AboutWilliam Covington Expertise Currently I keep a wide range of species and have a lot of experience in; cichlids, platies, goldfish, bettas, dalmatian mollies, fancy guppies, clown loaches, corydoras catfish, and zebra danios, feeding, care, and fishless cycling tanks(I feel it is more humane.) I know some about breeding, as I breed Dalmatian mollies, and fancy guppies. If I don’t know the answer I will do my best to get an educated answer for you. I don’t know anything about saltwater except its a pain in the rear.
Experience I have experience in setting up fishless tanks, compatible species (community tanks) experience, what to and what not to feed certain species, cleaning the tank, and all around fish care.
Organizations My local Fish club "Clown Loaches and you"
Education/Credentials I own and maintain a large number of tanks with many various tropical fish species. During my fish keeping past I have learned a lot of the myths and truths about tropical fish care. Currently I keep a wide range of species, as well as taken numerous classes on fish keeping.
Question I have a 16 gallon tank, there are three zebra danios, (2 male and 1 female), I have regular gravel in the tank. Also some big plants, small live plants, and two mountain decor things. I was just wondering why they weren't breeding? Or could they be breeding and other fish be eating the eggs immediately? Now my second question, I have a baby Dalmatian molly and he/she is about 1/2 inch long, I was just wondering how long it will take for him to grow up? Thank you for your time
Answer Kyle,
Most likely the eggs are getting eaten right away here is a web site on how to get them to breed if you so choose to do so:
As far as the molly it can take a bit for them to grow, keep your water temp at about 78°F to 79°F this will keep his/her metabolism up (higher metabolism = faster growth rate) and feed him/her 3 times a day, this will also help. When you want to slow his/her growth, lower the tank temp and stop feeding but once or twice a day.
