I have a pregnant lyretail molly but she won't have her babies. I've only had her for four days now. i think she was pregnant for two days before i bought her so total that was six days. She hasn't had her baby's though.
Help! PLZ!
Answers:
Mollies and guppies, no matter what they look like, are live-bearers (meaning they giv birth to live young) which I'm sure you already knew. An interesting thing about them, is that once they are pregnant, they are ALWAYS pregnant; the female has the ability to hold the sperm sacs produced by the male inside her forever, it seems. Once the first batch of eggs develop and hatch, the next is automatically fertilized. It takes 6-8 weeks for smaller live-bearers to give birth, but that can be cut down to 4-6 when the female grows larger (2 inches). The larger the female, the less fry(baby fish) she will have, but the larger they will be, thus the more likely to survive. Good luck!!
if they are similar to guppies then it's about a month or so.
Also, since they are live bearers, you dont want to have her in with other fish that will eat the babies. If you have other fish in the tank, you may want to put her in a seperated area. Pet store has something, forget what its called.
Gestation depends on water temp since fish are cold blooded. Usually between 3 and 4 weeks.
Just put her in a breeder box or breeder net and give her time. She will have them.
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