CpdLuvR

Hello, first off beautiful Molly’s! Secondly from the pictures you ended up sending looks like you still have a little while before she ends up giving birth. She has a long way to go still and you’ll notice this once she gets probably double the size she is now and like the other person said, she’ll end up squaring off in the stomach area. If I were you I’d google some pictures of Molly’s ready to give birth so you can see what they look like right before birth and maybe watch a Vid or two to see for yourself how big they get and how they square off in the stomach. I hope this helped a little bit?! I’ve had Molly’s and they had given birth and they got really big before she would burst the babies out! Good luck and have fun!!!

@Lowells Fish Lab thank you so much for taking the time to reply and give your great advice!!! I will most definitely try using a smaller 8oz deli cup and maybe try a spawning mop, water sprite and continue to use java moss! They are just starting the breeding literally a couple days ago so I feel I have a while to try new things, and since they literally spawn for hours every morning EVERY SINGLE DAY!!! I have plenty of opportunities try new things! Also the bbs...? Is that live bbs or can you supplement frozen bs? I have plenty of high protein foods with flake, frozen and if need be I can brine up some bs too! Again thank you so much for taking the time to help me out! It’s greatly appreciated and I’ll make sure to keep you and the forum posted on my journey! Between trying to breed cpds and some medaka rice fish (in tanks) I’ve had my hands full. I don’t have a big huge fish room. I have a small rack to play musical fish with! So it’s a fun experience that I love! Have an amazing day and I’ll keep you posted!

Yes keep in meth blue until hatch but also use a air stone to keep the eggs flowing and moving a little bit. Keep the air slow down though so not to jostle the eggs around! Good luck! 😊

So I’m a huge fan of cpd’s, if you couldn’t tell by my name?!?! Lol. Anyways I had bought a group of 6 cpd’s months ago and I had to grow them out. Unfortunately 3 died so I had 2 females and 1 male but I didn’t know untill they grew a little more. So they were just about sexing out and I decided to buy 6 more to build my colony and add some extra blood into my colony to strengthen the colony for when they were old enough to breed. My 3 from the first order had grow and now just sexed out and is raring to go and breed. Luckily I was blessed with 2 females and 1 male. The other ones are still a month maybe two out from sexing out and breeding. Anyways so I have them all in a 10 gallon with a couple panda corys to grow out and albino bn plecos. Everyone leaves each other alone. So the 1st 3 cpd’s started doing the dance a couple days ago in the Java moss and deli cup. I noticed the younger ones go in and out of the moss at times too quickly... so that has me a little scared because idk if since this is my cpd’s first time trying to spawn if these first couple of days are “dry” runs? Or are the little guys eating the eggs? With as much as the females and male dance in the cup I’d expect to find at least one egg but the couple times I’ve checked I haven’t found not 1 egg? I know the panda corys are leaving them alone (surprisingly) and so are the plecos. So I’m curious and would love to hear what you guys would think is happening? Or any advice on how I should go about this?!?! Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thank you and have an amazing day! p.s. don’t judge my tank lol, it’s not a show tank it’s a breeding tank. I’ve had more success with “dirty” tanks and breeding!

Hello y’all! So I’ve been putting in the time, effort and love into my cpds to get them ready for breeding as well! I too would love to see if you’ve had any more luck with breeding these cuties?!?! I have 2 female and one male that are grown enough to breed and I bought several other younger cpd’s to grow up for future breeding. Anyways today I noticed my cpd’s were finally chasing and going into the deli cup and I swear it looked like they were doing the breeding dance in there but when I went to check after several hours of them “breeding” I searched the Java moss and the cup but have not found one egg...? Is it normal for them to have several dry runs there first few times trying? The females look nice and plump and the male is so ready he’s glowing and chasing. This is my first time breeding cpd’s so I’m not sure if that’s normal? So if you’ve had any more luck breeding and could let me know that would be great?!?! Otherwise good luck breeding to you and everyone!!! 😊