Pregnant black molly?

[ImACoolguy]

What would make her stress out? She's in a 10 gallon with the male and 7 neon tetras. I test the water all the time along with appropriate water changes and gravel cleaning. Maybe the male is bothering her?

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It's likely the male.


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[cntrygirl]

Ok. I'm getting a 29 gallon today to put my other fish in and will let her have the 10 gallon to herself.

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[ImACoolguy]

Ok. I'm getting a 29 gallon today to put my other fish in and will let her have the 10 gallon to herself.

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Awesome I'm sure she will enjoy it


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[cntrygirl]

So I'm pretty sure I have a balloon molly. She is still fat.

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[cntrygirl]

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[Fishobsessed7]

That's not a balloon!


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[Fishobsessed7]

She may be holding, or be eating more than she should.


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[cntrygirl]

Can they hold this long? What should I do?

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[missie86]

My molly constantly looks enormous...the pic with the blue gravel is 2 days before she dropped her first batch of fry...the other one is 2 days after a fry drop...not much difference...she and my male managed to eat all of them even with all the hiding places provided...there is a good chance she is dropping some fry and they are immediately eaten...they are continuously pregnant.

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[cntrygirl]

That's probably what's happening. she's still in a community tank.

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[missie86]

If you notice the others chasing her and nipping at her bottom she is probably dropping fry...mine act like its a mobile buffet

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[cntrygirl]

The male does this all the time. I mean ALL the time. I need to get some more females for him to harass so she gets a break.

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[ImACoolguy]

If you have her in the community tank with the male, expect her to be pregnant/carrying almost 24/7. It's just the way livebearers are.


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[cntrygirl]

I would like to try and raise some fry anyways. Will try to figure out a way to get her her own tank. Will try to get some more plants and hiding places for potential fry.

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[cntrygirl]

We have fry finally! 30+. I took the mom out should I remove the plastic bottom divider in the breeder box so the fry have room to swim?

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[missie86]

Yay!

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[cntrygirl]

So water parameters have spiked really bad since fry were born. Did a 25% water change and hardly made any difference. Most of the fry are laying on the bottom of the breeder box. What do I do?

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[missie86]

What are the parameters?

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[missie86]

My fry hugged the bottom for the first few days until they realized they werent gonna be eaten so thats not too worrying yet...

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[cntrygirl]

Well they were swimming around a couple hrs after birth and most of today. Checked parameters out of curiosity and realized everything was bad so did the wc. There are 6 dead fry in the box. Been trying to remove them but I keep freaking the live ones out.

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