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Well a few weeks ago my client purchased 3 mollies for his fish tank,1 black,1 white/silver and 1 marble molly. The other day when i was doing a partial water change i discovered 7 baby mollies I made a tempory shelter for them so they wouldnt get eaten,then yesterday i bought a porper nursery type net thing. Some of the babies escaped but i managed to get 6 back,and i have seen the elusive 7th baby but i cant catch him to put him in with the others. Any way,i know which one is the male molly (the silver one)as he keeps displaying most of the time,and i think i know which is female molly (black one) as she is forever being chased by the silver one,but the marble one im not so sure just yet. Any advice really on how i can look after the babies until they are big enough to venture out into the rest of the tank again? |
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honeydlc TopDog


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Congratulation on your new arrivals! Sorry don't know much about fish, but please can we see some piccies? (Assuming they are big enough to photograph )
XX ____________ Georgia, Honey Bear, Rosie, Obi, Timber, Mia, Oscar and Mango XXXX
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Wed Jul 04, 2007 10:50 am |
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poppydog83 TopDog


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I will try and get a picture when im in work tomorrow,oh i feel like a pround parent even though they arent my fish  |
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Wed Jul 04, 2007 3:53 pm |
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GerbilPunk TopDog


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congratulations!
do fish lay eggs? is that what people eat called caviar? (sorry, i didnt mean i was going to come and eat your fish! ) how big are baby fish when they are born? ____________ PIRATE.♥
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Hcollie85 TopDog


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Yes fish lay eggs and i think cavier is the eyes
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Wed Jul 04, 2007 4:25 pm |
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GerbilPunk TopDog


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ew thats disgusting, why would you eat that?!  ____________ PIRATE.♥
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Hcollie85 TopDog


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No i wouldnt
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Wed Jul 04, 2007 4:32 pm |
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We have baby guppies and sword tails etc all the time we just leave them and watch them grow  ____________
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poppydog83 TopDog


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Well i have bought a special net thing thats fixed to the side of the tank where the babies will stay until they are big enough to join the rest of the fish. I decided to put the baby fish in there as the group of neons we have keeping ganging up on the babies and wouldnt leave them alone. Im not sure how big they are when they are born as i didnt see them at first,mollys are livebearers meaning the babies are born alive.
Caviear (cant spell) is fish eggs,eugh i wouldnt eat it |
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Fri Jul 06, 2007 9:22 am |
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Male livebearers have a modified fin at the bottom for fertilising the females, it is a spike so the one with the spike is a boy, however, they could well have been pregnant before he bought them!
Becky ____________ Love is a Posse of Poodles and Percy
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Fri Jul 06, 2007 10:00 am |
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what have you called them?  ____________ PIRATE.♥
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| how long are fish pregnant for before they have the babies? We havent named them yet. Our thing at work is our nicknames are old peoples names,and everyone has named one of the fish after themselves. My fish is named and my name is Phyliss |
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...you called a fish phyliss...? ____________ PIRATE.♥
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What a great name, i love it!  ____________
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poppydog83 TopDog


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| Well my nans name was phyliss (i think thats how its spelt) and at the time i thought what a great name for not only myself but for a fish |
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