Psycho Fry

[Lenna]

Yesterday I saw 2 of my fry having the most vicious fight for about 5mins. The were biting and slapping each other and rolling around. It looked 10 times more agressive than fights between the adults. The thing I found weirdest about it was that they are just over 2 weeks old now and are only half an inch long. Is it normal for mollie fry to be this agressive? I have raised other types of livebearers before and never seen anything like this.

 

[HeatherSweetness]

I've never heard of that! I hope they didn't hurt each other...Maybe they are two little males starting to get dominant early! I have no idea...

 

[living_dead]

I don't think you should worry about it. Unless you start to see dead molly fry. Then you should isolate the problem fish.

 

[guppymonkey]

I have never seen that with any of my livebearers. It sounds freaky. Maybe males fighting for dominance at an early age?

 

[Lenna]

Oh great, my fish are crazy! I haven't seen them do it again, now the just chase each other. Luckily they don't appear to be hurting each other.