Mother to 8 Balloon Mollies

I started an aquarium about 3 months ago and on Saturday my one fish gave birth to 12 little ones. I sat for hours watching my tank trying to save them but alas my lionhead goldfish got hold of 4 of them - so now i'm left with 8. It was quite a sight, the balloon mollies are livebearers which means that they bear live young rather than depositing eggs.

My boyfriend and I bought another tank to grow the young in. But for now, i've just separated the more colourful fishes from the more dull looking fish as the colourful ones are not 'man' enough for him.

Speaking of colourful fishes. I also bought 3 Indian Glass Fishes (Painted Glass Fish). The bright colours were what attracted me to those fishes, and after purchasing them, I decided that the colours looked a bit unnatural so I decided to do a little bit of my own research. The bright colours are ink sachets that get injected into the fishes which leave scars. Furthermore, these fishes will only live for another 1 - 2 months. The 10 % that do survive will lose their colour within 4 to 6 months. I don't think its illegal for these types of modifications, and the levels of modifications we think is OK is a personal choice, BUT is sad what kinds of things are done in the pet trade just to make an extra buck.

I read somewhere that you shouldn't buy any animal/fish from a petshop because you feel sorry for them because this will just encourage the store owner to refill their stock.

Anyways thats it for now - will put up images of the new tank when I start adding fish to it.