@@unusualaquariumecosystems5805 Good question. Yes, the small water changes are to keep the water quality as clean and stable as possible since fry can be more sensitive to changes. :)
I have balloon mollies who I love dearly. My little Luna died overnight and I have no idea why. She was swimming around the night before with no obvious signs of any wounds/ fungal infections etc. My other balloon mollies are fine and alive, my water parameters are fine. The weird part is that she was stuck to my magnet dead. How does a fish get stuck to a magnet?? I'm so sad I lost my Luna and worst is I don't know if I did something wrong or not :(
I had 1 male and 2 females and 1 old platy. I named the male molly Jack and the 2 females Janet and Chrissy . As for the platy , I called him Mr. Furley.
So happy to support you and your great content! And extra kudos for saying my name right, made me shriek loud enough to disturb the neighbors so thank you for the surprise!
Thank you soo much Irene. I love how you dedicate almost all of your time to helping other people you don't even know. I love you and I will always support you.
I several months ago a tank with mollies in the and there's always babies in there. The tank is brackish and I love it. I've never had success with mollies before so am really glad I am now. They're one of my favorite fish.
I absolutely adore balloon mollies. I have several in different colours, and in different community tanks. Names are Pepsi, Pebbles, Popcorn, Truffles, Cookies and Cream. They have so much personality. Of all my fish (bettas, platies, guppies, cories, pleco, raspboras, pencil fish, neons) I think they have the biggest personality (besides the bettas of course). They are also literally ALWAYS eating or looking to eat. They're basically little water puppies lol. Thanks for the information - luckily mine haven't been sick, but it is good to know what to do in case.
Wow thanks so much for sharing this. 4 months ago I had gotten a black molly and 2 dalmatian mollies. They did great for the first two weeks, but then one by one they died. My water tests were good, and I did water changes so I couldn't figure out why. But now thanks to watching this I understand! I haven't gotten any since, and miss them because I love their personalities! They always greeted and were such characters. Now that I know what to do, I might get more in the future.
Thanks for the information! I’d never heard about the use of sea water to drop expense at hatcheries. Parameters and quarantine seem all the more important. Keep educating and congratulations on the Coop. Blog, Jim
I’ve always used the teaspoon method of salt; 1 tsp/g for any fish, 1.25 excluding cories, 1.5 excluding catfish and some loaches, most cichlids and livebearers can go to 1.75. I just find it easier to multiply once and not have to divide. Call me old fashioned... but we both agree - SALT WORKS!
I have 6 lyretail mollies: 3 black, 3 gold-colored. I am always surprised that we have new fry in our 15-gallon tank. Just this month, we have new four ones! Amazing!
I had the same exact thing in my tank, I started with 5 various Molly's, they did great for a long time, had babies, kept 3 of them, then out of nowhere I got this fungus. I tried to medicate but all of my fish died except 2 of the original babies. Luckily the 2 survivors just had babies a couple weeks ago, so I know have about 15 new babies lol
Thanks for the great video will be trying mollies once out of quarantine. I used to have mollies and what to have them again. After watching this video and some of Cory’s vids I will be trying them again.
A nice breeding project for you might be endlers. Mine won't eat their babies so you dont have to separate the babies and adults. Also endlers are very colorful so you could mix different color variations together and get surprise colors.
wow I actually can't believe how lucky I am XD I am a beginner fish keeper with 7 tropical fish and my 2 mollies haven't had any problems for a few months now thankfully.
Yup these fish really do much better in a more saline environment i have catfish in my tank so i cant add too much salt but i generally put a tablespoon in my 10 gallon everyonce in a while same thing with platys
They're so derpy and fun! Next time though, I need to keep them with other fast eaters because they're like miniature water piggies. P.S. Thank you for becoming a recent member. 😊
How do you rehome them? I got a single female because she was all that was left at the shop. I didn't even know she was pregnant, she didn't look pregnant. Suddenly a few weeks ago I had 3 extra fish coming up at feeding time...baby mollies! They were already a few weeks old before I realized they existed and I stare into my tanks all the time! I have no idea how they survived.
Mollies are one of those fish that absolutely need hard water and a high ph to thrive. A ph of at least 7.5 is ideal and a gh of at least 180ppm. My tap water is also very soft and low in ph. One thing I've done that's helped a lot is put bags of crushed coral in the filters and also put some in the substrate.
Platies are easier to take care of than mollies so I would start with platies. Where I live (Utah) the water is quite hard but may need a dash of added aquarium salt especially in the spring and especially for mollies. I real good fry plant is hornwart but I usually separated my fry.
Wait.. we're down to two tanks now?😱 No more axolotls?😥 Great info you shared here, especially about the three salt levels & the measures you took to remove as much salt as possible. Just emphasizes the importance of quarantining the fish; can you imagine if this had happened in a community tank?
I learned about the brackish water issues after a molly brought home a disease that my fresh water fish weren't immune to. That was horrible. I tried Mollies again in their own 10 gallon tank. They died there too. I finally found a care guide, probably Cory's, that mentioned brackish water. I am going to try them again this time in a brackish tank.
I recently had to my three Dalmation Mollys back to the store!! Thought I had three females. Boy, was I wrong! Two females and one male who was ON THEM ALL DAY AND ALL NIGHT!! I couldn't take it anymore.
I am reaching out to you as you seem to be the one out of the three “aquarium” channels I follow that replies. I have a 50 gallon which has in it 9 platy, 2 panda corydoras, 2 hillstream loaches (which I literally love love love) and a 6 yr old fancy goldfish my son had to have years ago named Billybob. They all get along great. My concern is if the loaches are getting enough to eat! I feed algae wafers, billybob eats them, I feed sinking shrimp pellets -billybob eats them, I feed floating pellets goldfish and beta size - billybob eats them, I feed sinking carnivore pellets and Spirulina (oh the smell) you guessed it billybob eats them in true goldfish fashion! I don’t worry about the platies or pandas I see them eat.. the loaches which honest to goodness I love I worry about. I’ve fed in total darkness and that PIG EATS IT... help please I don’t want them to starve or be malnourished! They do suck on the glass but I don’t think it’s enough and my algae levels are really low I’m editing this because I’ve also tried to feed billybob on one side of the tank to distract her but nope built in sonar she finds everything!
Oh man, that's rough! Well, I've found that my hillstream loaches seem to prefer eating off the ground (not the surface), so sinking foods would probably be best. Then maybe try feeding something that's small and scatters a lot, so maybe some kind of small nano pellet? Hopefully if the food is spread all over the place, then your goldfish has to spend time looking for the food and your loaches will get a chance to get a bite. :)
I thought i was doing something wrong. Like my guppies and RCS are doing great and breed but my Molly's kept doing those weird wiggles and die and i was thinking it was the hardness but even raising KH and GH did nothing to help them. Good to know salt helps. Might fill a 5 gallon bucket for them to breed in and get the fry in my freshwater tank and donate the parents to someone with a saltwater aquarium.
Yeah I kept mollies a while ago and I had to treat bacterial infections 3 times and ich twice. However I did eventually get rid of the 6 out of 8 I had left.
60 days gestation period is generally false if ur tank is unheated yes it will take a long while but if it is around 80 degrees or more it only takes about 30-40 days
Hey GTF, I was wondering if I could get your opinion on German blue rams as you did own one. I have a 40 gallon that’s heavily decorated and planted with guppies 1 angel fish 3 honey gourami and lots of Cory cats. I’d love to try a ram cichlid but my main concern are my cories getting in its way causing stress for both fish. My cories are the only fish that are near the bottom all the time and the most outgoing.
This whole time I thought I did something wrong. I bought Molly’s from petco and a day later they all but one died. My water is soft, I used spring water from grocery store. Fish people never mentioned to put any salt in water. Water temp was at 70 degrees I thought maybe that was why they died
Hi Irene, So I have recently gotten a betta fish in a 5 gallon tank, and I have a sort of film on the water. I was wondering, could a sponge filter help that?
My fear of keeping guppies and mollies they multiply fast. If you are not planning to sell fishes what to do with extra guppies and mollies. In my experience in the beginning it was hard to breed. Later I keep finding shortage of tanks and plastic containers to keep all the fishes. Any suggestions.
I have 1 Dalmatian molly and 3 glofish tetra, the molly seems fine but hides a lot until it sees me and then it swims around, should I get more molly for the molly?
I had 3 mollies 2 ballon and 1 normal they lived with a catfish 2 snails and 3 neos I have a filter a hiding plant and a couple ortimants. They lived for a few days then died how do I keep them alive?
Tnx for helping me with this video and.... My baloon Molly just died cause fungus and i watching you and i see how heal the fish with salt ty so much and my mollies Don't GIVE birth i buy so many mollies but i die and just left 10 more and i hope they gonna gift birth to me 😢😊ty so much for the video
hi um i have just got some fish today and one of them was a black female molly i was just wondering will she die without having another molly around her because if so i will get another on asap get back to me asap if you can thank you
Eee, I'm nervous about getting some expensive fancy guppies since I've heard they're a lot weaker than most, but I saw some tuxedo red guppies a few month ago and was absolutely stunned by their beauty. Will definitely have to try them some time!
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What about one gallon tanks? Also, why do several 15% changes a week, are they disrupted by larger ones?
@@unusualaquariumecosystems5805 Good question. Yes, the small water changes are to keep the water quality as clean and stable as possible since fry can be more sensitive to changes. :)
Do mollies eat up plants in aquarium?? because one i kept them in mines the started poking the plants.
I have balloon mollies who I love dearly. My little Luna died overnight and I have no idea why. She was swimming around the night before with no obvious signs of any wounds/ fungal infections etc. My other balloon mollies are fine and alive, my water parameters are fine. The weird part is that she was stuck to my magnet dead. How does a fish get stuck to a magnet?? I'm so sad I lost my Luna and worst is I don't know if I did something wrong or not :(
@@GirlTalksFish Do I add 1 tablespoon every 3 gallon s of aquarium salt every water change or everyday if Molly has swim bladder
I had 1 male and 2 females and 1 old platy. I named the male molly Jack and the 2 females Janet and Chrissy . As for the platy , I called him Mr. Furley.
@Le Baguette typically yea considering mollies and platies are 2 very closely related species they should do just fine together
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Lol. Love that😁
So happy to support you and your great content! And extra kudos for saying my name right, made me shriek loud enough to disturb the neighbors so thank you for the surprise!
Oh yay! I was totally unsure about the pronunciation and should've asked you first. So glad to have given you a pleasant surprise. 🤗🎁
Thank you soo much Irene. I love how you dedicate almost all of your time to helping other people you don't even know. I love you and I will always support you.
Oh my goodness, you are so sweet! Thank you so much!
Awww...I am glad that you think I am sweet.After all it is the least I can do to support such a kind and caring person like you.
I started with two. Fast forward two months, now I have 62.
heehee
Same here. I had a Black Molly and a Yellow Ballon Molly and now the Black Molly was pregnant and gave birth to around 31
how do you handle that , you sell them?
Wow!
I can’t find these fishes where I leave please tell me where can I buy them
Your mollies are so adorable 🥰 I'm glad they're going well. I'm researching mollies because I'd love to get a few. Thanks 😊
I several months ago a tank with mollies in the and there's always babies in there. The tank is brackish and I love it. I've never had success with mollies before so am really glad I am now. They're one of my favorite fish.
That's awesome! Yes, I love their funny personalities and their great appetite for algae too. :)
I absolutely adore balloon mollies. I have several in different colours, and in different community tanks. Names are Pepsi, Pebbles, Popcorn, Truffles, Cookies and Cream. They have so much personality. Of all my fish (bettas, platies, guppies, cories, pleco, raspboras, pencil fish, neons) I think they have the biggest personality (besides the bettas of course). They are also literally ALWAYS eating or looking to eat. They're basically little water puppies lol. Thanks for the information - luckily mine haven't been sick, but it is good to know what to do in case.
I’m impressed by how you saved that female that was near doomed
Wow thanks so much for sharing this. 4 months ago I had gotten a black molly and 2 dalmatian mollies. They did great for the first two weeks, but then one by one they died. My water tests were good, and I did water changes so I couldn't figure out why. But now thanks to watching this I understand! I haven't gotten any since, and miss them because I love their personalities! They always greeted and were such characters. Now that I know what to do, I might get more in the future.
Thanks for the information!
I’d never heard about the use of sea water to drop expense at hatcheries.
Parameters and quarantine seem all the more important.
Keep educating and congratulations on the Coop. Blog,
Jim
Yeah, definitely a good learning experience for me too. Glad you enjoyed it!
That’s crazy how well Dotty recovered
I’ve always used the teaspoon method of salt; 1 tsp/g for any fish, 1.25 excluding cories, 1.5 excluding catfish and some loaches, most cichlids and livebearers can go to 1.75. I just find it easier to multiply once and not have to divide. Call me old fashioned... but we both agree - SALT WORKS!
I really enjoyed this video, and I also love that you also use the sponge Bob pineapple house too! 😂👏👏💙🌟🌈
Haha it's perfect for quarantine and it makes the kids happy!
5:01 😘 "I love you"
*Looks you straight in the eye.
"Give me my HUSBAND back!"
Lol, Spotty and Dotty for life! 💑
Whoever named this type of Molly lost a perfect opportunity to call it cookies and cream
Haha, I love it! 🍦
@@GirlTalksFish your not the only one 🍨😆
I have 6 lyretail mollies: 3 black, 3 gold-colored. I am always surprised that we have new fry in our 15-gallon tank. Just this month, we have new four ones! Amazing!
I had the same exact thing in my tank, I started with 5 various Molly's, they did great for a long time, had babies, kept 3 of them, then out of nowhere I got this fungus. I tried to medicate but all of my fish died except 2 of the original babies. Luckily the 2 survivors just had babies a couple weeks ago, so I know have about 15 new babies lol
Gotta love them, so plump and cute
Thanks for the great video will be trying mollies once out of quarantine. I used to have mollies and what to have them again. After watching this video and some of Cory’s vids I will be trying them again.
Wow you’re good! Thanks for all the tips. I love these little fishes.
Saved my fish! Thank you for your informative video.
A nice breeding project for you might be endlers. Mine won't eat their babies so you dont have to separate the babies and adults. Also endlers are very colorful so you could mix different color variations together and get surprise colors.
wow I actually can't believe how lucky I am XD I am a beginner fish keeper with 7 tropical fish and my 2 mollies haven't had any problems for a few months now thankfully.
This video has helped me out a lot thank you
Great beginners guide 👏
Yup these fish really do much better in a more saline environment i have catfish in my tank so i cant add too much salt but i generally put a tablespoon in my 10 gallon everyonce in a while same thing with platys
My first fish as a kid were black mollies. Didn’t have much luck with them but I still think they’re so beautiful.
They're so derpy and fun! Next time though, I need to keep them with other fast eaters because they're like miniature water piggies. P.S. Thank you for becoming a recent member. 😊
@@GirlTalksFish You're welcome! I've been watching and rewatching all the free content as I set up my first betta tank.
I 💕 balloon mollys. My fave
This is a very cute video I must say..🤗
How do you rehome them? I got a single female because she was all that was left at the shop. I didn't even know she was pregnant, she didn't look pregnant. Suddenly a few weeks ago I had 3 extra fish coming up at feeding time...baby mollies! They were already a few weeks old before I realized they existed and I stare into my tanks all the time! I have no idea how they survived.
Mollies are one of those fish that absolutely need hard water and a high ph to thrive. A ph of at least 7.5 is ideal and a gh of at least 180ppm. My tap water is also very soft and low in ph. One thing I've done that's helped a lot is put bags of crushed coral in the filters and also put some in the substrate.
My tap water is perfect for them! I’ll have to try
Platies are easier to take care of than mollies so I would start with platies. Where I live (Utah) the water is quite hard but may need a dash of added aquarium salt especially in the spring and especially for mollies. I real good fry plant is hornwart but I usually separated my fry.
Thank you.
Wait.. we're down to two tanks now?😱
No more axolotls?😥
Great info you shared here, especially about the three salt levels & the measures you took to remove as much salt as possible. Just emphasizes the importance of quarantining the fish; can you imagine if this had happened in a community tank?
For sure! They went through preventative quarantine meds as well, but looks like this disease got through.
I learned about the brackish water issues after a molly brought home a disease that my fresh water fish weren't immune to. That was horrible. I tried Mollies again in their own 10 gallon tank. They died there too. I finally found a care guide, probably Cory's, that mentioned brackish water. I am going to try them again this time in a brackish tank.
Good luck! Yeah, I'm so glad I found Cory's video. All this time, I just thought they were very disease-prone.
I recently had to my three Dalmation Mollys back to the store!! Thought I had three females. Boy, was I wrong! Two females and one male who was ON THEM ALL DAY AND ALL NIGHT!! I couldn't take it anymore.
Lol, oh no! Yes, I've definitely returned some male livebearers before since they were a little too, uh, eager to breed. :P
Thank you now I know how to treat them now soon I'll be getting mollies I'm going to name Elvis and Priscilla
Thank you for another great video. I enjoy your style
Awww, glad to hear! I had fun doing a "story time" style of video this time.
great video this is the earliest I have ever been for your videos. I love your videos! I am starting my own fish channel any tips?
Ooo, good luck! I'd say consistency was my key - making 1 video per week for at least 6 months to see if you like making UA-cam videos. :)
@@GirlTalksFish thank you so much
Thank you for sharing this video 👍⭐
I do 0 water changes in a heavily planted 20 gal, the mollies are so happpy and breeding
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I am reaching out to you as you seem to be the one out of the three “aquarium” channels I follow that replies. I have a 50 gallon which has in it 9 platy, 2 panda corydoras, 2 hillstream loaches (which I literally love love love) and a 6 yr old fancy goldfish my son had to have years ago named Billybob. They all get along great. My concern is if the loaches are getting enough to eat! I feed algae wafers, billybob eats them, I feed sinking shrimp pellets -billybob eats them, I feed floating pellets goldfish and beta size - billybob eats them, I feed sinking carnivore pellets and Spirulina (oh the smell) you guessed it billybob eats them in true goldfish fashion! I don’t worry about the platies or pandas I see them eat.. the loaches which honest to goodness I love I worry about. I’ve fed in total darkness and that PIG EATS IT... help please I don’t want them to starve or be malnourished! They do suck on the glass but I don’t think it’s enough and my algae levels are really low
I’m editing this because I’ve also tried to feed billybob on one side of the tank to distract her but nope built in sonar she finds everything!
Oh man, that's rough! Well, I've found that my hillstream loaches seem to prefer eating off the ground (not the surface), so sinking foods would probably be best. Then maybe try feeding something that's small and scatters a lot, so maybe some kind of small nano pellet? Hopefully if the food is spread all over the place, then your goldfish has to spend time looking for the food and your loaches will get a chance to get a bite. :)
Love your videos!! This is my balloon molly in my profile!
So amazing information..u r so nice..keep it up
Awesome video, thanks for sharing
My pleasure!
I thought i was doing something wrong. Like my guppies and RCS are doing great and breed but my Molly's kept doing those weird wiggles and die and i was thinking it was the hardness but even raising KH and GH did nothing to help them. Good to know salt helps. Might fill a 5 gallon bucket for them to breed in and get the fry in my freshwater tank and donate the parents to someone with a saltwater aquarium.
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I love it!
The fact that balloon Molly’s can actually have a relationship and last compared to my relationship life says alot
Sailfin Mollies are the first fish I ever sold (that's how I bought my 2nd tank. I think I was 12). I hadn't had any luck with them since.
They're so beautiful! I always thought that all livebearers were easy to care for, but like you said, that's not always the case. :P
Yeah I kept mollies a while ago and I had to treat bacterial infections 3 times and ich twice. However I did eventually get rid of the 6 out of 8 I had left.
Yikes! Yeah sounds like they may have crashed like mine.
My Local fish store Sells freshwater and locally bred saltwater mollies
i love her
Very beautiful
Hello, I had the same thing in my molly fish tail, do I put aquarium salt on the aquarium, will it do anything to the other molly fish.
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60 days gestation period is generally false if ur tank is unheated yes it will take a long while but if it is around 80 degrees or more it only takes about 30-40 days
nice job
I dont know what it is but I just find these fishies so cuute
Hey GTF, I was wondering if I could get your opinion on German blue rams as you did own one. I have a 40 gallon that’s heavily decorated and planted with guppies 1 angel fish 3 honey gourami and lots of Cory cats. I’d love to try a ram cichlid but my main concern are my cories getting in its way causing stress for both fish. My cories are the only fish that are near the bottom all the time and the most outgoing.
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Hahaha i read your article, very helpful, say irene, should you feed your fish daily or fast them at least for a day?
This whole time I thought I did something wrong. I bought Molly’s from petco and a day later they all but one died. My water is soft, I used spring water from grocery store. Fish people never mentioned to put any salt in water. Water temp was at 70 degrees I thought maybe that was why they died
Hi Irene, So I have recently gotten a betta fish in a 5 gallon tank, and I have a sort of film on the water. I was wondering, could a sponge filter help that?
Should they be kept in a species only tank if you want them to breed or can they also be in a community tank?
My fear of keeping guppies and mollies they multiply fast. If you are not planning to sell fishes what to do with extra guppies and mollies. In my experience in the beginning it was hard to breed. Later I keep finding shortage of tanks and plastic containers to keep all the fishes. Any suggestions.
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i love those chonky fishes
Got my molly 2 days ago. Today she births 7 frys so here I am.
I have 1 Dalmatian molly and 3 glofish tetra, the molly seems fine but hides a lot until it sees me and then it swims around, should I get more molly for the molly?
Mam how many balloon Molly's will fits in my 20 gal aquarium tank?
Can you help me?
Hello I was wondering if you would be able to do a video like this one but for shell dwellers l?
do you have any aquarium heater recommendations? most i see online have negative reviews where they explode or overheat
I have 6 pearl danios and 1 balloon molly
Cute fish ÷³
Thanks 😆
I had 3 mollies 2 ballon and 1 normal they lived with a catfish 2 snails and 3 neos I have a filter a hiding plant and a couple ortimants. They lived for a few days then died how do I keep them alive?
Why the fry mollies don't get bigger like yours, i have kept them for about 3 months in a 30 gallon tank but still not much sign of growth.
Tnx for helping me with this video and.... My baloon Molly just died cause fungus and i watching you and i see how heal the fish with salt ty so much and my mollies Don't GIVE birth i buy so many mollies but i die and just left 10 more and i hope they gonna gift birth to me 😢😊ty so much for the video
ive got the same fish but there not called ballon mollys there called dalmaitan molly
Can you breed balloon with other type molly?
What age would you recommend to sell swordtail fry? Thanks, great vid too 🙂👏
Planted Tank2323 males are good by 4-6 months but females need to be large enough to be pregnant which that size can vary from 8 months to a year
Is there a breed or subspecies of molly that performs better than others, or are they all pretty much the same?
Good luck 🐬🐬🐬
hi um i have just got some fish today and one of them was a black female molly i was just wondering will she die without having another molly around her because if so i will get another on asap get back to me asap if you can thank you
How much equilibrium do you recommend for a 20 gallon ? (Average )
You should breed bettas
My guppies first birth was only two babies
Do you have a blmble bee goby fish ?they are very nice and cute.
Is it okay to put mollies in a bowl? Let say 2 female and 1male?
Do you really think that betta fish really need black water(your betta tank has no tannin)? Please reply 🙂☘️🍀
So the Molly fish need salt water
Hi there!,what kind of molly is the white one?
Do a breeding project on albino red guppy it should be fun and difficult at the same time
Eee, I'm nervous about getting some expensive fancy guppies since I've heard they're a lot weaker than most, but I saw some tuxedo red guppies a few month ago and was absolutely stunned by their beauty. Will definitely have to try them some time!
@@GirlTalksFish glad to hear, and eagerly waiting for it .
Can a molly is ok to put on a 1 gallon tank?
If I get molly fish I'll namee one of them molly
Soo original 🤯
How to breed kuhli loach
How do I find out how many gallons my tank is?
Are mollies like deep or shallow water?