Good Idea Gone Reeeally Bad

[JellyPi3]

Ok, so i got paid last week and decided to add some fish to my fighters tank. He's on his own in a 55L (11Gal) tank, and i decided to go for platies.

So i go to Swallows Aquatics (one of the LFS near me) and i fell in love with two white mollies and two black mollies, along with my already wanted platies. I bought them and brought them home.

Well while they were acclimatising, Apollon (the fighter) was obviously interested, he's been on his own for about 3 months now. Well i released the fish, and within a minute it was pandamonium. He was going absolutly mental at the black mollies, flaring, striking, and wall clearly unhappy. They weren;t backing off either, they were flaring their dorsal fin and swimming in his path. I instantly bagged them up and took them away, and he calmed right down, and now seems peacefully happy with the white mollies and the platies.

I don't know if it was their colour, or maybe becasue they had slightly longer fins than the white mollies, but he definatly didn;t like them.

Any ideas as to why my fighter went terminator on the mollies?

Thanks x

 

[fredgarvin]

He's a racist?

 

[hollyp0p]

some fighters just don't tolerate tank mates.....not sure if its worth trying something smaller....maybe rasboras?

 

[JellyPi3]

lol at the racist comment, that's what my bf said.
and im probably going to get some swordtails (my friend has just had a spawn) so i figured if i get them small (i was going to get them when they are about a centimetre) then they should (hopefully) be ok.
Also, do you know why the black mollies went for him, and the white ones just shy away, is it temperament?

 

[Thomas 2507]

My black mollies are quite destructive and aggresive although my orange ones are faster but more laid-back. So it could be a temprament thing.

 

[JellyPi3]

ok thanks, well the black mollies have been rehomed, and i now know to avoid them in the future, he seems fine with the others, just keep a close eye now x

 

[happyannie]

I'm not sure that the swordtails wouldn't go for him too... Not for sure but have a plan B going in case they do. I tried to rescue a little guy from a LFS who had his fins eaten away by a bunch of different kinds of fish.. and they were in the act of butchering him when I got the clerk to pull him out. He died... so sad... It was really a brutal scene going on in that tank..

 

[Esfa]

He's a racist?

hahaha! brill!

*gets a white hood for him*

 

[cursedblad3]

lol...racist fish...that's funny considering i have a racist dog

 

[Esfa]

lol...racist fish...that's funny considering i have a racist dog

how?

 

[Ace Of Spades]

Swallows Aquatics is that near raleigh ?

 

[Fish_Stix]

If you are convinced on getting some tankmates for your betta, try some small tetras or danios to see if you get the same reaction from your betta. Although it could get costly after a while of doing trial and error.

 

[Amunet]

He's a racist?

hahahaha... that made me LOL

 

[JellyPi3]

lol...racist fish...that's funny considering i have a racist dog

how?

Swallows Aquatics is that near raleigh ?

Actually its my dog that is racist, if we ever see a coloured person, she goes absolutly crazy at them, its really embarrasing....

And yes it is near Rayleigh...great place IMO

And i think i am just going to stick with my lil platies for now, they seem fine...thanks for the help and advice tho x

 

[Esfa]

Actually its my dog that is racist, if we ever see a coloured person, she goes absolutly crazy at them, its really embarrasing....

And yes it is near Rayleigh...great place IMO

And i think i am just going to stick with my lil platies for now, they seem fine...thanks for the help and advice tho x

haha, that's pretty funny.