"JeffinMS" wrote in message
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I have two pregnant fish. A Sword and a black Molly. They both look like
they are going to explode. I was thinking when these fry come to just let
em fend for themselves but I recall someone here mentioning how the other
fish will eat them (I expect my pretty big clown loaches would gobble em
up). I do have one of those square fry net holders. Whats neccesary to feed
them? How many to expect from each fish? How long will they be pregnant
before producing?

If I miss anything you can look up livebearer "most" are about the same in
having fry (around 30 days).
Good chance your loaches or even mom & dad will eat the fry, so do you have
another tank by chance?
If not and you want to keep the fry in that tank you can go get some
hornwort, or some other plant that will stay at the bottom for them to hide
in (they are good at that). If you have another tank like even a 5g you can
dip them out when she drops them and put them in there, you may not get all
of them, but I do that some times if I want to keep the fry.
People differ on what they think about those baby savers, I don't like them
and have lost a couple of my females from using them, if you do use them
make sure the fish is close to dropping other wise you will stress them and
they can die, plus I have had females eat the fry in there when I have not
caught them in time, however if she does have the fry in the main tank, you
could dip them out and put them in there so they are safe from adult fish.
As you will read some place, the way to know if a livebearer is pregnant is
see if she is a female, they are always pregnant, and will drop about every
30-35 days. Get a zip lock baggie and put fish food in it and roll the
bottom of food back and forth over it, that will make it small enough for
the fry to eat, they do have a food called first bites but its expensive and
you can do the same thing by crushing food up for them. I have fancy guppies
also livebearers and they have between 10-40 babies, I don't know if that is
a normal amount for them or any other but after having many dozens of my
females have fry that is what mine do.
If you think of anything else just post someone will be happy to help. Oh
what size tank do you have and how many fish?
Nik