molly fry deaths!!!!

guppybreeder! · 10-22-2007, 04:06 PM

do molly fry have a high mortality rate? my sisters molly had 20 fry and now she is down to 1! all water levels are fine and the were in there own tank!

ilove guppys · 10-22-2007, 06:43 PM

Did you buy the molly pregnate?? because when i bought my molly she came pregnate (i didnt know until she got fat) and she gave birth to like 13 fry all of which died ):

guppybreeder! · 10-22-2007, 07:50 PM

yea she bought her and she gave birth the next day. she bought a fat one because she didn't want to wait to have babys.

**Baby_Baby** · 10-22-2007, 09:06 PM

Survival of the fittest, matey!!!!!!!

Could have been
1. They were weaklings *tear*
2. Mama and her friends had a brunch
3. Filter suction killed them
4. They're playing the best game of hide and seek ever

Now in your case we can rule out number 2, but the other 3 are pretty fair game...okay except for maybe four....

emc7 · 10-22-2007, 10:04 PM

Trama. You wouldn't knock around a pregnant women. Getting caught and sold is stressful and she could've got smushed by a net. Also mortality rates are higher in young fish and new fish tend to be young. You don't say what kind of molly. I believe balloon mollies do have a high mortality rate. Like those double tailed goldfish, I consider balloon mollies to be a propagated strain of birth defect and they have all kinds of problems.

guppybreeder! · 10-23-2007, 10:46 PM

she is an original black molly. yea that would be pretty stressful.

emc7 · 10-23-2007, 11:12 PM

If they were less than half an inch long they could have been premature. There are some inbred strains that have higher mortality than others, but most likely she just got stressed and had them too early. Feed her well and wait for the next batch.

Aquaman_95 · 10-24-2007, 05:12 AM

The fry may have been pre-mature. Or weak.

guppybreeder! · 10-24-2007, 09:53 PM

they could have been. one is still going strong though. do you think he/she has pretty good chances of living now?

emc7 · 10-24-2007, 10:19 PM

Yeah, like premature babies, the longer they live they more likely they'll be just fine.

guppybreeder! · 10-26-2007, 05:02 PM

ok cool this one is at least a week old now and look pretty healthy so it should make it.

elvis332 · 07-30-2008, 04:46 PM

yea i have 1 molly and i had 7 baby mollys they all dies in the 1 2 days

COM · 07-30-2008, 04:51 PM

Elvis, this post is from last October. That's like 10 months ago.

10-22-2007, 04:06 PM	#1
guppybreeder! guppy crazy!! Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Minnesota Age: 17 Posts: 144	molly fry deaths!!!! do molly fry have a high mortality rate? my sisters molly had 20 fry and now she is down to 1! all water levels are fine and the were in there own tank! __________________ i breed both Blue/Green and Purple Moscow guppies. if you are interested in purcasing some message me and let me know. i will hopefully have a website coming soon.

10-22-2007, 06:43 PM	#2
ilove guppys new breeder Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 10	Did you buy the molly pregnate?? because when i bought my molly she came pregnate (i didnt know until she got fat) and she gave birth to like 13 fry all of which died ): __________________ I have..... 20g-1 gold zebra danio,2 unknown type of danio and 2 swordtails. 10g-3 guppy fry and 5 gold fish.

10-22-2007, 07:50 PM	#3
guppybreeder! guppy crazy!! Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Minnesota Age: 17 Posts: 144	yea she bought her and she gave birth the next day. she bought a fat one because she didn't want to wait to have babys. __________________ i breed both Blue/Green and Purple Moscow guppies. if you are interested in purcasing some message me and let me know. i will hopefully have a website coming soon.

10-22-2007, 09:06 PM	#4
Baby_Baby Super Moderator Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Tulsa Posts: 3,797 Blog Entries: 1	Survival of the fittest, matey!!!!!!! Could have been 1. They were weaklings tear 2. Mama and her friends had a brunch 3. Filter suction killed them 4. They're playing the best game of hide and seek ever Now in your case we can rule out number 2, but the other 3 are pretty fair game...okay except for maybe four.... __________________ "By avoiding the very thing you despise the most, by trying to be "different" by striving to be so "unique", you've become the sole and center of all that you held so high on the pedestal of disgusting mortality deemed society."

10-23-2007, 10:46 PM	#6
guppybreeder! guppy crazy!! Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Minnesota Age: 17 Posts: 144	she is an original black molly. yea that would be pretty stressful. __________________ i breed both Blue/Green and Purple Moscow guppies. if you are interested in purcasing some message me and let me know. i will hopefully have a website coming soon.

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10-22-2007, 10:04 PM	#5
emc7 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Johns Creek, GA Posts: 3,621	Trama. You wouldn't knock around a pregnant women. Getting caught and sold is stressful and she could've got smushed by a net. Also mortality rates are higher in young fish and new fish tend to be young. You don't say what kind of molly. I believe balloon mollies do have a high mortality rate. Like those double tailed goldfish, I consider balloon mollies to be a propagated strain of birth defect and they have all kinds of problems.

10-23-2007, 11:12 PM	#7
emc7 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Johns Creek, GA Posts: 3,621	If they were less than half an inch long they could have been premature. There are some inbred strains that have higher mortality than others, but most likely she just got stressed and had them too early. Feed her well and wait for the next batch.

10-24-2007, 05:12 AM	#8
Aquaman_95 Halloween is so close Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Georgia the State Age: 14 Posts: 17	The fry may have been pre-mature. Or weak.

10-24-2007, 09:53 PM	#9
guppybreeder! guppy crazy!! Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Minnesota Age: 17 Posts: 144	they could have been. one is still going strong though. do you think he/she has pretty good chances of living now? __________________ i breed both Blue/Green and Purple Moscow guppies. if you are interested in purcasing some message me and let me know. i will hopefully have a website coming soon.

10-24-2007, 10:19 PM	#10
emc7 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Johns Creek, GA Posts: 3,621	Yeah, like premature babies, the longer they live they more likely they'll be just fine.

10-26-2007, 05:02 PM	#11
guppybreeder! guppy crazy!! Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Minnesota Age: 17 Posts: 144	ok cool this one is at least a week old now and look pretty healthy so it should make it. __________________ i breed both Blue/Green and Purple Moscow guppies. if you are interested in purcasing some message me and let me know. i will hopefully have a website coming soon.

07-30-2008, 04:46 PM	#12
elvis332 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 275	yea i have 1 molly and i had 7 baby mollys they all dies in the 1 2 days __________________ 20 gallon 2 dwarf gourmis 4 giant danios 1 chinese algie eater 2 red wag platies(1 boy 1 girl)

07-30-2008, 04:51 PM	#13
COM Rebel Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Buffalo, NY Posts: 750	Elvis, this post is from last October. That's like 10 months ago. __________________ 3 Planted Tanks: 10g, 20g, and 29g

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