly he is dead so we don't know what would have happened had we left him in the tank with the fry...
If we got another one... or a male balloon molly rather than a male black molly... would they try and eat the fry that are now in the tank, or just accept them as the other tank mates have? Not sure how molly's work with the whole fry thing.
Many thanks.
Things seem to be going well with about 17 molly fry... with their mother a balloon molly floating around the tank, unfortunately their father died a week ago. We have left the fry in the tank and all seem to be fine with the other inhabitants... 11 neon tetras and a large common pleco.
The first time we had fry by this balloon molly a few months ago... the male black molly was always near her before the birth nudging her etc... and then I think we noticed him at her rear... possibly as she was giving birth... was he eating the fry as they were born?
We removed the fry before he would have had a chance to eat ones anyway which got past him and now sadly he is dead so we don't know what would have happened had we left him in the tank with the fry...
If we got another one... or a male balloon molly rather than a male black molly... would they try and eat the fry that are now in the tank, or just accept them as the other tank mates have? Not sure how molly's work with the whole fry thing.
Many thanks.