Is My Molly Pregnant Or Sick?

[carla85uk]

i have been feeding shelled peas every other day since advised before. scales and everything are fine. She is fine, swimming fine and moving around quickly as normal. The only thing that is odd about her is she is big and square in the belly, she looks like my other mollies when they have been pregnant, but just has never given birth. She has me well and truely puzzled!

 

[WILDER]

All I know is that livebearers can hold onto the fry for a while.
Have you tryed posting in the livebearer section of the forum.

 

[carla85uk]

yeah i added a pic onto another post, they said she looks pregnant but also over weight so they cant tell how pregnant

 

[WILDER]

She still look pregnant to me in the vid.
Give her another week, if she hasn't had the fry get back to the board.

 

[carla85uk]

will do, ive noticed over the past few days she is hiding away a lot and becoming very still almost like she is going to have them but still hasn't had them. The other 2 mollies are also catching up to her size, but they are due to have more fry in the next week or so if my dates are right for them. will let you know!

 

[carla85uk]

Finally!! my molly is in the process of giving birth! she has had about 4 so far and have seen two eggs! lights out for her I will keep you informed!

 

[WILDER]

That's good news.
How many fry did she finally have.

 

[carla85uk]

well i have managed to collect about 14 but there are many in the tank that dont want to be caught lol, i think my tank is too well planted, i cannot catch them lol. i would say probably about 30ish!

 

[frankie21]

I have a well planted 60 gallon tank with tons of baby molly in it. I just catch a few every day and do what I can. With a well planted tank you don't have much to worry about being ate by other fish because they can hide so well.

Keep in mind she can hold sperm in her for a couple months. If this is her first birth then it's normally smaller. As they give birth they normally release more and more at each single birth.

 

[carla85uk]

i saw her pass 2 eggs which are obviously babies that didnt make it, i was expecting this as the length of time she held on to them was crazy! 8 weeks or so she took to give birth so i think it is lucky any survived. she may have passed more egss then fry that i didn't see.

Fry are doing well though, i think my balloon molly will be the next to give birth her gravid spot is huge, i am expecting lots!

 

[WILDER]

They breed like rabbits.
Congrats.

 

[carla85uk]

i love it though, interesting fish to keep, i am still yet to see the birth of any fry though apart from the two eggs! i think they do it when i'm not looking on purpose lol