Mollie Fry ! ! ! and then Failure

[BrAin]

My first batch!! It only took forever but I finally had a fish produce some fry.

Today we moved her out of the planted 33 to a 3 gallon all alone. She was so big I was scared it would stress her out. We turned off all the lights to help keep her calm in the new tank. Less than 3 hours later my wife turned the kitchen light on and I saw a small shadow in the tank. We started looking and there are dozens of them in there. I should have left the gravel out though....some will probably get stuck.

Pictures arent the best but here ya go....

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[Ballinxalex]

Nice job

[BrAin]

Hard for me to count them all. I start losing track after 30.

[aquabee]

They'll be fine with the gravel. They're smart and hardy fry. Congrats!

[TexSun]

What type of mollies are you breeding?

[BrAin]

I have wild caught right now.

[TexSun]

thats cool! lets see some pics of the parents.

[LooksLater]

Congrats! What is it about baby fish, so darn cute. Good luck with them, and yes- let's see the parents!

[troy tucker]

Pretty cool. Would like to see picture of mom and dad...

[BrAin]

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See if this works. Only photo I have right now. I noticed last week that his color has faded.

[troy tucker]

thats a cool molly... can they take brackish water?

[BrAin]

I believe they can live in brackish. Ive seen some closer to the mouth of the river.

[BrAin]

another couple of pics. Not the best shots of the mom but I tried.
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[Tek]

cool. I have Wild Caught Mollies too, and I have some that have hybridized with Gambusia.

I need to go to San Antonio to catch some of those huge 6 inch sail fins. The males have pretty green and blue coloring.

Oh and yes, mollies do live in brachish and can tolerate much higher salt levels than other livebearers

[BrAin]

Well I thought I should share my mistake with the group. A couple days ago I moved the planted tank where the Mollies and some gambusa were living. Then I decided that the fry were big enough to join the group. I counted 43 fry as I added them to the tank. Two days later I could only find one among the plants. Yesterday I couldnt find any. The plants had been trimmed during the move so its pretty easy to see right now. I guess they werent big enough after two months.