Fisty fins

[gadazobe]

I've just caught my 2 male sailfin mollies in the middle of a fight Normally they get on ok - but since one of the females died of old age (nearly 4) the 2 males have been at loggerheads This time it seems as if one of them has been badly hurt - he's "tail standing" in the corner of the tank and hardly moving - should I take him out and "euthanise" him (how - I've never done that before) or wait a day or so and see if he recovers. :what:

 

[cichlidmaster]

tail standing or hiding in the corner is not necessarily a sign of near death. It is the fish's way of trying to escape in the confines of a closed eco-system. If possible place it in another tank or put a divder in so the other mollie can't get at it.

 

[gadazobe]

The only other tanks are the cichlid tank or a small tank with a betta and zebra danios. I don't think that my other half will agree if I get another one.

 

[Rose]

get more females....liveberers need to have more females than males other wise they fight and one ends up dead. Rose