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I have a male betta, I got him first and then bought a 36gal and added molly's, platy's and neon's. He gets along with all my fish and seems quite happy to have the company!

I have 2 male dalmation molly's. They impregnated my female gold/black molly and also mated with my female black molly. Now the dalmations are getting the offspring pregnant! Are there any problems associated with this in-breeding? I now have 3 generations of dalmation/gold and black molly's!

Please let me know how you do this. RO water is expensive and heavy to lug around. My LFS store uses 5 gal containers and I would rather use tap water but need to get them down. Every water change puts 20-30ppm of nitrates back into the tank. I would be very interested if you can find something...

My tap water has 20-30ppm. Do you use RO or other water? How do you keep the nitrates from rising?

I have my betta male in my community tank along with sunset platy, two dalmation molly's, two black/gold mollies and several black molly fry and he is happy as he can be. No one bothers him, and he doesn't bother any of the other fish.

My mollies just had fry and I caught them or most of them and put them in a breeder tank and fed them "First Bites", a powder like food just for fry. All have survived and are getting bigger every day! Good luck with yours.

Should I turn off the bubbles at night? Or does it matter to the fish? Thanks,

I waited until they were born before I scooped them up and put them in the breeder tank. I put the mother in with the babies but she was aggressive towards the babies so I took her out and just left the fry in the breeder. After about 6 weeks, I let them go in the big tank and all is well.

Well it looks like you will have some little fry soon! My black mollie (Miss Molly) gave birth about a month ago. I also had a black/gold molly give birth a week later. I now have 30 new fish! So cute when they are babies!

Hi John, Do your betta have more than one in each tank? Can you have more than one in the same tank? I heard they would fight. Thanks, Bill

Could be baby snails? Sometimes they come with plants. Just a thought. I have baby snales and they look just like yours.

I had 7 black mollies and put them in a breeding tank that floats in the main tank. I let them loose in the main tank when they were about a 1/2". All are doing fine the dalmation mollies are the biggest fish I have and all are well and getting bigger!

My black mollie had 7 fry and I put them in a floating breeder box and when they were 6 weeks old, I let them loose in the tank and all seem to be surviving and getting bigger every day. Also I had a black/gold mollie that had about 23 fry and I did the same thing and all have survived in the...

My tank is a 36gal bow front. I was using purified water in 2.5 gal containers. It just got to be a hassel when doing wc. I went back to tap and use seachem prime. If I can get water from Sparkle delivered I would consider that.

My tap water is showing 20-30ppm of nitrates. Should I use distilled, purified or ro? and what is the difference between these? Thanks

I have about 40ppm of nitrates in my 36 gal tank. My tap water is showing between 20-30 so I started using purified water for my pwc. It shows no nitrates. I do a vaccume once every other week and do a 30% water change once a week. How do I lower nitrates? Is there a additive that I can purchase...

Yeah I found another thread that said about a month to six weeks and they should be big enough. They are so cute and miniature against mommy and daddy!

My mollie also had fry 4 days ago. It must have been at night because when I got up and checked the tank I saw seven small fry in the floating plant. I caught them and put them in a floating breeder tank and they seem to be doing well. That might be an idea if you can catch them before they are...

By the way I am new to aquariums and this is the first fish I have ever had babys! It is exciting!

I have 7 black mollie fry. They were born 4 days ago. I have them in a breeder tank now. They are about a half inch long. My question is how big do they need to be before they can join the rest of the tank? Thanks for your input.

My new additions! 7 black mollies arrived today! Waiting for more!

Thanks, I thought they had more than just a few. I found another one so now I have 7 fry. I will get some brine shrimp for them. In the meantime, will they eat crushed flake food?

Just had my black mollie give birth. I have six fry. I put them in a breeder tank so as not to get eaten. My question is will the mother have more? She is still big and the male dalmation mollie is on her like white on rice! Is there any special things I should do for the fry? Thanks for your...

I also had a common pleco in a 36 gal. It was only 2-3in when I bought him and two and a half month later he was over 6 inches. Lucky I have a fish store that took him and gave me a smaller one. I think he is a bristlenose? He is only an inch long and should not get over 3 inches. In addition, I...

How do you tell male/females black mollies apart? One of my black mollies was sold to me to be male. He is larger and longer than the female. Lately I noticed he/she looked pregnant! She has a low slung belly and she looks squared. Is there a way to tell from the anal fin? Thanks for your help!