molly fry deaths!!!!

guppybreeder! · 10-22-2007, 03:06 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, 05:43 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, 06:50 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, 08:06 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, 09:04 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, 09:46 PM

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

emc7 · 10-23-2007, 10:12 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, 04:12 AM

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

guppybreeder! · 10-24-2007, 08:53 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, 09:19 PM

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

guppybreeder! · 10-26-2007, 04:02 PM

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

10-22-2007, 03:06 PM	#1
guppybreeder! guppy crazy!! Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Minnesota Age: 17 Posts: 128 User Feedback: (0)	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! __________________ My tanks! 5 gallon- 6 pregnant guppys 5 gallon(fry tank)- some guppy fry 10 gallon- female guppys 10 gallon- male guppys

10-22-2007, 05:43 PM	#2
ilove guppys new breeder Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 10 User Feedback: (0)	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, 06:50 PM	#3
guppybreeder! guppy crazy!! Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Minnesota Age: 17 Posts: 128 User Feedback: (0)	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. __________________ My tanks! 5 gallon- 6 pregnant guppys 5 gallon(fry tank)- some guppy fry 10 gallon- female guppys 10 gallon- male guppys

10-22-2007, 08:06 PM	#4
Baby_Baby Friendly Neighborhood Mod Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Tulsa Posts: 3,527 User Feedback: (0)	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.... __________________ *Emotion is energy in motion.*

10-23-2007, 09:46 PM	#6
guppybreeder! guppy crazy!! Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Minnesota Age: 17 Posts: 128 User Feedback: (0)	she is an original black molly. yea that would be pretty stressful. __________________ My tanks! 5 gallon- 6 pregnant guppys 5 gallon(fry tank)- some guppy fry 10 gallon- female guppys 10 gallon- male guppys

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10-22-2007, 09:04 PM	#5
emc7 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Age: 39 Posts: 2,641 User Feedback: (0)	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, 10:12 PM	#7
emc7 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Age: 39 Posts: 2,641 User Feedback: (0)	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, 04:12 AM	#8
Aquaman_95 I like Cereal! Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Georgia the State Age: 14 Posts: 15 User Feedback: (0)	The fry may have been pre-mature. Or weak.

10-24-2007, 08:53 PM	#9
guppybreeder! guppy crazy!! Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Minnesota Age: 17 Posts: 128 User Feedback: (0)	they could have been. one is still going strong though. do you think he/she has pretty good chances of living now? __________________ My tanks! 5 gallon- 6 pregnant guppys 5 gallon(fry tank)- some guppy fry 10 gallon- female guppys 10 gallon- male guppys

10-24-2007, 09:19 PM	#10
emc7 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Age: 39 Posts: 2,641 User Feedback: (0)	Yeah, like premature babies, the longer they live they more likely they'll be just fine.

10-26-2007, 04:02 PM	#11
guppybreeder! guppy crazy!! Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Minnesota Age: 17 Posts: 128 User Feedback: (0)	ok cool this one is at least a week old now and look pretty healthy so it should make it. __________________ My tanks! 5 gallon- 6 pregnant guppys 5 gallon(fry tank)- some guppy fry 10 gallon- female guppys 10 gallon- male guppys

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