gold mollies

[joanne61451]

Hi I am new to forums and really fish illiterate, even though I have 2 tanks.

I bought 3 gold mollies 3/5/05. seller told me 1 was very pregnant. I immediatly netted her when I got home. This morning I had a net full of fry. Before going to work I removed the parent. How long do I leave the fry in the net? There are at least 20. Thank for any info that you can give me.

 

[Jen21]

The bigger fish will eat the babies if they get the chance. The babies should be big enough in a few months. Good luck and congrats on the babies!

 

[SworDTail KeePer]

congradulations on your new fry. hope they they live long and prosper.

 

[thrdwatchfan]

Congrats on the new arrivals

 

[Elise]

Congrats, you should take us some pics!

 

[pia]

Oh, you're so lucky! My Molly barely had 16. But for my mom, she thinks 10 is a lot. LOL

 

[joanne61451]

This ? is in regard to my netted fry. If I have to keep them in the breeder net for a couple of months, how do I clean the net? There are about 20 + fry and the net is not very big, also how many of the fry can I keep in such a small net?

 

[abe]

You can clean the net by using a piece of air pump tubing as a mini gravel cleaner Or if you can get your hands on a small aquarium w/ a sponge filter you can put them in there until they are big enough to go into the big tank.

I try & leave the fry in the net for as short a time as possible. I found a little fry (I'm assuming guppy) in my bag of ghost shrimp that I bought & I couldn't put him in the big tank to get eaten so I put him in a little sea monkey tank for awhile. Now he's slightly deformed He's in the main tank now though, no one seems to be bothering him & he's still pretty small.

Anyway that never happened to me w/ a breeding net, but ya never know I guess. Give it a month or so, and when they double or so in size let one or two free to make sure it's ok IME it usually is.