nebie in the house... need help

rosval · 01-15-2006, 01:01 AM

hi you can call me rosval...

i was just wondering if anyonr can help me... i bought a couple of balloon molly the other week... and in my surprise the female started to lay her fry at around 6:00 in the evning she had 6... the nest morning there was 8 of them... unfortunately thir all dead... including the balloon milly that i bought... what could have gone wrong.. i hope some one could help me...

gerbil1189 · 01-15-2006, 08:23 AM

Did you cycle the tank?

x-Golden-Lucy-x · 01-15-2006, 08:47 AM

What size is the tank?
how many fish?
how long has it been running?
do you have a test kit?

solar-ton · 01-15-2006, 10:29 AM

it could be that they were stressed from the move

**TheOldSalt** · 01-15-2006, 10:53 AM

Yeah, that's very likely.
You see, rosval, mollies don't like to be moved when they're pregnant. They tend to have their babies too early as a result, which results in dead babies and sometimes a dead mother.
Of course, it's very hard to tell when a black fish is gravid ( pregnant ), so moving a molly is tricky business, especially with balloons which alway look fat & pregnant anyway. Don't feel too bad about that one. However, if the tank is new, that may well have contributed to the problem as well, since on top of the other problems the molly would have had to contend with the effects of "new tank syndrome" which is never a good thing anyway.
There are some things you can do to make your tank more molly-friendly if you want to stick with mollies, like adding some molly-bright, shimmy-block and/or a few tablespoons of salt to the tank.

ron v · 01-15-2006, 11:49 AM

Baloon mollies are also very delicate. They are deformed from curvature of the spine and many have swim blatter problems. Who knows what else might be wrong because of their deformity.

01-15-2006, 01:01 AM	#1
rosval Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Age: 22 Posts: 1	nebie in the house... need help hi you can call me rosval... i was just wondering if anyonr can help me... i bought a couple of balloon molly the other week... and in my surprise the female started to lay her fry at around 6:00 in the evning she had 6... the nest morning there was 8 of them... unfortunately thir all dead... including the balloon milly that i bought... what could have gone wrong.. i hope some one could help me...

01-15-2006, 10:29 AM	#4
solar-ton guardian of the sea Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: a tree Age: 16 Posts: 685	it could be that they were stressed from the move __________________ minimum oscar tank size: 75 gallon for 2 a 125 goldfish can cause hith diesease! so dont feed them goldfish as a staple diet!

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01-15-2006, 08:23 AM	#2
gerbil1189 Fishy Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Ohio Posts: 20	Did you cycle the tank?

01-15-2006, 08:47 AM	#3
x-Golden-Lucy-x Call me Lucy :-) Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Portsmouth, UK Age: 20 Posts: 68	What size is the tank? how many fish? how long has it been running? do you have a test kit?

01-15-2006, 10:53 AM	#5
TheOldSalt Darth Ichthyos Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,343	Yeah, that's very likely. You see, rosval, mollies don't like to be moved when they're pregnant. They tend to have their babies too early as a result, which results in dead babies and sometimes a dead mother. Of course, it's very hard to tell when a black fish is gravid ( pregnant ), so moving a molly is tricky business, especially with balloons which alway look fat & pregnant anyway. Don't feel too bad about that one. However, if the tank is new, that may well have contributed to the problem as well, since on top of the other problems the molly would have had to contend with the effects of "new tank syndrome" which is never a good thing anyway. There are some things you can do to make your tank more molly-friendly if you want to stick with mollies, like adding some molly-bright, shimmy-block and/or a few tablespoons of salt to the tank.

01-15-2006, 11:49 AM	#6
ron v Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Alabama Age: 61 Posts: 1,123	Baloon mollies are also very delicate. They are deformed from curvature of the spine and many have swim blatter problems. Who knows what else might be wrong because of their deformity.

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