need info on breeding mollies

[virginiadiver69]

I've added 1 male and 3 females to my fuge in hopes of supplying live food for my tank. Will some one give me some basic info or point me in the right direction?
One was pregnant already when I brought it home.

 

["Umm fish?"]

Feed them and leave them alone and you'll eventually have babies. Feed the babies and they grow. They are eeeeaaaaassssy.

That said, I've only ever bred them in fresh water. I don't know if it's any different when they are acclimated to salt.

 

[littlefish72]

Get a male and female and add water and you'll have babies........your fuge should have enough hiding places for the babies because the parents will eat them too

 

[virginiadiver69]

Will I need to separate the fry into a separate tank? Like this:
http://www.thatpetplace.com/pet/group/10982/product.web
The adults won't eat 'em?
I'll feed the adults flake and baby brine/mysis, but is rots good for the fry.

 

[RicksReefs]

mollies generally don't eat their young unless hungry.
each female will drop kids (on average) every 28 days.
they'll breed just fine in full strength SW.
baby brine, etc. are fine as a starter but being mostly vegetarian, they'll need algae/flakes to nibble on too.

 

["Umm fish?"]

BTW, you do realize that tank is no longer really a "fuge," right? Now it's a "molly tank."

 

[virginiadiver69]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13244261#post13244261 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by RicksReefs
baby brine, etc. are fine as a starter but being mostly vegetarian, they'll need algae/flakes to nibble on too.

For the fry as well?

 

[virginiadiver69]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13244285#post13244285 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by "Umm, fish?"
BTW, you do realize that tank is no longer really a "fuge," right? Now it's a "molly tank."

It's a fuge/molly tank.

 

[RicksReefs]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13245076#post13245076 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by virginiadiver69
For the fry as well?

yup, those flat mouths are designed to nibble film/hair algae off of stuff.

A couple decades ago, I used to acclimate lyretail and sailfins to full SW and trade them in to the LFS. the adults are pretty good at munching down a hair algae problem.

 

[virginiadiver69]

Thank you.