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Pregnant Molly dead

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Question
"Hi!
its me again... i bought a pregnant dalmatian molly last week and she showed signs that she'll have babies really soon... sadly,today she died, i dunno why because everything was normal except the fact that she seems scared alot and hides whenever anything moves around her... and i was expecting she'll have babies this week so as i was moving her body out of the water a curled up fry with its yellow egg sac still intact (it seems dead) came out of her and so i carefully squeezed her and about 25 premature/not fully grown fry came out, one is still in a full egg form... i placed them in a cup under a lamp, none moves ... should i lose hope? and flush them? or wait? what could be wrong with Rainbow Sprinkles?(her name)... Do u have facebook? so i can contact u easier,  :) Thanks!"

Answer
Laura,

 Sorry to hear about the loss of you fish. Why did she die? I don't know. It could have been pregnancy related of water quality issues. As for hope that any will survive, I doubt it. If you want to keep them to make sure thats ok but I don't think that any of them are alive. If one was still "full egg form", then I doubt she was going to have the babies any time soon. You can contact me at jaymie_johnson1970@yahoo.com.