Male Mollies

[mrsbiggin]

We have two male mollies that seem to be fighting a lot...they don't seem to be hurting eachother but they are worrying me... They both flair up and they swim around eachother in circles kind of bumping eachother around. They don't nip at eachothers fins and they don't seem to be damanaged....is this something we need to worry about you think?!? It does worry me, but it's been going on consistantly for 3-4 days and no one seems injured...:confuzeld:

[poel_19]

I think they are just trying to mate with each other...They are the rabbits of the aquarium world!! LOL actually I believe they are just sparring do you have female in there as well?

[biggin]

They are fine.... just trying to figure out who is who and who is bigger.... I am not worried.... Yes they have females to mess around with.... 2 who are getting fatter and fatter...

[jaglover]

Actually, keep an eye on them. My biggest male molly has killed at least 3 other males over the years; a few months ago, I had to re-home all the male fry I'd been growing out because he was harrassing them mercilessly.

Also, make sure you have at least 3 females per male molly. That will reduce the competition for mates and maybe even give the girls a break every now and then. (I have 4 for my big male - he's insatiable!)

[mrsbiggin]

Sorry - hard to keep up with threads :D

We have only 2 males and probably 8 females so I guess we are good. Sometimes when they get too close to eachother the bigger one chases the other and they seem to mostly stay away from each other now.