Just bought 3 mollies.. Are they pregnant?

[kungpaoturkey]

I bought three mollies from my local fish store today, Do they look pregnant? They are all females. What are signs of pregnancy besides the belly growing?
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[toddnbecka]

If they're mature enough to breed, they're pregnant.

[kungpaoturkey]

When i was watching the mollies at the LFS, some males were chasing them around the tank. I'm assuming they just reached maturity? They are still quite small, about 1.5 inches compared to the 3-4 inch mollies other people have.

[toddnbecka]

Hard to say at that size, but you'll find out in a few weeks if they are. I had some sailfin mollies a couple years ago, finally ended up returning them to the lfs. The female kept popping out a couple dozen fry regularly, and they weren't getting eaten by the cichlids. After multiple trips to the lfs to unload growing fry to keep the tank from becoming overcrowded I got tired of the cycle. Not even store credit for the fry, but what else to do with them?

[Mvjnz]

Molly fry are pretty big compared to other fry, and tend to not get eaten. Mollies are pregnant for 2 months, not 1 like most livebearers.

If they were kept in a tank with males, then they are guaranteed to be pregnant.

[allaboutfish]

I bought three mollies from my local fish store today, Do they look pregnant? They are all females. What are signs of pregnancy besides the belly growing?
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really difficult to say, maybe this is their first phase of pregnancy.

[Gayle]

I am sure as said before, if they have been around a male, they are pregnant. They get much larger than the ones in the pics, their tummy starts to look sorta like a j, and they get flat at the bottom of their big tummy when they are ready to give birth.