Please help me and my fish

[Liz1275]

I am very NEW to all this. I have a 72gal tank and I had some fish that was mean so I took them back. This past Tuesday I got a Molly "I think" and I think it might be with child or children but I'm not sure I have her "I think it's a her" in a little cage like thing but I don't want to keep it there if in fact its not even a girl. Can someone help me. I will put pic up as soon as I learn how

 

[Liz1275]

i am very new to all this. I have a 72gal tank and i had some fish that was mean so i took them back. This past tuesday i got a molly "i think" and i think it might be with child or children but i'm not sure i have her "i think it's a her" in a little cage like thing but i don't want to keep it there if in fact its not even a girl. Can someone help me. I will put pic up as soon as i learn how

 

[Liz1275]

Hope I'm doing this pic thing right

 

[Mrc8858]

Imo when it comes to mollies and guppies ur best off leaving them in the display tank and let nature take its course or else in no time at all u will be overwhelmed with hundreds of fish lol

 

[Mrc8858]

But to answer ur question from the pics I'd say that's for sure a prego Molly soon to pop and welcome to AA ull get all the help u ask for and then some here

 

[Liz1275]

Haha thank you so much. You wouldn't be able to tell how "soon" soon is?

 

[Mrc8858]

Well there gestation period is right around 5-6 weeks and she looks to be about a week away at best but if u wanna separate her u could do it once she stops feeding... 2-4 days before giving birth she will prob stop accepting food

 

[Liz1275]

Thank you so much I didn't know what to do with her that's why she was in the cage I just let her out and she is loving just being able to swim around

 

[Mrc8858]

Wut fish do u have in that tank

 

[Liz1275]

Wellll this is my first tank so I started with an angelfish, peacock eel, cichlid, red tail shark and an African clown knife. Then I found out I had a lot of mean fish and they was eating the angelfishes tail at night (that's when they all came out). So I took back the cichlid and shark the clown knife is going back this weekend. And now I have the angelfish, 2 Mollys, the eel, a sun burst and another orange one(not sure what it's called)

 

[bruinsbro1997]

to AA!

Your tank is cycled for the Molly, right? Just checking

 

[Liz1275]

Ty and ummm not sure what your talking about "cycled for Molly"

 

[Liz1275]

Now that I put her with the other fish the other Molly looks Luke he's trying to kiss her butt it won't leave her alone are you sure that I shouldn't leave her in the cage?

 

[Mrc8858]

Ya with the size of ur tank u could have 3-4 angels easily then throw some kind of fancy pleco (not a common) and a schooling fish with a group of 12+...ur mollies will begin multiplying in no time too. Jmo with a tank that size u actually have a lot of options

 

[Mrc8858]

U need to read up on cycling ur tank ASAP and if he doesn't stop harassing her then maybe u should put her back in since there's not really any other fish to take is attention away.. would be best if u had a small breeder tank for this

 

[Liz1275]

Yeah I'm really just learning as I go here with the first set of fish I got them cause I liked the way they looked but you never saw anything but one angelfish swimming around this huge tank now I have gotten a fish that's about to have babies..... I don't think my luck is to good right now with picking out fish

 

[Mrc8858]

Ya ull soon learn that with this hobby knowledge and research makes it a much more satisfying experience...u can never know to much lol

 

[Liz1275]

Well I know to cycle the tank but that guy said cycled for the Molly

 

[Mrc8858]

But don't worry the majority of ppl on this forum started off just like u... plus just for next time u go to the pet store more often then not the employees will give u false information either because they don't kno any better or just want to make another sale so u should always do ur own research too

 

[Mrc8858]

Well I know to cycle the tank but that guy said cycled for the Molly

I think he had the understanding that it was a new tank with just a Molly in it that's y he Sed it that way