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My freshwater aquarium fish is pregnant....?
It's a Molly and she's been pregnant an awfully long time. I'm all prepared for her fry, but when will she give birth? This is my first time breeding fish. I suppose some of my fish, 20 years ago when I had a 20 gallon tank, must have bred but I noticed no eggs or fry.
What's going on? Why won't she give birth already? I bought a little cave, thinking maybe she wanted privacy/protection but no dice.
Any advice is welcome!
1 Answer
- noselessmanLv 75 years ago
Mollies are live bearers, if you have a male with the females, the will almost always be in the process of breeeding. But they do not recognize their fry, and will eat them, and be healthies for it actually.
99% of Egg laying fish rarely breed in you aquarium without some specific efferts from you.
Back to your molly, How long has it been? there are other causes of bloat that might be occuring.
look for signs of a dark area in here belly and a sort of square look, like this one in the pic, which is about read to drop a batch of fry.
