good predator?

Ok so I have a pregnant Platy, and two Mollies and I'm working on getting to only having females so I can stop the breeding. My question is will my betta eat some of their fry?

Do you guys have any better ideas?

 

Bettas LOVE fry. I used to breed Guppies, and a lot of my young fry went to the Bettas, considering most defects occur early in life.

Fry are smart though. Don't underestimate their ability to hide

 

Awesome! I acctually have part of my tank divided off with only floating plants and a hiding log for momma to give birth, when she's done mr. betta will get his turn in there for a while. I got him recently and he was in a tank with some cory's and some platy and some molly at the store, and after checking his reaction to mine through a breeder box I just put him in with my cory's and my females. Right now I'm waiting to let him approach the box with the male molly and the male guppy, and he doesn't seem bothered by them they might just get reintroduced. Although I think I am going to be rehoming the males so that I won't have an epidemic of fry! I'm just going to let the females run their stores dry and keep the females.

 

I had babies from at least three females at one point. with my betta in the tank only one remains

 

I see.

 

OOo death to mollies!!!

 

By the way if you narrow down to only females the females has to be a virgin for they can store the males sperm and reproduce without a male. It's better to stick to just males.

 

Bettas LOVE fry! I used to breed mollies as a food source for my bettas, they LOVED them!

 

Awsome, well for at least the next 6months I should behaving 3 livebearers giving birth