My New Molly

[bobbygee]

I just set up my first fresh water tank. 20 Gal. Temp is at 74. pH is 7.0. Have filter, heater, aerator. I bought my first two fish today, one danio, and one balloon molly. The danio is doing fine. The molly is at the bottom shimmering, not swimming around. The molly ate a little bit shortly after I had it inth tank.

Suggestions please?

 

[Cstratton7]

seeing as how you just got it today i would give it a few days. Mollies can be very active, but they also like to have a rest every once in a while. is the molly close to your heater? i find it funny but some of my mollies often hang around the heater.(i find that they like a temp around 78-80) my mollies casually swim around the tank, and never really go nuts unless there is food around. Give it some time to explore the tank and get settled in.

if this doesn't work post again..good luck

 

[Alien Anna]

Is your tank cycled? Have you tested ammonia and nitrite? If you are new to fish keeping I recommend you follow the link in my sig and read my article.