Kevinjm

I have a 40 g with 2 m 2 f lyre tail silver mollies which I'm hoping will have babies before long. In the mean time I have some ideas for setting up a birthing tank as I assume they will do their breading in the 40 g. From what I've read, basically just put in a bunch of plastic plants for the fry to hide in. My goal is to set up a 10 g next to the main tank and I will use some of the water from the 40 to fill it, I figure it would be less stress on the female to keep the same water. Additionally my plan to transfer the female to the birthing tank would be to use a container, they seem less stressed if you can catch them this way instead of using the bag/net combo. As a side note, the ankle high nylon stockings work great to keep fry out of your filter, also acts as a pre-filter to keep food and large stuff out of your filter.

I've had some experience with breading angle fish and guppies, but I know alot more now than I did then. Should the water in the birthing tank be treated with anything like the Bromothymol Blue like you would use on the angle fish eggs? How about salt?

COBettaCouple

The best way for the pregnant females is to have the fry in the tank with lots of hiding spots in it, then move the fry to a seperate tank.