longhorn13
Fishaholic
i've been in the process of tearing down a 10G and moving the occupants around, so this morning i decided to move two mollies into my 55G tank, whose main inhabitants are a couple of parrots. the parrots have never seemed aggressive at all except to each other. i even added a couple siamensis who were at the time only about an inch and half. so before the lights went on this morning i added the two mollies who are about two inches each. the parrots immediately took notice and started teaming up and hunting them! i've never seen them act like that before. i figured it was just because it was something new in the tank and they'd leave the mollies alone in a few minutes. i left the room for a few minutes and when i came back one of the parrots had a molly in her mouth! the molly was too big to eat, but she was carrying it around getting chased by the other parrot who wanted in on the action. i scared them off and netted the tattered molly and now she's back in her old tank with some melafix, but i think the damage might be too much. now i'm going to have to try to net the other molly (who was actually the first fish i've ever had). i don't get it, the parrots didn't show any interest in the siamensis, but went right after the mollies. maybe it's the bright coloring?