Posted by paradoxic on February 23, 2003 at 20:42:50:
I know for sure one of my dalmations is pregnant, her belly has grown quite a bit since ive gotten her and just today I finally noticed her 'gravid spot'.
another dalmation has a belly slightly smaller then her, but i can see a 'gravid spot' just bearly. I might be just seeing what i want to see. I hope my eyes arent playing tricks on me.
as i had posted before, does anyone have a really good picture of a pregnant mollie. A picture taken right before the mollie gave birth. I want to know how big I can expect her to get.
I would love to post up some pictures of my fish but first i need to get a job :(
I plan on working at a pet store a few blocks away. I would have gone today to ask but they are closed (booooo to being open 6 days a week)
anyway, the pregnant mollie is shorter and fatter then the rest, i am guessing the youngest. Im guessing if she gives birth it will only be to a dozen of so.
I guess i should stop rattling on.
oh yea. I have a 30 gallon tank with: 22 white cloud mountain minnow babys (have a inch maybe) and 3 female dalmation mollies, 1 male dalmation, and 2 female silver dalmations, also some real plants (a pot with 5 plants and 1 big floating one), 3 fake plants (2 big, one small), and a little cave thingy i bought for $17. I am aware i will have to cover the pump/filter intake with a piece of panty hose or such so the fry wont get suched in (thats why i want pic of mollie right before birth, so i know when to cover intake) Do you guys think i should get a Net Breeder to protect the fry or will they be ok?
I read that Minnows will eat fry of their own kind if the fry are smaller then them, not sure about baby mollies. I think i should but i do not want to buy un-nessisary equipment. I also have a small 1 gallon plastic tank that i have kept at hand for a nusary and/or a hospital for the fish. I think i could just grab the fry with the net but i want some other opinions.
I have read up alot about breeding on the net, but everyone has a differant opinion. Some people have said that their mollies ate their fry the first time the mollie gave birth, others said they have had no problem.
I believe these mollies have been in the same tank as fry before. the pet store where i got them has a little container with baby mollies that had unexpectidly shown up in their tank.
ok, ill stop talking now. Please reply.
