Why 1 Male To 2 Female Mollies ?

[madjoker14]

Today I saw my female molly laying on the gravel, motionless and she looked pretty much dead, I taped the glass and no respond,

So I toke my green net to pick up the body when all of a sudden she springs to action moving swiming eating then 5 min later she lays down again as if she's dead...

Now I did hear that it is bad to have 1 male molly w/ 1 female molly, why ? Idk...

Could the male molly b bugging her or maybe at the point of killing her?? Will she die or are her days/ hours numbered??

Any advice or anything ?

 

[stang1]

It's always best to keep at least two females to a male so that he is not constantly harrassing one. Keeping only one female will mean that the male will be constantly trying to breed with her, which in turn will stress her out. Too much stress and she will start to suffer physically.
It might be worth introducing another female into the tank to prevent this from happening.
It's also worth checking your water stats to rule out ammonia, nitrite etc.

 

[kizno1]

when i of my females died so there was only 1 male and 1 female she would lay on the floor but when i put another 1 in she was fine so it probaly shes just tryinng to get away from the male so as stang1 said you should add another female

 

[OldMan47]

I like my numbers of females even higher than most recommend. Most will tell you 2 or 3 females to each male but I prefer 5 or more females to each male. I am aware that 3 is enough for the females to survive the constant attentions of the males but at 5 or more they get a bit of rest as well. The only down side that I know of to keeping a very high number of females for each male is that often livebearer males are the more attractive and most people care about how the fish look in the tank.

 

[madjoker14]

wow that lil bit i didnt know, i just got scared how she was fine 1 min,then dead, no signs in between lol so thanks for the info everyone, ill add 2 more females on thursday (work) but thanks for info eveeryone,

ohh will there b more breeding with the large # of females to males? and its typically 2 or 3 to1 male right?

thanks again everyone for the advice