Balloon Molly Fry
It is totally normal for a young female balloon molly to give birth to only 5 fry.
Balloon molly fry. Molly is a live bearing fish. Molly fish breed easily and frequently but they aren t fish that will continue caring for their fry after they re born. Joined may 5 2010 29 posts.
How to breed mollies caring pregnant molly the right way another way to save fry mollies can be achieved by providing them space to hide. A well developed female molly can indeed have 30 70 fry but it varies from type to type. Plants having longer leaves that float up to the top of the aquarium are much better in providing space for the fry mollies to hide.
It was the only one we saw. The hotter the tank temperture is the faster the fry grow but it can also shorten there life span. Usually balloon mollies have less fry due to their compressed body.
Molly fry growth depends on what you feed them what the temperture is and if your water quality is good. I went to clean my tank last night and to my suprise my wife spotted a molly fry. Add as many as real or artificial plants in the aquarium or tank.
In fact adult mollies most often end up abandoning or even eating their fry. The female is capable of producing up to 100 fry. According to some information the characteristic features of balloon mollies can be obtained by crossing females of balloon mollies and males of sailfin mollies.
We managed to catch 11 of the fry and put them into a hatchery as we do not want to risk them getting eaten. Balloon mollies are livebearer which means they do not lay eggs. Also how do i feed the little guy.
Jump to latest follow 1 2 of 2 posts. Tonight when i was feeding my fish i was surprised to see emerging from a clump of dwarf hairgrass what appeared to be a pair of eyeballs with a tail. Female mollies after breeding give birth to over one hundred small mollies or babies or you can even call them to fry babies.
If you want baby mollies to survive you ll need to care for them yourself by separating them from adult fish and. We are not sure how old it is or how to feed it for that matter. My balloon belly molly named citrus dropped her fry unexpectedly today.
Good food for molly fry are brine shrimp first bites and crushed up flakes. Mollies don t give birth to as many fry as guppies. If you want to increase the population of balloon molly fish in your tank then get your mollies and tank ready for the breeding session.
As she grows she might end up delivering 30 fry. We got her a few days ago so we wasn t quite expecting it. Can anyone take a guess at the age.
