Preggo Molly?

[BettaCrazy7]

I love your platys and mollies. They have gorgeous colors.

The molly looks like she's getting bigger from the previous pictures. It looks like she'll have fry in about a week.

 

[joegti]

I love your platys and mollies. They have gorgeous colors.

The molly looks like she's getting bigger from the previous pictures. It looks like she'll have fry in about a week.

Those last pics were a week ago, i guess shes gotten a litte bigger since. I will update with new pics in a few hours.

 

[joegti]

 

[joegti]

short video taken this evening...

http/www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTWbjIUtXmw

 

[joegti]

starting to think this fish just has a big belly. Or maybe staring at her all the time im just not noticing her growth. Only thing that makes me think she is pregs is that her appetite is more than the other fish.

heres pics from today.

 

[Jenni84]

Im definately no expert but she does look pregnant to me!

 

[gearhead65]

Here's been my experience: I got some Mollies back in the beginning of May. I did notice one of them was fat like yours and in two weeks of having her, she had 12 fry. I never saw her square off. Perhaps she had them early out of stress. And, I have NEVER seen my molly without an appetite. I did notice that she may have been getting bigger again and possibly pregnant again (again, never got squared off). Just the other day, I noticed 2-3 really tiny fry when I was doing a large water change (out of stress again, maybe?). I have only seen one fry lately. Not sure how many she had or if any got eaten, but she has never acted any different. Almost like it wasn't her that had 'em. But it had to be her since all the fry look just like her! Sorry so long winded.

 

[fry_forever!]

2 of these (2 females) I need identification of them.

That really looks like a rosy barb, not a gold barb, IMO.
Here's a pic of a rosy barb:

Sorry to kind of get off topic.
They need to be in shoals. Preferably of at least 6.

 

[joegti]

well, she is definitely smaller today and i see no fry in the tank. did a water change and didnt spot any. either they were eaten or went up the filter.

oh well.

 

[fry_forever!]

Well, she may have aborted them. They can easily do that if stressed in any kind of way. Either way, you'll most likely get fry again.