Pregnant balloon belly molly!!!

puppylover794

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Just yesterday I purchased a balloon bellied molly from the petstore..i know they all look pregnant because of their odd shape. However compared to all the others I am p o s i t i v e this one is pregnant! She is huge and looks like she is going to have her babies any minute!

however, I do have a couple questions.
right now I have her in my 20 gal. guppy tank..except with a divider so she's isolated on the divider side with 2 pregnant guppies...will the pregnant guppies eat her fry?
How big will the fry be when they are first born?
Will the fry be okay with the two pregnant guppies on the divided side?
How many fry is a balloon bellied molly expected to release?
How can I tell when she is ready to give birth?

This morning she looked a lot bigger and i am pretty sure she will be having the fry today! She keeps doing weird things though..she will sit on the bottom and swim very fast pacing back and forth...I don't know if these are signs of a disease or signs she is ready to give birth soon?

ThanX so much for all the help!!
 
Please private message me on here if you have any answers or tips!

I would really appreciate it!..because i have to leave for a little while and I might not be back in time to see all the posts!


-thanks
 
Okay..everyone views my forum but NoOnE wants to answer my questions!!

I REALLY need help!..this is an emergency it's about to have babies in hours or even minutes and i have no clue what to do!

Will someoen PLEASE help me!
 
Listen,
When you keep posting every few minutes people will get irritated and not want to help you.
When you post a thread, wait at least a day before asking for help again, unless there is important information that you forgot to include in your original post. Even then, all you need to do is edit.
People look at the thread and see how many times YOU posted and probably don't want to help.
Patience.
While you are waiting for answers, you can be doing some research yourself elsewhere.

Edit:
in a short amount of time, I found this: http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=50087&highlight=pregnant+molly
 
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I know, but i only posted every couple hours or so..and this is an emergency i think she might have babies very very soon!

I can't find any helpful websites on balloon belly mollies.
 
In your other thread you said you put her on her own side of a tank divider, that is good, if she is going to give birth soon she will feel better being alone and her babies will less likely be eaten there. Yes, adult guppies will eat her babies. Right now all you can do is watch and wait...it sounds like she's about to have babies to me, with what you described in the other thread. Ballon belly mollies are a bit harder to determine pregnancy in since they always look big, but I have noticed they seem to show it more toward the back of the big belly when they are pregnant. It almost takes on the appearance of a square with rounded corners.
When she is finished having her babies, she could start eating any she finds within 24 hours or so if she is hungry, so you might want to put her in a breeder net on the side of the tank with babies for 2 or 3 days to recover by herslef before you put her back in with the other fish. Even if there are no male mollies in your tank, the other livebearer males will still chase and harass her.
 
She may be getting ready to give birth, but the signs you are listing make me wonder about a possible disease as well. Just keep an eye on her and let her do her thing for now, the fry need no special care and mollies generally don't eat their own young, the guppies may.

On to other more serious issues I think anyway.

Your first 20gal is way over stocked.....the pleco (algea eater I am assuming that is what it is) alone will need at least a 75gal tank by itself

the 40 gal you give no numbers for just the lakes they come from, which I might mind you both are incompatible with each other and you will have problems

the second 20gal despite you saying that they will be moved into a bigger tank, which I have found rarely happens, is EXTREMELY over stocked, two oscars alone need a 75, then you add in the JD and "Algea eater" which I presume is a pleco, you will need a minimum of a 125gal tank

the 10gal is extremely over stocked, the dojos and their activity level need in my opinion a 55 to be happy

and then we have a 2.5 gal with 3 goldfish, WHAT WERE YOU THINKING, minimum of 55 gal for those three fish period

Personally with the number of posts I have seen and your stocking, I would consider you a troll on the forum, and at the very least someone who doesn't listen at all. With all the info on this forum and you still have tanks that badly stocked, is just sad.

Yeah might sound mean, but its the truth, plain and simple and straight forward, period. Whine and complain any of you that want too.
 
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