She had her babys

[16gallontanker]

What should I do first now that she had them and when should I feed them I already removed the mother she had a bunch

 

[Ichthys]

They'll be hungry now, just don't overfeed.

 

[Sparx]

Do you have fry food?

 

[fish48]

new born livebearers don't need to be fed within the 1st 24 hours. All you need to do is crush up some flake food with your finger and thumb.

 

[16gallontanker]

new born livebearers don't need to be fed within the 1st 24 hours. All you need to do is crush up some flake food with your finger and thumb.

Ok

 

[16gallontanker]

Do you have fry food?

No just some tropical flakes to crush up.

 

[Sparx]

I used this for my molly fry. Seemed to do the job as their mouths were too small for flakes, even when I tried to crush it up.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Interpet-L...313051d319a914099f7b22adb8a&th=1&gad_source=1

 

[fish48]

I used this for my molly fry. Seemed to do the job as their mouths were too small for flakes, even when I tried to crush it up.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Interpet-L...313051d319a914099f7b22adb8a&th=1&gad_source=1

I wouldn't waste money on Liquifry . Crushed up flake food soaked in small amount of water for 5 or10 minutes will do the same job Or feed as normal. Small parcels will breakaway for fish to eat

 

[16gallontanker]

I wouldn't waste money on Liquifry . Crushed up flake food soaked in small amount of water for 5 or10 minutes will do the same job Or feed as normal. Small parcels will breakaway for fish to eat

Thanks for the tip

 

[16gallontanker]

Also are molly fry sensitive to tank lights or do they not care?

 

[fish48]

molly fry or any other livebearer fry are not Sensitive to tank lights

 

[Magnum Man]

is it just me, or is that a huge batch of fry from one female??? maybe a well matured female??? I've just never seen a batch that big around here...

 

[16gallontanker]

It's from one female.

 

[Colin_T]

is it just me, or is that a huge batch of fry from one female??? maybe a well matured female??? I've just never seen a batch that big around here...

My female mollies used to drop between 100-200 fry per batch. The females were around 4-5 inches long (not including the tail).

There's not that many in the tank, a lot of the fish are reflections off the glass and surface. I figure there's about 25-30 fry in the picture.

 

[Colin_T]

What should I do first now that she had them and when should I feed them I already removed the mother she had a bunch

Make sure there's an established biological filter in the tank to keep ammonia and nitrite at 0ppm.

Crumble up some flake food so it's powder and feed the babies 3-5 times per day.

Do not soak the food in water first. The babies are surface feeders and dry food will float longer than wet food. This means the babies have more time to eat the food and less of it will sink.

Offer a small amount of food and let them eat it all. Then offer a little bit more and let them eat it all. Continue doing this until they have fat stomachs and look like their mum before she gave birth.

Do a big water change and gravel clean the substrate every few days to keep the water clean and remove uneaten food. When I had baby fish I used water from their parents tank to do water changes on the fry tank. I did this for the first month and then started using dechlorinated tap water in the fry tank.
Make sure the new water is free of chlorine/ chloramine before it's added to the tank.

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If you can get some dry brinehsrimp eggs, you can hatch them in salt water and the newly hatched brineshrimp make an excellent food for baby fish.

Microworms are another food you can add.

The following link has information about culturing live foods for baby fish, including brineshrimp and microworms.

Back to Basics when Breeding Fish

STARTING OUT Make sure you have a pair, (1 male + 1 female). There is nothing worse than spending your hard-earned dollars buying a couple of fish to try and breed and ending up with a pair of fish of the same sex. Let's face it, to reproduce fish you need a male and a female. Two males won't do...

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