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The one that looks like she is turned was very stressed she is the one that im worried about.. i moved her to her own separate 10g high hex tank and she is still seeming stressed.. her appetite hasnt changed a bit.. but she stays to herself alot.. her company is my most pregnant guppy.. im hoping that if either have babies the other wont eat them. Doing water changes daily bc i do not have the chance to let the tank cycle.. to me it looks like they only have a week left
 
freshwaterashley said:
The one that looks like she is turned was very stressed she is the one that im worried about.. i moved her to her own separate 10g high hex tank and she is still seeming stressed.. her appetite hasnt changed a bit.. but she stays to herself alot.. her company is my most pregnant guppy.. im hoping that if either have babies the other wont eat them. Doing water changes daily bc i do not have the chance to let the tank cycle.. to me it looks like they only have a week left
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Personally I would leave her free in the main tank, that is cycled??. You may well loose some fry but you run the risk of losing all the fry and the mother, if you leave the situation as it is.
Stressing her is the main reason they hold off or abort. If you take some precautions in the main tank, you can greatly increase the amount of fry that survive. If you have some fake plants, bunch them closely in one corner and it will provide the fry with a hiding spot. Cover the intake with a prefilter sponge or pantyhose. Keep the other fish well fed but watch your water quality. Over feeding will need extra/higher % water changes. By trying to save ALL the fry, you could end up with little to no fry. What is the plan for all the fry anyway, have you somewhere to grow them out, the 10g??. Mollies have a heavy bio-load, not the fry initially but they will as they grow and they grow pretty quick. You are going to have to get that 10g cycled. Can you transfer some media from the established filter. You could even use some gravel from the cycled tank. Put gravel in some pantyhose, place in the uncycled filter, touching your 'new' media and this will help transfer BB. Leave the gravel in there for a few weeks and it should cycle the 'new' filter. It should be enough BB for the fry, and the BB will grow as the fry grow. Just keep testing the water.
To trigger her, you could try a large water change, 70% and upping the temp to 80. If she is ready to drop, this can help her...
 
Dunno if anyone els said this but their bellies will become box shaped when ready...
 
I know it's hard to tell in the pics but mine are boxed.
 
She looks pretty square to me. I would guess in the next day or two.... Click on the picture to enlarge!!
 

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Ian086 said:
Personally I would leave her free in the main tank, that is cycled??. You may well loose some fry but you run the risk of losing all the fry and the mother, if you leave the situation as it is.
Stressing her is the main reason they hold off or abort. If you take some precautions in the main tank, you can greatly increase the amount of fry that survive. If you have some fake plants, bunch them closely in one corner and it will provide the fry with a hiding spot. Cover the intake with a prefilter sponge or pantyhose. Keep the other fish well fed but watch your water quality. Over feeding will need extra/higher % water changes. By trying to save ALL the fry, you could end up with little to no fry. What is the plan for all the fry anyway, have you somewhere to grow them out, the 10g??. Mollies have a heavy bio-load, not the fry initially but they will as they grow and they grow pretty quick. You are going to have to get that 10g cycled. Can you transfer some media from the established filter. You could even use some gravel from the cycled tank. Put gravel in some pantyhose, place in the uncycled filter, touching your 'new' media and this will help transfer BB. Leave the gravel in there for a few weeks and it should cycle the 'new' filter. It should be enough BB for the fry, and the BB will grow as the fry grow. Just keep testing the water.
To trigger her, you could try a large water change, 70% and upping the temp to 80. If she is ready to drop, this can help her...
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I plan on selling and trading to my local pet stores when they are juvenile, and yes i am going to set up the ten gallon when they are born they will go into a 1.8 g hex tank until they outgrow it qhich will give me about a month in time to cycle the ten gallon. Is there any easy way to cycle a tank without ammonia or fish or any other nonsense? I have well water .. plus my mollies and guppies seem to be undisturbed by changes in the water. I am hoping that i have fry very soon ..
 
Have a re-read of the last half of my previous post. It's the fastest way to cycle a new filter. Just remember that you'll have to feed the BB in the 10g, either with having fish in it or just putting fish food in. You can't just set it up and leave it until the fry are ready to move to it. The BB still needs 'food' or they will die off.....
 
Ian086 said:
Have a re-read of the last half of my previous post. It's the fastest way to cycle a new filter. Just remember that you'll have to feed the BB in the 10g, either with having fish in it or just putting fish food in. You can't just set it up and leave it until the fry are ready to move to it. The BB still needs 'food' or they will die off.....
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What do you mean by transfer media from the filter? Like squeeze water from it into the new tank?
 
Is it even safe to keep the fish in the tank to cycle it? Wont there be spikes that could kill them?
 
Also i have noticed that today and yesterday she has been very much food aggressive.. is that odd? Shes so bad its to the point where she nips at other fish during feeding..? I thought that they stop eating when they are close
 
Ian,
I have bunched about 7 plans on one side of the tank.. im hoping my new setup will help preserve the fry... i also have some plants on the opposite side of the tank.. i dont usually wear pantyhose so i have none around the house but i could go buy some.. i have also attached more pictures of her. She is very hard to get still but im trying to get a good one of her side so maybe you can see the shape

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freshwaterashley said:
Is it even safe to keep the fish in the tank to cycle it? Wont there be spikes that could kill them?
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If you use media from a cycled filter, you should be ok with just one or two fish. That's why you have to keep a close eye on your water initially, testing at least daily and be prepared to do water changes. It shouldn't spike really, if at all, maybe a mini cycle. Once you use 'old' media you will be fine.....
 
Bought this beautiful platy today.. and she is full to the gills of babies.. also bought a male molly and male guppy to straighten out the pecking order in the tank.. to many females

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