Not exactly sure what is happening but here is the back story.
I have had a tank now for about 5 years and a girl I am dating has been wanting to get fish to put in it. Finally I let her, with the exception that I had to okay the fish. I didn't want to put in fish that would clash. Anyways, she wanted some dalmatian mollies. I looked into it and figured it would be fine. I was worried about my tiger barbs messing with them but they were at least as big as the barbs if not bigger and figured they would work out. Anyways...
After I got them in the tank (2 male, one female), one of the males actually was bullying around my barbs which surprised me. After about 2 days it stopped and everyone seemed to be getting along. I got the fish last Wednesday, so a week ago. On Sunday night I noticed the female not eating and hanging out around the top of the tank. I even tried to put some food right in front of her and it didn't help. I found her dead in the tank on Monday morning. Last night one of the males was doing the exact same thing and wouldn't eat, it ended up dying tonight. I have one male left he seems fine and is swimming around like normal. Does anyone know what is going on??? I have no clue.
I did notice my barbs going after the molly some nipping its tail some but it wasn't anything super bad. I never noticed any fish going after the female. They also never went after the other male.
Anyways, if anyone has any ideas let me know. I think my molly experiment is over I don't plan on getting anymore, I just would like to know what is going on. Thanks!
I have had a tank now for about 5 years and a girl I am dating has been wanting to get fish to put in it. Finally I let her, with the exception that I had to okay the fish. I didn't want to put in fish that would clash. Anyways, she wanted some dalmatian mollies. I looked into it and figured it would be fine. I was worried about my tiger barbs messing with them but they were at least as big as the barbs if not bigger and figured they would work out. Anyways...
After I got them in the tank (2 male, one female), one of the males actually was bullying around my barbs which surprised me. After about 2 days it stopped and everyone seemed to be getting along. I got the fish last Wednesday, so a week ago. On Sunday night I noticed the female not eating and hanging out around the top of the tank. I even tried to put some food right in front of her and it didn't help. I found her dead in the tank on Monday morning. Last night one of the males was doing the exact same thing and wouldn't eat, it ended up dying tonight. I have one male left he seems fine and is swimming around like normal. Does anyone know what is going on??? I have no clue.
I did notice my barbs going after the molly some nipping its tail some but it wasn't anything super bad. I never noticed any fish going after the female. They also never went after the other male.
Anyways, if anyone has any ideas let me know. I think my molly experiment is over I don't plan on getting anymore, I just would like to know what is going on. Thanks!
