a few days ago we got 6 mollies 1 male, 5 females. They are all so beautiful and at first things seemed great. Except after a day or 2 we noticed the male was relentlessly bullying one female in particular.
This is not being confused with normal mating harrasement you see with live bearers. He is nipping at her, not just on her fins but all over her body including her face and he doesnt stop. she cowers from him and runs and he doesnt stop. Im so confused because mollies have always seemed quite peaceful to me 😅
Ive seperated them and the mean guy is in a 10 gallon by himself until i can figure it out. All fish, inverts and plants seem healthy and happy besides this.
Tank params are as follows:
55 gallon, established since october 7th
30 (ish) neon and cardinal tetras
5 honey gouramis
1 pearl gourami
9 amano shrimp
12 mysery snails
6 mollies (1 male, 5 females)
0 amonia
0 nitrite
40-60 ppm nitrate
healthy and growing live plants