Two Female Mollies Are Chasing My Male Molly

Daphne Cuyno
  • #1
My female mollies are always chasing my male molly. Is this normal? What should I do?

I tried to take one female molly, she is the more aggressive one, the other female molly does not chase the male that much.
 

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Peacefantasy
  • #2
Oh no I'm sorry
Can you take a picture of your setup?
What do you feed them and how much?
What size tank and what is your current stock?
 

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Daphne Cuyno
  • Thread Starter
  • #3
Oh no I'm sorry
Can you take a picture of your setup?
What do you feed them and how much?
What size tank and what is your current stock?
Cant take a photo, but I have a 3 gallon tank, a sponge filter, and a sand substrate. I have two female mollies and one male molly. I feed them flakes, morning and night.
 
Peacefantasy
  • #4
Well that is definitely your problem..
A single molly needs an at least 29 gallon tank. I would return all of those fish.
Do you have any other tanks?
 
Sepehr
  • #5
Cant take a photo, but I have a 3 gallon tank, a sponge filter, and a sand substrate. I have two female mollies and one male molly. I feed them flakes, morning and night.
Greetings!!
What??????????

You need to get a bigger Tank as soon as its possible...! Mollies need at least 30 gallon or more...!

And about your problem, I have to ask some questions :

How old is your Male molly and the females? I mean are they adult and ready to Breed or not?

You can try fasting and starve them for a week, Their Energy will be reduced and They will not tend to be aggresive and actually it is great for their health!
 
emerald6
  • #6
Mollies don't even physically fit in a 3 gallon-actually nobody should be allowed to sell these kinds of tanks
 
EbiAqua
  • #7
Mollies don't even physically fit in a 3 gallon-actually nobody should be allowed to sell these kinds of tanks
Those tanks are, IMO, OK for Bettas. Shrimp and snails are also fine.
 
Mcasella
  • #8
Return the fish if possible, if not you are going to have to upgrade the tank or rehome the fish to someone else with a big enough tank. Mollies are aggressive and it is not advisable to starve your fish, you can weaken them so disease can attack them, this is not a safe way to reduce chasing/energy. It is also irresponsible to starve your fish because they aren't doing what you want them to; on the flip side, you can fast them for a couple days to help clean out their system, but this is if they are huge or bloated not because they are acting out because they are in too small of a tank.
Betta, shrimp, snails all do well in a tank of that size - they also require a heater though.

I would get at least a 29 gallon tank, with a large filtration system because mollies are messy fish. They need a heater as they are tropical fish. Are you sure they are female and male? Does the male have a rod shape analfin and the females have a fan shaped analfin?
These fish are surprisingly aggressive - when placed in inadequate space, without hiding places, and with too many fish.
 

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