fat fish

frankenfish

frankenfish

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Nov 5, 2009
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for those of you who saw my last thread i had 2 unknown fish which i found out today are a variety of molly. my main question here is that the bigger of the two seems to have a very protruding belly. i'm wondering if it could be pregnant or is it sick? or is it normal and just looks odd to me? i can take pictures if that would help.

an unrelated question is that i'v noticed that the bigger of the mollies (the pregnant/sick one) seems to be aggressive towards the other when the tank light is on. when it's off they act like the best of friends. but after a few minutes of the light being on the big one starts chasing the little one all over the tank. could this be caused by the light being too strong/bright or something similar?
 

Newman

Newman

Elite Fish
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Sep 22, 2009
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usually if the light is too strong, the fish would rather hide than start getting active, so they light sounds fine.

Yes post a pic.
sound like its either pregnant, or is a balloon molly which is fat by nature.
 

Newman

Newman

Elite Fish
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Sep 22, 2009
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Shes active, so she's pregnant. (if she was sluggish and just floating on the bottom, i would suspect bloat.)

although pregnant molly can get twice that belly size. she might have a few more feeks to go. then again it might be too young, and might drop fry sooner. I just dont know how big that thing is. if its 3 inches then its an older one and will take longer to deliver. if its like 1.5 then its very young and might drop soon.
 

frankenfish

frankenfish

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Nov 5, 2009
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oh boy. first tank i set up since i was like 3 and i'm gonna get fish babies right off the bat. lol. what equipment and such will i need to care for the fry? will the filter suck em up? she's about 1.5 - 1.75 inches. if this info is already here on the forum just point me in the right direction
 

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