Alien Anna
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Hi, I'm new to mollies so I may be worrying over nothing (the "sick" guppy turned out to be a total fraud and is now swimming around the main tank like there's no tomorrow) but I'm a little concerned.
I have 2 largish sailfin mollies in my 120 litre tank, with other mollies, guppies and an SAE. This morning when I turned the light on my male sailfin was resting on some slate. He didn't seem inclined to move so I prodded him. At which point he seemed to wake up and has been swimming around the tank totally normally all day.
This evening the male was fine, but the female is darting about the tank rather hyperactively. I immediately tested my water and everything's fine - no ammonia or nitrite (the tank is well cycled), nitrate still a little high but coming down all the time (current between 25-50ppm), pH holding steady at pH 8.5. I have a little salt in the tank. The female has a brood spot or whatever its called - I think she's pregnant. However, I've had her for months and I've not had one litter out of her or the other females, although possibly my dalmation molly gave birth because she seems skinnier than she did.
I don't like fish behaving in unpredictable ways - it makes me nervous. In some ways I don't like having new species of fish for this very reason - I don't know what's normal behaviour for them. Perhaps if some of you shared their molly's normal behaviour, it would help. Thanks.
P.S. This is not the tank with the CO2 injection.
I have 2 largish sailfin mollies in my 120 litre tank, with other mollies, guppies and an SAE. This morning when I turned the light on my male sailfin was resting on some slate. He didn't seem inclined to move so I prodded him. At which point he seemed to wake up and has been swimming around the tank totally normally all day.
This evening the male was fine, but the female is darting about the tank rather hyperactively. I immediately tested my water and everything's fine - no ammonia or nitrite (the tank is well cycled), nitrate still a little high but coming down all the time (current between 25-50ppm), pH holding steady at pH 8.5. I have a little salt in the tank. The female has a brood spot or whatever its called - I think she's pregnant. However, I've had her for months and I've not had one litter out of her or the other females, although possibly my dalmation molly gave birth because she seems skinnier than she did.
I don't like fish behaving in unpredictable ways - it makes me nervous. In some ways I don't like having new species of fish for this very reason - I don't know what's normal behaviour for them. Perhaps if some of you shared their molly's normal behaviour, it would help. Thanks.
P.S. This is not the tank with the CO2 injection.