molly fish

Hello all, I noticed yesterday my Molly was laying on its side at the bottom of the tank. I put him in a breeder net that sits at the top of the tank to prevent him from being picked on and to be closer to the surface for oxygen after doing a 30% water change. He then started to spin and his...

I thought I was getting the hang of water changes, and then this happens. Let me tell you how I do my water changes. First, I unplugged both heater and filter. Then stick the siphon in and siphoned out all the gunk within the substrate until the water looks 25% drained. I take the bucket into...

If you tell a molly's gender the same way you do platies, I think it's a girl but I'm not certain.

Hi All, I'm brand new here. My beautiful yellow dalmatian molly, Champa, has a big hole on the side. I first noticed some white mass last night. I searched everywhere and am unsure what it could be. I ordered some aquarium salt as I found that it could assist with wounds. Today, the white mass...

Hello everyone! You can skip the first few paragraphs of my fish history since its too long but I need help with my fishless cycling!! I have a 10G tank that originally started with 5 mollies. After two months, three of them got sick and died one after another. The reasonthat I can think of...

Howdy everyone! So I am cycling a 20g tank so that i could move my 5 shortfin mollies (1:4 male and female ratio) Would it be a dumb idea to get a couple more smaller fish like endlers in the new tank? Or crabs? The water parameters for the current 10G molly tank is pH 8.2 KH 130 GH 230 ish No...

Hi So I bought a black “gold dust” molly from petco a month ago and ever since I introduced her (name is Eva) to the tank I’ve been thinking that she may not be a gold dust molly but a black one with velvet. When I first saw her she was in the tank with a bunch of gold panda mollies ALL MALE...

Okay so my not so pregnant molly gave birth to prematured fry, I'm sure all are dead and she was still giving birth a few mins ago now she stopped. Now there's another pregnant molly in the tank and the water is a little dirty so I just changed a bit and put little warm water, now there's...

I recently purchased a ballon molly “first time owning one” and I know their naturally big but is it possible she’s pregnant ? She seemed distant from my other fish and eats a lot I just want to make sure I’m prepared if so

Hey guys 2 of our fish seem to be pregnant, would you say so? We only noticed this on Saturday so are unsure as to how long they have been pregnant for. The guys in pets at home advised we keep them in this cage until they give birth and then move them back into the tank and leave the babies...

Hi, I am very new to the forum. Need some help and advise from you all. I have 180 litre tank for last 7 months with Molly and Platy fish. They have been all happy and have given births as well. I saw some having white patches a month back and started loosing some fish. Gave them API melafix per...

Hey guys I bought a white molly yesterday along with a red tail shark. However in a 3 hour time period whilst I was at work I came home to discover my red tail shark has dissapeared. I checked the floor and all surroundings I thoroughly checked the tank and tank items and he’s nowhere to be...

I had a molly and a platy in the same tank as a danio and a guppy. But today, I noticed both my molly and platy were dead. The guppy and danio are doing wonderfully, so I don't understand. All the fish got along great too. I've never had 2 fish die in the same day, and especially not at the same...

Hi there I have a sick molly which has got cloudy eyes, I recently bought the tank two weeks ago and had to take the fish along with it. The white lyretail molly always has acted strange like laying at the bottom of the tank then all of a sudden just getting up and swimming about. I noticed 2...

Okay so I’ve always known mollies tend to be aggressive. Especially the males. But I have been able to fix this situation in the past and wanted help sexing my mollies! If they are males, then i have too many males and i need to replace two of them with females (i have one female molly and one...

My sisters came into town for a week and a half recently and I asked them to pick out some fish to add to my 55 gallon tropical tank! One of them picked out an African dwarf frog and the other picked out three lyretail mollies. I quarantined them for a week and a half and released them in my...

Hey all! PSA: If you follow my threads you know I have a water issue right now so know I am NOT getting new fish until this gets sorted out. However, for when I can introduce new fish to my tank, I want to know which would go well with my remaining two mollies and a platy. I looked up Pea...

HEY GUYS THIS IS SUPER URGENT! So my Dalmatian molly (Sherlock) was doing fine ever since I purchased him. However, I just purchased a new tank with a filter and heater. I set the heater to around 75 degrees and everything was fine until this morning. One of my girls went into hiding in the...

Hi all, I've recently got 2 molly fish - I've had them about 2 weeks - and one of them has started tucking in its fins and sitting at the bottom of the tank a lot. I've tried upping the temperature in the tank (its sat at 80*f) and have done 2 water changes since I got them. I'm currently...

I have a pregnant molly fish. There are a lot of questions I have, some just for curiosity reasons and others so that I can provide the best care possible. How long does a molly pregnancy last? Also, how long is left of the pregnancy when the molly starts showing? This is also the mollys first...

I just caught this fresh water crawfish and I was wondering about their diet? Can I add it to my Molly tank would is it going to eat my Mollies?

Hi all, I woke up this morning and my molly had given birth to a fry which is surprising as I know my guppy is due to give birth but had no idea about my molly anyway she had the one then about an hour later I saw another one however I don't know if she's had anymore before after or inbetween...

I got these guys last week im not sure if it's male or female but she looks really fat??

Hi I just wanted to share a fun project I’ve been working on for the last few months. I have a 90 gallon outdoor pond with heater, bubblers... and no mechanical filter. I started it in July 2019 and all my fish are happy and thriving. The water is clear and fresh. I have various colored...

Hi everyone! My black balloon molly is sitting on the bottom of the tank without moving. He eats normally, swims normally. Whenever I go check and he sees me he swims to the surface for food, and he is still swimming to me when he sees me. But when I am far away from the tank I see him sitting...

I currently have a 55 gallon tank with a bumblebee platy, 4 mollies (2 white LT, 1 black LT, 1 gold dust), some danios, a rainbow shark, 2 juvie clown loaches (will be moved to a larger tank in a couple months likely), a gourami, 2 panda corys, and 2 peppered corys. I recently went to my LFS to...

I’ve had my all black molly since about may 2019... and I’ve had other mollies and guppies(I have two tanks). But some of the previous group didn’t make it. Anyways back to my point, my black molly is male while my two newer Dalmatian mollies are female. One has more spots than the other(so she...

Hi I'm new to this forum , I was wandering If anyone can help me please , I currently have an issue with one of my sailfin molly (female) it seems to be beloted and not like the normal pregnant look , eating fine and swimming around fine too I've attached some photos if anyone can help that much...

Three days ago, I added a platy to my tank of one Molly fish. I've had the Molly fish for four months, but I've never seen him swim in circles. Two days ago, he started swimming in circles every few minutes (twirling). I had hopes that he was just playing around, but since he's been doing it for...

My male molly organ fin was normal before but recently I found out his organ fin tip is swollen and that fin can’t close and it seems like he is unable to bend it when he is chasing the female.

it looks like her (I think) bottom lip is separated from her mouth!?!! What is this? Does this happen to fish frequently? Is this contagious? Pls help :(. (She’s one of the babies I still have in breeder box until she gets big enough) I wasn’t able to upload the video OR a pic! It keeps...

Hi I have had a little fish tank up and running for about 8 months now-so am not a complete newbie...all is happy and Well all fish alive still-(I have read a lot of articles on here in that time) however my issue lies with my 180L tank. I bought this baby second hand and it’s had a few...

Hi everyone, I am pretty new to owning fish. I've had these fish for a little over three months now and this is the first time I'm noticing any problems. I have 2 black panda mollies, an albino bristlenose pleco, and a snail (I think it's a zebra nerite snail). A couple of days ago, I realized...

I have a 5 gallon tank. All fish were male. Day 1: I placed 2 Mickey Mouse Platys and 1 Blue Platy in it. Day 1 (6 hours later): 1 Mickey Mouse Platy is missing, assume he is dead. Day 3: Introduce 1 Black Molly and 1 Dalmatian Molly with the 2 remaining Platys. Day 32: Both Mollys are...

Hi there About a week and a half ago (maybe 2 weeks) I purchased a Molly from the pet store. This is my first Molly and it is kept with my guppies and neon tetras. I have noticed that her stomach has gotten very bloated looking. After doing some research I found out that it could be that she's...

This molly was bought two or three weeks ago and I chose her because she was a girl. Then after a week or so I looked again and thought I must have been mistaken. I have since read that it is possible for the fish to be a 'late bloomer' or even to change gender. But now she/he looks pregnant or...

Okay so i am new here, created an account so i could get some insight on something my fish has been doing for a couple days now. I have 2 Mollies, and 4 Neon Tetras in a 29 gallon tank, its been cycled for 6 months and i have had no major issues with it. I started out with the Tetras since they...

I am looking at getting 2 female dalmatian mollies for a community tank, as I know males can fight each other, but I also dont want any fry! So I was wondering if two female mollies would fight each other?