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Separating a Molly and Her Babies?

Separating a Molly and Her BabiesI have a red Molly. The babies hatched a couple of days ago. When do you know when to separate mom from the babies?

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March 13, 20180 found this helpful
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I would get a breeder's box. You don't want the baby fish to get eaten.

 

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March 14, 20180 found this helpful

That's certainly interesting. I knew nothing about these particular fish, and didn't know they eat their young or there would be too many. It does appear the breeders box is needed right away.

www.molly-fish.com/pregnant.html

 

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March 14, 20180 found this helpful

Normally the breeder box is used just before she gives birth to her babies. When a molly will give birth you'll see a small V appearing on her stomach. This was the time to put her in the breeder box. She would of had the babies and they would have fallen through the holes and would have been safe. Now you either need to remove her from the bowl or like other said put her in a breeder box.

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As for the babies you'll need to make sure you're feeing them, but not over feeding them. You'll, feed them flake food, but make sure you crush this up. The mother will eat her young at the first chance she can get. Hope this helps.

 
October 30, 20191 found this helpful

You must separate the baby molies from their mother. As we know that mollies are very aggressive and they eat anything that fits in their mouths. The newborn babies are very small and just look like their pellet food which is why they eating their babies after giving berth. If you look fisharoma.com/.../ website, they also recommended separating mother fish after they giving birth to all the fries.

 
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