Pregnant Dalmation Molly

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Sounds like she really enjoys being the absolute centre of attention then.

How many do you reckon she will drop as in the number which are in the trap/able to be counted alive and I will be kind and give you today's photo (so long as I can get the pic uploaded)?

I am going to guess a nice round 30
 
Yeah sunset loves attention thats for sure.. and hates it when she doesnt get any! Always have been like that. I'm going to guess between 30-40 considering her size from the photos I've alredy seen you should be getting a good decent amount unless shes having some really big fry in there lol.
 
1 for each day pregnant lol, although I wouldnt put it past her.

What really will happen is that she will only give birth to one super Molly which just so happens to be fully grown already as it ate all it's brothers and sisters before it was ready to pop into the world
 
Today was the day so far she has had 9 live births and 3 still, i know 1 somehow escaped the breeding trap (maybe when i released the danio) and I think she ate 1 that didn't make it to the bottom in time. Plus I got some video footage of her behaviour last night to show imminent birth is likely.

Also when I woke a zebra danio had got in during the night to keep her company lol.

The fry are already a good 10mm in length and able to out run the fighter O_O (as in the escapee) I have a few creamy coloured fry and a few slightly darker with stripes which I assume to help camouflage them in the wild.
 
Thats awesome!Interesting colors too.. wish we knew who the father was. Let me know how many she has total if posible to count :)
 
The total is 8 live as she ate one before being released but then again it decided not to fall to the bottom of the trap.

1 is still on the loose outside the trap but it is fending for itself ok and avoiding the jaws of my fighter.
 
Wait she only had 8 and she was that big? 0_0 that is very shocking to be honest.. they must be big fry.
 
Thanks, you weren't the only one,
I think they are larger than normal as they are already 10-15mm in length and look to be up to 3-4mm in height, I don't know if that is abnormal or not.

I must thank my gf for convincing me to put her in the trap as she was trawling the web working out what the Molly was up to swimming up and down in the corner (will add the video later) and woke this morning to find that she had dropped.

pregnant molly behaviour hours before birth



Molly 1 - hours before birth



A few fry showing the light banding on the two on either side



close up of one of the banded fry
 
The one that escaped on mon has now been rescued and deserves a medal for avoiding the hungry mouths of the fighter and molly's :) although never knew where it's been hiding
 
Thats amazing, and glad you find that one that escaped :) My guppy looks like the shape of your molly but still refuses to drop. But I'm currently having issues in my tank so who knows.

Your fry are big compared to the ones I've seen 0_0 congrats!
 
Cheers. At least it explains why she was so big before she dropped. I can safely say they are all eating and swimming happily and no problems :)
 

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