Posted by petperson on March 14, 2003 at 11:59:03:
I am not a really up on breeding fish but I do have breeder tanks and usually if I find I have what appears to be a very pregnant fish I will put her in in for a few days to a week and if no babies by then I let her go for a few days and put her back. Normally I am on the money and the fish have their babies within a week. I have a molly who is pregnant and I know nothing about this "gravid spot" but after reading some today I am wondering if she has one. This is what I have found...she has a spot that looks silver from a distance right at the end of her belly where babies I assume are born from. It looks to me as if up close it actually looks like "baby fish eyes." I thought last night that she was surely having them and I put her in the breeder tank to no avail so I let her out today b/c of being unsure. She just doesn't look very big to me. I do however find her laying in plastic plants sort of hiding out, in fact that is where she has been since I let her out of the breeder tank. Could someone clue me in as to what I saw and when I can expect to have babies? Thanks in advance!
