Male Silver Mollie keeps pickin on the female Help is this ok?

[lonestr37]

Hi Im not so new at fish tanks and breeding but im new at the silver mollies and their behavior, I bought a couple yesterday and ever since they were put in the tank the male Mollie and a dalmation male keep poking at the pregnant female molie, more like pecks but dont know if they are hurting the female. Can someone explain these new species to me?

 

[mfdrookie516]

how big is the tank? if they're cramped, they'll be more aggressive towards each other

 

[FLFishFanatic]

May be their way of asserting dominance in the tank, I'd say unless you see split fins or such I'd let things take their course.

 

[lonestr37]

The tabk is 29 gallons

The tank is 29 gallons and I been adding just a few fish at a time my count right now is 8 fishes in total all about 1 to 2 inches in length

 

[lonestr37]

I will keep an eye on them, they also got Ick and fungus signs so i added something called General cure to the tank. I purchased 5 guppies yesterday they never made it home took them back. Im guessing their fishes were bit sick. I've always kept aquariums 55 gallons and larger is been over 7 yrs since my last tank set up. This is like new to me all over again. Thank you for your answers

 

[FLFishFanatic]

Never a good idea to introduce fish to a sick tank. You can see if fish are really sick by keeping them in a QT tank before introducing them to their pernament home.

Your molly problem may be a result of these diseases.

 

[lonestr37]

The tank wasn't sick i had fish there that were all healthy, But today I noticed that the new fish had ick, I followed the old rule of letting them in the bag half hour floating and making sure i introduced them slowly, but what I think I missed was looking at the ones i purchased to make sure they werent sick, I went along with the store help sales person sugestions.

 

[lonestr37]

Im sort of worried because I have babies in my floating nursery tank, plus healthy fish or at least were or are healthy I hope

 

[Viper]

Are they pecking at her stomach? In my experience that is a sign that she can potentially be pregnant. I noticed my male mollies pecked/prodded at the female's when she was pregnant.