how to spawn molly fish (Poecilia sphenops)

Hello Hive Pets Lovers, today I will share my experience on how to reproduce / spawn molly fish. Molly fish is one type of freshwater ornamental fish that is very easy to maintain and also breed.

Molly fish is one type of freshwater fish that has a small body, the length of molly fish usually only reaches a maximum length of 15 centimeters, because of its relatively small size, molly fish can be kept in a small aquarium.

molly fish do not require special treatment in its maintenance, I have been keeping molly fish for several years without using an aerator (a tool commonly used to produce oxygen gas in aquariums) and my molly fish are still alive and thriving.

Freshwater ornamental fish lovers usually keep balloon molly fish because of their unique body shape resembling a balloon, but there are also dove molly fish because of their long and beautiful body shape like a dove.

To breed molly fish we must be able to distinguish the sex of molly fish, to distinguish male and female mollies, the method is very easy. Here's how to tell the difference between male and female molly fish:

The male molly fish has a slimmer and longer body than the female molly and have a slim stomach (not distended)😍

male molly body movements are more aggressive than female molly fish, maybe because their body shape is slimmer than female molly.

while the female molly fish has a shorter body than the male molly and the female molly has a distended stomach because she has to carry her young.

since the age of adolescence (about 2-3 months) female molly fish can be distinguished from male mollies by looking at the shape of their distended stomach.

how to spawn molly fish can be done directly in the aquarium with a ratio of one male molly fish and three female molly fish.I will make an example using a glass bowl so that it is easier for friends to practice it at home.

The steps are :
1.put clean water into the aquarium, the volume of water is about 1/3 of the aquarium, this is to help molly fish breed.

2.enter water plants if there are, if there are none, it's okay.Allow 24 hours so that the water has a pH / acidity level that is not too acidic.

3.after 24 hours, its time to choose the molly mother. Parent molly that can be spawned is at least 5 months old with a flawless body shape.

4.I will choose the male molly and I will put him in the aquarium,I will choose a male molly that has a slender body with agile and aggressive movements, this indicates that the male molly is healthy and ready to be spawned.

5.next time I will choose a female molly broodstock candidate, I will choose a distended stomach and a bright body color, I will choose yellow, marble and black.

6.During the spawning / mating period, we do not need to change the aquarium water, for feeding it can be done twice, namely in the morning and evening, we should not give excessive factory feed because it will cause the aquarium water to decrease in quality. we can provide food in the form of mosquito larvae, water fleas or silk worms.

7.within 24 days the mother molly fish begins to give birth to her young, the bigger the belly of the female molly, the greater the chance to get many molly chicks. My mother molly has just learned to spawn and one mother gives birth to 3-5 molly.

that's how I spawn molly fish, friends can discuss with me in the comments column. Thank you for reading my writing.

all the photos I took with the realme GT master Limited edition 5G cellphone camera.
Best Regards
@ umirais