Help; baby mollies!

my guppies had so many babies its crazy. I am waiting for the new pet store to open up to drop them off. yep, I did seperate the moms from the dads, but they are still dropping fry. soooooooo many fry. and they do not eat them, nope they do not eat them!
Also today I found a guppy in the big tank with the blood parrot, the fire mouth and the ram. :eek: I was like what the heck?? see q week ago I dropped some in and then got all shook up and got them back out, what she did not eat in a hurry, but today I saw the one that got away, I was amazed. there not touching her. :lol: she is one lucky fish!
 
the fodchain should straighten this whole thing out lol
 
I've had good luck feeding my fry frybites, babyfood sold at our local petstore. I keep my fry in a nursery/box. I would also feed them very small portions of cooked egg yolk (protein). I would take little bit and dilute it with tank water and put a couple drops in and watch them eat (assuming you have the babies in a nursery??). Some will go for it while others will not. If they don't go for it then you'll know not to feed them that. Overfeeding them the egg can ruin your water, btw. Watch your portions. Good luck and I ask that you keep me updated because I love mollies.
 
Well, the babies made it through the night. Not sure how many there are as the yare really good at hiding. I will see if my LFS will take them off my hands when they are a bit older. I guess that'll teach me for not even attempting to buy a male! Will post pics when they get a little bigger.............
 
CHRISTINE BAIRD said:
I have a friendly lfs that takes my babies after about four to six weeks. So now you are a granma!!congratulations.
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Well done on finding a lfs to take the babies. My platy has had two broods so far, first time, none survived - harlequin rasboras are very quick fry chasers! Second time (about 4 days ago), I broke down and saved as many fry as I could catch, putting them in a net 'cage' inside the main tank. They feed on tiny morsels of dry flake food and also on microscopic life that exists in an establish planted tank (including primary algal growth). They grow fast. Mollies are similar in growth rate, I expect. Fortunately, my dwarf platys have smaller broods than your mollies! Maybe 15 or so at a time...but every 2 weeks is crazy. I have saved about 6 but next time, they are on their own - it disrupts the tank too much to use a net inside a 10g. Reduces swimming space dramatically.
 
Despite the fact that I got the Dora, Neons and Glowlights to keep numbers manageable I still seem to be left with 20 or so. This obviously becomes a problem as they grow. I dont want to upset the ecosystem in the tank. I move them over to another nursery tank when they are about 18/20 days old. Easier to catch as they dont dart so much and of course are far more inquisitive about the net. I guess Noodles62 wont have too much of a problem with her levels having a much bigger tank. Coincidentally my Molly also gave birth last night first time I have actually witnessed it, first time I also witnessed the male eating them too!
I now have a 35ltr biotube with Pair Platinum Sailfin Mollies, Pair Red Platys, 3 Neons Tetras, 3 Glowlight Tetras and a Spotted Corydora. Plus the young so far. The 30ltr nursery contains 2 Albino Xray Tetras, 2 Xray Tetras and 2 teenage Mollies and will then take what young survive from the biotube in a couple of weeks.
 
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Well, I only see 3 of the babies left and Molly will be going back to the LFS tomorrow. Hubby and I talked and I really only need the one tank right now (too much going on in our lives) and Molly does not fit into the stocking plans. She is a cutie but I am sure she will find a new home with many stud muffins to keep her happy! I think my sister is taking what is left of the fry, so the 30G tank is mine, all mine!!! :drool:

Will post another thread in regards to that as I have lots of questions. I never even thought about using my filter media from my established 10G for the new tank! DUH! This 10G will be going to my niece so she can begin her journey.................
More tomorrow on a new thread, as it is my bedtime now! :grinyes:
 
Do you have a mesh cover over your filter? Many of the babies may have been sucked into the filter and are still alive in there. I learned this the hard way. It appears your mollie probably gave birth prematurely, due to the stress of transport. This is very common with mollies and the "egg sacks" you saw on the substrate were immature fry, not ready yet for birth.
If you are still interested in getting a male molly, it is very easy to tell the males from females at the stores. The males carry their lower fins up against their bodies. Females hang down.
 
I have checked my filter and there are no babies in there. I am wondering if she ate them. I have 4 left- I think, they are quite good at hiding. My sister wil be taking them, and no, I am not interested in getting a male for breeding purposes. I had originally intended on one for a "black and white tank" that I wanted to do but after a big discussion with the spousal unit we have decided that only one tank is manageable at this time. I have found a friend to take "Molly" as she does not go with my overall plans for my "one and only" tank at this time.................In the future I think a B&W tank would be cool- dalmation molly, harlequin rasboras, zebra danios, panda or dwarf cories, maybe some of those really cool spotted loaches (can't think of the name right now!)...the possibilities are endless! I guess it is the interior decorator in me showing up! I love to plan and coordinate things........Anyway, Molly will have a good home, now it is time to plan and stock my 30 gallon with Praecox as the main fish.........
 
Oh no, I didn't mean a male for breeding, I meant a male instead of a female:)
A black and white tank sounds cool. I have 10 harlequin rasbora but they are black and orange. Are there some that are just black and white?

Glad to hear Mollie will have a good home. I have some jouveniles that were born in FEB. The two females are pregnant. After the babies are born I will move the females to my female guppy tank (asap)to avoid any more fry for a while. I will let nature take its course with the babies left in the big tank, but a few always manage to survive.
 
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