hey guys,

just wanted some help cause i have got a new born in my presence and cant find anymore. i got about 17 fish the other day and i have a feeling it was the mollie as it was more a normal shape rather than bloated like it was when i got it lucky i got it when it was pregnant. also the juvi has a mollie like tale. wot should i do? my dads getting a breeding net as i speak but i cant find any more juvi, would the filter suck them in? i got an eheim 2210 so should it be ok?

any help appreciated

It may have been eaten already. Have lots of plants, both planted and floating, for future fry to hide in. Java moss is good. The female will probably drop anothre lot in 4 - 6 weeks and will do so regularly.

well, managed to save 3 so far... one of them i got while my fighter was hot on its heels, jaws open... i am planning to plant my aquarium well when i next go back to jansens and get drift wood, rocks and plants.

not sure if the mollie will lay anymore as i bought it from the shop pregnant,

(what a bonus) unless it mates with the other two males i have in my tank

thanks for the advice :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

one more thing!

if any body could tell me roughly how many fry a mollie makes that would be good for future preference.

:bounce: :bounce: <<<<<

roughly a few million every other week? :lol:

seriously? they should 'drop' a few every few weeks.. They're as bad as guppies! Although the three black mollies I've got (1 boy + 2 girls) don't seem to have been playing naughties...

Fishbase says:

minimum population doubling time less than 15 months

Does that help?

thanks aqua that was good advice but when u said a few every week did u mean that or is it more like heaps and heaps

cheers

they'll drop a few babies every few weeks =) the only way to stop them breeding is to have the sexes completely separated, and even then that might not be enough... If mollies are anything like guppies, the females can store sperm for quite some time...

wow!!

well im keeping the 3 ive got cause i want the experience of bringing them up

and thanx for the info :bounce: :bounce: