newmollyowner

Ok I recently purchased 2 mollies, both female both I believe to be pregnant. 1 is for sure. Im not sure how long either has been pregnant and have other fish in the aquarium, so I put my pregnant silver molly in a net breeder( the 1 Im sure is pregnant).Then put the other 1 suspected of being pregnant in a 1 gal tank. The tank with the silver molly has 2 black skirted tetras, and 2 other mollies(1 female, 1 male). How can I tell when she is going to give birth? Im feeding her 1x day flake food, is that ok? The temp in the tank is 80F.

TFA101

in some livebearers, there is a spot in the rear of the belly showing the developing eggs called the gravid spot. this is only visible in some species, as the color vaiation on some mollies and livebearers can block out the spot. you can tell buy the fish being very large in size.

However, I wish to address a couple other situations that you have. From your aquarium information, it says the following:

10 gallon tank; 3 mollies and 2 black skirt tetras

2.5 gallon tank; 1 molly

these tanks are considerably small for the fish you have, and you should consider upgrading your tank size. for these fish, you can use the "1 inch of adult sized fish per gallon of water" guideline to help stock the tank. Your current ten gallon stock holds the amount of fish to fully stock a 20 gallon aquarium. You can buy a 29 gallon aquarium and add the other molly in the 2.5 gallon tank, which is a very small space for even a single molly. You will also want to check out the nitrogen cycle article here on the fishlore page, as I see you do not know about it.

Good luck and if you need any more information, i will gladly help