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How to take care of baby molly fish?

Asked by javier about 1 year ago, 11 answers.

I got a female molly fish that had 32 baby fish and I want to know how to take care of them?

Clearing the Gene Pool Answered by bimjob on Nov 12, 2007, 11:20AM
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Have aquarium plants where they can hide. Adult mollies and many other fish will eat them. If you feed your fish flaked food, make sure that some if crushed small.

Audrey Hepburn Answered by heathershaw05 on Nov 12, 2007, 12:58PM
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Our mollies just had babies and we were able to save one (we call him Nemo) from being eaten by the other fish and he has been alive and growing for about 2 months now! We just put it in a seperate tank and fed it a tiny bit of fish food about 6 times a day and he has been wonderful and happy!

Audrey Hepburn Answered by heathershaw05 on Nov 15, 2007, 12:11AM
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LMAO @ sensei and shtel! happy PLEASE don't listen to them!!! Just do what I said! By the way, my molly is still doing good! He is a little survivor!

Shark Atack Answered by funadvice on Nov 15, 2007, 03:10AM
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Yeah...don't listen to me, not that I thought you would...do what Heather said happy

*ME* Answered by jazzy1992 on Jan 12, 2009, 10:04AM
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Feed them a little tropical fish food(crushed up) like powder if you can, now remember they are babies so keep them warm, at like 74-76 degrees. If you can gget a diff tank to put them in because the mom will eat them including other fish.

Answered by danielle22c on Apr 14, 2009, 02:19PM

Put the baby's in another tank or they have breeders you can put them in. That's what I have my 5 baby mollies in. Then you can put some food in a plastic bag and smash it with your fingers until it is in a powder form. Once they are double in size you can release them. Here is a website to go to that is very helpful. http://www.aquariumfish.net/information/raising_baby_fish.htm#2

Answered by tman on Jun 22, 2009, 08:14AM

Move to asmall tank about 5 gallons should be fine and feed about four times a day with small amounts of brine shrimp[about as much as they can eat in 2-3 min.You can also suplement with frozen blood worms and powdered flake food. just make sure that you change the water often and you have the right whater condtions. I sugest buying a water testing kit and the babies should be fine.

Answered by elisharose on Aug 09, 2009, 05:34AM
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go to petco and ask for a baby fish net, they will show you something that you can hook onto the side of your tank so you can put the babies in until there bigger than the biggest fish in the tanks mouth. make sure to feed them really realy crushed up fish food FLAKES not pellets. the pellets are to big. my mollies alwayse had babies but they never grew up cus the tank we have is cursed. no baby fish has ever survived. I just got fish two days ago and one already died from fin rot within a day. its name was micheal angelo... very gorgous looking guppy. he was blue, with a glow of green and his tail was black and blue. very pretty. hope my advice helps. very usefull website actually...

Answered by nimra on Aug 10, 2009, 08:02AM
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when my baby mollies are big enough can I put them with there mother...

Answered by coolgal1997 on Oct 03, 2009, 08:31AM

I got 4 mollies today, and apparently 2 of them are pregnant. How will I know when they are about to give birth so I can put them in a seperate tank so the babies can survive?

Answered by e11i3_m on Nov 06, 2009, 03:05PM

I just bought two black and white mollies. The guy at the fish shop said I had a male and female. Got home and thought how cute it would be if I had a baby fish. 2 days later there is a tiny baby fish swimming about. We just left him (Junior) and he is fine. The mother fish is actually very prtective of him and a week on and he is still alive and he has not been put in any diffferent tank. He is still in the same tank with his mum and dad and he is fine. When I turn th efish tank light off he comes right up to the glass. Very sweet happy

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