dendovne

i have a baby molly and i was wondering what size it'd have to be to put in my main tank. its a 55 gal with 2 mollies, 2 platies, 4 bloodfin tetras, and 4 zebra danios.... i don't want to little one to be eaten

enthusiast

wow only 1 single baby? thats rough lol..

i've found that as long as you have plants these babies really take care of themselves! their instincts are quite impressive

if you do not have a planted tank you should really consider it! I have many livebearers in my 75 gal. planted tank, and i keep rooted plants in it and floating plants especially for the fry. They will grow up faster if they have the free roam of a large tank.....even though they dont freely roam!

A great quick-fix to not having a planted tank, but wanting a safe-haven for the little guy would be to just buy some hornwort floating plant at your LFS. some stores will sell this plant as if its anchored in the ground growing, but it does not develop roots, and is indeed a floating plant. Buy a bunch or 2 of this stuff and drop it in your tank. I would wait for a bit as your fish will want to check out this new addition that they've just had in their tank. After maybe an hour they should get the idea of what it is.. I would then feed them a rather moderate amount of food as it'll keep them busy (i usually do flakes because some floats but a bit of it sinks also), and while they're busy eating plop your baby in the midst of the floating hornwort!

this may sound rather risky to anyone whose new to keeping babies but its pretty amazing how it seems the least paranoid we are, and the less we try to make sure our babies live, they better off they truly really are!

hope this helps!

dendovne

well right now it is in a breeder net in the main tank... yea i know only one is rough, lol i had two but one died and the others could of been eaten or got caught in the filter, i didn't see the two little ones till like two days after i noticed the moms belly got quite smaller, i am also new to live bearers and i also believe i currently have a pregnant platy as well because she blew up compared to the male and when i got the two of them....

Shawnie

when they cannot fit in the mouths of others, is when its 100%safe...even with plants, and extra feedings to the adults(which will create more water changes & waste) theres a chance of loosing them....although having plants helps, its not a garuntee...if you are going to keep breeding , you can put a nylon over the intake of the filter to help with the sucking....live bearer babies dont mind being in a breeder net so thats fine to leave them until they are a good size...

gt-ere

today i've just put my two 2 month old guppy fry in the main tank( theyre about an inch) and the other tankmates, livebearers and tetras aren't big enough to eat them. its funny because they swim with the other guppies, probably their dads

marksuttonjr

Thats exactly right. I never remove females from the main tank to drop their young. The way I see it whatever fry live is cool with me. Currently my 100 gal comunity tank has at least 100 guppy, molly, and platty fry that are under a week old in it. I think most of the fry are gupps, but I can not rule out the platties, and mollies since all 3 species are in the tank.

omnitheforsaken

I just found out I had some fry today. 8 molly fry, I found 1 more dead (probably still born) and I'd guess the rest were either eaten or sucked into the filter before my discovery. The little suckers are extremely good at hiding. The only reason I found mine was because I was doing a water change today and I sucked one out of the gravel. Any, I've got the live ones that I was able to find in a breeder trap but plan to put a seperator in my tank to allow them some room to roam away from danger. You may want to consider that option.