Is My Platinum Molly Aeris Pregnant?

a gravid Mollie or platy or guppy
can take any thing up to 14 weeks before
they drop their young if the fish becomes
distressed it can also abort the birth by reabsorbing
the eggs or young i just let my guppies drop them
in the main tank just make sure there is plenty
of floating cover ie Riccia  duck week all long stringy
plants they can find cover i find breeding traps stress
the fish and also means the mother can eat her own fry
when they are dropped .   

I agree. The video is not nearly clear enough. If the molly's abdomen looks square, sort of like this \_/ she is about to give birth. Livebearer females often go off on their own and hide away just before they give birth. But getting fat can also by a sign of dropsy. Look down on her from above, do her scales stick out like a pine cone?

However, you have far more issues of immediate concern. 30 litres is not big enough for mollies (they are big fish) or platies guppies or black phantoms. The only suitable creature you have in the tank is the shrimps. I would rehome all the fish you have and get something more suitable - a betta (siamese fighting fish), though a betta may attack the shrimps, or a shoal of a small species such as chili rasboras.




If the tank is 5 weeks old, did you cycle it before getting fish, and if not are you monitoring the ammonia and nitrite daily, doing a water change if you see a reading above zero for either of them?


Edited for writing wrong fish 

i agree with sue that tank is to small for that amount of fish
there is loads of bargains to be had on larger tanks
on local face book groups mind you i dont think i
would seek advice on some face book groups