How To Breed Molly Fish
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Guppies and mollies are closely related and very easy to breed. A mature female will give live birth about once a month or so in an aquarium. However, if you want the fry to survive until adulthood, you have to take several steps to care for them, including protecting them from other fish in the tank that may eat them.
Steps To Breed :
1 . Allow the fish to mate with one another. Mollies are hierarchical fish. Whichever male has the biggest fins and boldest colors leads the way. This means the ideal combination of male and female fish is one male for multiple females
2 .Remove the female from the aquarium before birthing begins. Place the female in a separate “nurser” tank if possible. The male fish often chases around the female, wishing to copulate more, and this could cause stress on the pregnancy. [2] You’ll be able to tell the molly is pregnant by a very distended belly
3. Reintroduce the female into the main aquarium. The female may eat her own young, so it’s best to move her back with the other fish for the safety of the fry. [5] Roughly once per month, however, the mother may need to be re-segregated since female molly fish can retain multiple fertilized eggs for nearly half a year.
4. Feed the fry. Use ground fish food of the same type that you feed to your adult mollies. Flake food should be used as a primary base. Supplement the normal meals with a broad variety of denser meals.
5 . Wait for the fish to mature. It will take around nearly two months to be able to tell males and females apart. Once they’ve doubled in size, it’s probably safe to introduce them into the main tank with the rest of the fish
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