why won't my fish give birth?

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i have 3 pregnant mollies and at least 1 of them are about to pop. it has been a few days now and i don't know when they will give birth. i'm scared they have aborted the babies. i got 2 of them from the pet store about a week ago. i will post pictures later i'm at school right now
 
Well, mine usually pop overnight, when the tank is dark. However, yours are likely just going to pop whenever they pop.
 
they need a dark quiet place. like at night time. thats when most mine gave birth ( when i had them ) and a 10 gallon is kinda small for mollys, i wouldnt do then in anything less then a 20 ( either tall or long )
 
Water change.

From my experience, water changes make most of my prego fish "pop".
 
i have done water changes at least twice a week. i turn off all my lights at night and i make sure the tank temp. stays the same.
 
I add in warmer water, that may have been why they were always giving birth.
 
+1 warmer water does it. We had a BIG Mollie fry problem and then we got 4 Angels. No more Molly problems!
 
Thank you everybody fot the advice! I used warmer water when I changed the water last night and I woke up this morning to little abby fish in my tank! I spent the first 400 minutes of my day scooping them up with a net. I have saved 18 so far from being eaten and hopefully I will be able to save more when I get home! :D
 
All you really need to do is put some plants up in a corner for the fry to take shelter/cover on.

95% of my molly babies grew up because I had put in a fake floating plant for them. :)
 
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