Wingman-Goose
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Hi,
I have had Mollies since first setting up my aquarium and have got increasingy frustrated with them. I started off with two males and one picked on the other so I added females and it got worse until I was down to one male and two females.
They bred and I ended up with about 70 odd Mollies which I have reduced by giving alot of them away.
My problem is that the males constantly harass the females which has caused me to lose some females who cannot handle it. When the males are not picking on the females the males pick on each other over the females / pecking order. I have tried making sure there are 3 females or more to every male but this not altered anything. The bullying just makes the tank unpleasant to look at. I am considering getting rid of all of them apart from my favourite male.
So my question is, can I keep a single Molly with the other fish ( mainly tetras? Or is there anything I haven't tried which would prevent the bullying? If not I will probably just give away all of the remaining Mollies.
I have had Mollies since first setting up my aquarium and have got increasingy frustrated with them. I started off with two males and one picked on the other so I added females and it got worse until I was down to one male and two females.
They bred and I ended up with about 70 odd Mollies which I have reduced by giving alot of them away.
My problem is that the males constantly harass the females which has caused me to lose some females who cannot handle it. When the males are not picking on the females the males pick on each other over the females / pecking order. I have tried making sure there are 3 females or more to every male but this not altered anything. The bullying just makes the tank unpleasant to look at. I am considering getting rid of all of them apart from my favourite male.
So my question is, can I keep a single Molly with the other fish ( mainly tetras? Or is there anything I haven't tried which would prevent the bullying? If not I will probably just give away all of the remaining Mollies.