hi , i have just bought a mollie who is pregnant and looks like she gunna burst, not sure how long she has been pregnant. salso i cant c her gravid spot due to her colour, i have placed her in trap, was just wondering how long to leave her in there cuz i dont want her havin babies in main tank and the babies being eaten. is there any signs i can look 4 to c roughly how long she has left.
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Ok mate here i what you do, a breeding trp will not be the best place to keep her, because they stress the fish out, normally they are used when you see early stages of the actual birthing of fry, but since you cant see her gravid spot, it is a bad idea, because when livebearers are stressed, they will abort their birthing, now if you have a small seperate tank, we can work something out here, now if you o, you simply need to trasfer her to the tank, and then get some mesh netting to divide the tank in two, one side will be where you keep the mother till she drop and the other will be a safe are for the fry to go away from hungry mother, once you think she has dropped all she has, you transfer her back to your main tank, and remove the mesh netting, and voila you have one main tank and one fry raising tank...
Now if you dont have the accomendation for this process there is one other way...
Daily check-ups would be advisable for this, and it is the way i prefer to do it...
Now you leave her in the main tank, now make places in the main tank that are small, like small gaps under rocks, or PLENTY of artifical plants and stuff, if you dont have already, now you let her give birth in the main tank, fry re born with survival knowledge, so once clear of the mother, they will dart for the nearest safe spot they can find, the doppy ones will swim about and possibly get eaten, or if they are lucky will escape and find a hiding place of their own, now the daily check-up's will help you if you miss the birthing...
You will first be able to tell, because your molly will not be on the breck of exploding, when you notice this difference, count your tank, check the hiding places you have made, or any other hiding places there may be in the tank, fry will swim amoung leaves and corners of the tank where they go unoticed, and you go in there once you locate them, scoop them out and then put the fry in the breeding trap to raise, this way is very time consuming, and very nerve recking, but once you gt the fry, at least two, you start to feel the good feeling of knowing life has been given in your tank...
I hope this helps you and i wish you the best of luck
Now if you dont have the accomendation for this process there is one other way...
Daily check-ups would be advisable for this, and it is the way i prefer to do it...
Now you leave her in the main tank, now make places in the main tank that are small, like small gaps under rocks, or PLENTY of artifical plants and stuff, if you dont have already, now you let her give birth in the main tank, fry re born with survival knowledge, so once clear of the mother, they will dart for the nearest safe spot they can find, the doppy ones will swim about and possibly get eaten, or if they are lucky will escape and find a hiding place of their own, now the daily check-up's will help you if you miss the birthing...
You will first be able to tell, because your molly will not be on the breck of exploding, when you notice this difference, count your tank, check the hiding places you have made, or any other hiding places there may be in the tank, fry will swim amoung leaves and corners of the tank where they go unoticed, and you go in there once you locate them, scoop them out and then put the fry in the breeding trap to raise, this way is very time consuming, and very nerve recking, but once you gt the fry, at least two, you start to feel the good feeling of knowing life has been given in your tank...
I hope this helps you and i wish you the best of luck
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