Balloon Mollies, Pregnant Or Not?

Helow guys,

i bought 2 female balloon mollies just now and have a 2 hrs trip from the DIY to our home.

1 balloon female molly i think its pregnant, idk exactly but i'll show u the pic. and male balloon mollies are harassing her.

i already put her in the breeder trap.but it seems that she wanted to go out. because its small trap. am i causing her stress?

Thanks in advance.

idk if my balloon molly pregnant or not because of its shape. hehe how would i distinguish the prego? her shape right now is squared off.

EDIT* below is the picture of my fish. the orange one is a male.

pls help me!

idk what to do. I'm freaking out here. I'm afraid she might die, breeding traps is so small and she is also freaking out.

just now i gave her food but she did not eat it. if i'm going do leave her in the trap is she going to die. if not, how many days can i leave her there?

pls pls pls help me!


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Thanks,
jack03

can you calm down god!

if she is stressed turn the lights off and LEAVE HER ALONE, and no peaking!
i suggest you remove her from the breeder period and let have drop on her own where she is much more comfortable. if she is stressed she can loose her fry and even die!
i suggest reading before ranting on like you just did. try these stickies. those images aren't that great for us to tell, after reading the links below post a new one of her gravid spot.

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I'm so sorry, i really don't know what to do.

Thank you for your help i really appreciate it, i already remove her in the breeding trap.

Thanks again omega59

you are welcome, you can place some plants in the tank or rocks so the fry can hide, trust me they swimp,jump pretty fast you would be suprised how much they can survive. if you are the concerned about losing the fry you can purchase a much larger breeder trap, stay away from the box net types as they do not allow the fry to drop down away from the mom to be seperated. once you got the new breeder, turn the lights out and leave her be in the dark.

can you post a shot of her gravid spot please so we can further tell you if she really is pregnant. i placed an image of where the gravid spot is located. thanks!

I'm trying to take a clear shot but its always blurry,

so sad T_T i turn my heater on this evening and when i woke up in the morning my 2 albino corydoras catfish died, because the water temp is raising to 27.8C,

are the mollies going to be affected and die? i already turn off the heater and i hope that its not yet to late.


my dalmatian molly is starting to weaken.

No point in trying to find out by looking at gravid spots, they are not a true indication at all....

The one in the pic with the orange male is heavy pregnant...

If you have a well planted tank, let her have the fry in there, mollie fry are pretty big and tend to have a good survival rate, once you see the mother has gone thin, she has dropped them, try and fish the fry out and put them in the trap...

If you decide you want to put her in a trap, leaver her in for no longer than 48 hours, also turn lights out and do not disturb her..

Good luck

untill now she did not yet gave birth, i think i have well planted tank.

what im so worried about is my filter, i hope they won't get sucked in the filter.

any suggest on how to avoid my fry's in the filter?