oh no they're dying!!!! - MyFishTank.Net Freshwater Saltwater Aquarium Fish Forum

ugottaluvme · 07-07-2003, 08:04 PM

i dont know wats going on my black mollie had 24 babies i gave six away to a friend of mine and everything was fine until a week ago in those seven days i lost everyone of them except two that ive still got i saw no sign of disease and i removed the dead ones as soon as possible the moms pregnant again and i want to prevent this from happening again (and im very curious)
plez help me

Jawz · 07-07-2003, 08:28 PM

they possible were not able to eat, did u grind up flakes really small or what did u do for food? Were they eating? What are the water parameters, description of tank if u could

FroggyFox · 07-07-2003, 09:06 PM

as sensitive as fish are....babies are MUCH MUCH more sensitive. Temperature changes, not being able to eat (like Jawz said) changes in nitrate/ammonia/nitrite etc can hurt or kill them easily.

fishboy · 07-07-2003, 09:13 PM

I suspect it was either water quality or lack of feeding. Like Froggy said changes in water can kill them easily. Much easier if you do several smaller water changes daily instead of larger ones. Also you might want to hatch bbs (baby brine shrimp) for feeding. Personally it is a better food for fish and allows them to grow faster. Or you can sometimes buy frozen bbs.

Good luck,

Daniel

spikekillifish · 07-07-2003, 11:00 PM

Sorry to hear about your losses.

Are the fry in a tank by themselves? How strong is your tank current? Could be several factors when it comes to the die off of small fry. I agree with the other posters about feeding and water quality. Did you ever see the fry feed? How are the ones doing that you gave away?

Don't be too hard on yourself as this type of thing can happen to the best.

Welcome to the "Tank" and keep us posted.

Cichlid-Man · 07-09-2003, 02:44 PM

Any other fish in the tank? Could be why or some of these other things above. Good Luck on your next brood.

ugottaluvme · 07-09-2003, 08:25 PM

thanx guys but im sad to say that evey one of the fry have died i used community tank water that was pretty darn safe i kept them in a 2.5 gallon tank but it was only half full and had been doing 10% water changes every three days i had no source of airation but i was cleaning the fshwaste off of the bottom every day i was feeding them fry food and the redily ate it after they all died i wanted to test the water but the only dry tabs i had left were fo ammonia wich was at 0.0 hopefully i will find time to go buy a refill kit so i can prepare for the babies my pregnant mollie will soon have thanx alot
lil

ugottaluvme · 07-09-2003, 08:29 PM

o i 4got to say that three of the fry i gave abut the other three r in a separate tank from the dead ones and they have airation, could this be whythey have died? do i need airation for the breeding tank this time? plez answer my questions if u know thanx

Cichlid-Man · 07-09-2003, 09:39 PM

Its worth a try i say

ugottaluvme · 07-14-2003, 06:00 PM

well two days ago my molly had babies again they now have gravel, plants (real and plastic) and a bubbling sponge filter i counted only seven babies and was almost positive she was finished so i took her out, this is her second prenancy so shouldnt she have a bigger litter? she had 24 the first time so why arent there more than that this time?
thanx