I have two tanks, one 15 and one 10 gallon. Here's how they are distributed:
15 Gallon: 1 platy, 2 Mollies, 3 red-eye tetras, 1 bn
10 Gallon: 1 gold dusty Molly (small), 1 dwarf platy, 1 oto (soon to get another and 2 cories.
Here's my problem. One of the Mollies in the 15 gallon is the sweetest livebearer fish I have ever had (long fin sunburst molly). He doesn't have an aggressive fin in his body. He was constantly being harassed by the other fish in the 15 gallon. All the other livebearers I have are aggressive. Yesterday, I moved the Sunburst Molly to my 10 gallon and moved the Gold Dust Molly and the dwarf platy to the 15. The nice Molly was extremely happy and even shared the algae wafer with the cories. However, in my 15 gallon, the two new fish totally disrupted everything and started ganging up on the other fish, even the tetras. I waited 24 hours and decided to move the gold dust Molly back to the 10 gallon. Now he is chasing the sunburst Molly.
They say that Mollies and Platys are peaceful but I don't know if I have bad lot, but they don't seem very peaceful to me. The sunburst Molly gets so stressed out from all of the chasing I'm afraid he is going to get sick.
I can't stand all of this fighting, it's worse than my two kids! Any suggestions?
15 Gallon: 1 platy, 2 Mollies, 3 red-eye tetras, 1 bn
10 Gallon: 1 gold dusty Molly (small), 1 dwarf platy, 1 oto (soon to get another and 2 cories.
Here's my problem. One of the Mollies in the 15 gallon is the sweetest livebearer fish I have ever had (long fin sunburst molly). He doesn't have an aggressive fin in his body. He was constantly being harassed by the other fish in the 15 gallon. All the other livebearers I have are aggressive. Yesterday, I moved the Sunburst Molly to my 10 gallon and moved the Gold Dust Molly and the dwarf platy to the 15. The nice Molly was extremely happy and even shared the algae wafer with the cories. However, in my 15 gallon, the two new fish totally disrupted everything and started ganging up on the other fish, even the tetras. I waited 24 hours and decided to move the gold dust Molly back to the 10 gallon. Now he is chasing the sunburst Molly.
They say that Mollies and Platys are peaceful but I don't know if I have bad lot, but they don't seem very peaceful to me. The sunburst Molly gets so stressed out from all of the chasing I'm afraid he is going to get sick.
I can't stand all of this fighting, it's worse than my two kids! Any suggestions?