Molly being picked to death?

[Misty]

Who slipped the Viagra into my 100g?

Uno is the only large female Molly that have and all the little guys (the rainbow spotty molly platy ;) and his only son) are picking her to death. They chase her relentlessly and she took to hiding under a rock. Now she has no scales/skin on the top of her head from her nose to past her eyes or under her belly. I think she's also suffered a little lens damage on her eyes from trying to escape from the boys by going wherever she could quickly.
I tried making more hidey spots for her but it's just a matter of minutes before one of them finds her again and as soon as she tries to get away, they both hound her until she's on the bottom laying on her side and still trying to get away while they pick at her.
I did the only thing I could and put her in the 10g (with the snails) and she seems to be doing a lot better but I can't keep her in there. I can't treat it with anything to help her and as long as somebody besides the snails are in there, I can't keep any fry and my Rams are at it again.

The only other tanks I have are the 20g Ram and the 30g Cichlid tanks, she can't go in either one.

Does anyone want to take pity on this poor soul if she makes it to this weekend? You can have her but David's working so you'll have to come and get her. Pickle (my daughter) would rather her go to a good home and never see her again than to have these two horndogs terrorizing her.
She's a mostly black Dalmation, though she might be scarred in the two places mentioned and it might never turn black again.

Stupid boys!

[fishbug88]

If you want to keep her I can give you a few more female mollies so that she isn't bearing all the brunt of the boys.

[Misty]

Thank you for the offer but I think I'd rather her go to a new home than to add more females. The thought of more Molly babies makes my head spin and rehoming these two males isn't go to happen!
As a matter of fact, I have a few more females but they're young and the boys don't pay them any attention, preferring Uno over them but they'll be going soon too.

The ideal tank for her would be in a classroom tank that has nothing but Guppies...maybe she could live a nun's life, lol. But, because she is special to Pickle and with her blessing, we'll let her go to any good home.

[jaglover]

I've been having that problem lately too. Had a bunch of fry grow up to be boys, so now my gender ratio is way off. Moved all the females out of the molly tank except for one that refuses to be caught. Now the boys are beating each other up. <sigh>

[mrsbiggin]

We will take her and put her in our tank - she can play with our other dalmation mollies, several females a couple of males (the males or horn dogs but don't seem to beat up on any of the girls). Are you coming this weekend to the G2G?

[Misty]

Thank you! I know she'll love it there, lol.

I won't be coming to the G2G but I need a few to get her well anyway. We noticed late last night that she's got this "hair growth" looking thing, might be ICH, on her head... but it's not on the belly spot so I don't know what it is.
She's still swimming and eating and her eyes have cleared up so I expect her to live, but I know that you won't want her sick in your tank and I couldn't do that anyway.

I'll post a pic later, it's the oddest look for her...kind of like a big white bouffant upsweep, lol.

[mrsbiggin]

Thank you! I know she'll love it there, lol.

I won't be coming to the G2G but I need a few to get her well anyway. We noticed late last night that she's got this "hair growth" looking thing, might be ICH, on her head... but it's not on the belly spot so I don't know what it is.
She's still swimming and eating and her eyes have cleared up so I expect her to live, but I know that you won't want her sick in your tank and I couldn't do that anyway.

I'll post a pic later, it's the oddest look for her...kind of like a big white bouffant upsweep, lol.

lol, ok! I've gotta pay you for the GSC anyway :D