Agressive Mollies

[Squirrelbuddies]

I thought mollies were peaceful, community fish - but my mollies seem to be otherwise.

I recently returned a dalmation molly to the lfs as she was so aggressive to all of her tankmates -- always nipping at them and chasing them away.

Now I have a black molly who has taken her place. This is the same molly that had 14 babies in the bag on the way home recently. I had to put the fry in a breeder net because I witnessed her eating one of them in the tank the next day.

Well, the babies have been in the net for two weeks and doing very well until today. I came home from work and found the black molly in the breeder net! She must have jumped in there. She ate the smallest fry and killed 6 others. The remaining living fry (3 of them) where absolutely motionless, hiding in the java moss.

Is this typical? Anything I can do to reduce the aggressive behaviour?

 

[SMSBrunetteGirl]

My dalmation molly was the SAME way,trust me you want to get a refund or trade her for another fish

 

[Mollybreeder]

There is nothing you can do to prevent your mollies from eating their babies. MOST of them do that, but it is strange she jumped in there like that. Maybe you should lower the water a little bit. I have a dalmatian mooly and she is getting ready to burst soon but she is a peaceful fish.

 

[gale]

My mollies are only aggressive toward each other (mostly the male I guess). They don't seem to bother the other fish.

 

[Squirrelbuddies]

I plan on taking her back to the lfs tomorrow after work. But in the meantime I worry about what she is doing to the other female. She just won't leave her alone -- always chasing her around the tank now, nipping at her.

I worry about the molly she is harassing because all she does is hide now. Sometimes she will go to the top of the tank and gulp. Looks like she's breathing hard, too. Plus her shape doesn't look right -- her tail hangs down in the back.

What can I do until I bring the nasty molly back to the store tomorrow?? I feel so bad for the stressed molly.

 

[Jewel]

I plan on taking her back to the lfs tomorrow after work. But in the meantime I worry about what she is doing to the other female. She just won't leave her alone -- always chasing her around the tank now, nipping at her.

I worry about the molly she is harassing because all she does is hide now. Sometimes she will go to the top of the tank and gulp. Looks like she's breathing hard, too. Plus her shape doesn't look right -- her tail hangs down in the back.

What can I do until I bring the nasty molly back to the store tomorrow?? I feel so bad for the stressed molly.

My Molly just had 40 fry 3 days ago ...we didn't see her any but then i decided to take her out of the breeding net because there wasn't much room in there with her 40 fry She immediately started getting nipped by the other fish in the tank, so I put the other 3 fish in a seperate bowl for the time being.

Hope your Molly survives and separate the bully one by putting her in a fish bowl or breeding net. Luck!


p.s. I wanted to go to my Mom's this weekend but don't know what I can put in the breeding net for them to eat while I'm gone....anyone have any suggestions?
(don't know if I should put some weekend feeder in there for them)