I Have Hit The Mother Load.....litteraly!

[Kevinator]

I had 2 VERY pregnant Balloon Mollies who I thought were pretty close to delivering so last night I put them in a breeder. Both of them have had fry before and at the most they had about 20. I figured if I am lucky one will deliver. When I woke up this morning to check on them I was totally shocked both of them had fry! What was even more shocking was the number of fry. I thought they had maybe 40 altogether. I counted and counted until I counted 113! All of them are doing well by the way. Now what the heck am I going to do with them all.

 

[theotheragentm]

That is why people who have had their first batches of fry let the mothers birth in the main tank.

 

[scooterchick]

Gee whiz, I'm panicking about what to do with 9!

 

[lilfishie]

thats a good amount from two, i got 101 from 1

 

[K.J.]

101 dalmatian mollies methinks?

 

[afishdude]

i have had over 150 at a time, right now i have 100+ betta fry and some guppie fry also.

 

[Thirdfloor]

Maybe your LFS will buy them from you?

 

[kribensis12]

I remeber i had a dalamtion mollies around a hundred( i think that many).

 

[wendyngd]

WOW!!! Kevinator, That must be amazing and overwhelming!! As I've shared before here, my LFS weren't interested in buying my molly fry but 2 places said they were willing to take donations. So that's what I did. One shop even gave me a free product (in exchange or consideration) later when I shopped there again.

I just wanted to find some good homes for them. Last time I wrote this, someone nasty added that they were probably used for food, but I mentioned that I had gone back the following week and recognized some of my growing dalmation fry in the tank.

I finally decided that if I was going to have these fertile (and funny) mollies, that I would have to find something to do with the fry. I just don't have the room to give them permanent homes, but I get a real kick out of seeing the whole life cycle. I've got 2 fry now in a breeding net. They are growing so fast!! They are mostly orange and have HUGE EYES!!

Good Luck! -WENDY