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Molly trouble?

April 26, 2017molly

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Molly trouble?

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Hi Guys, great site! I found your website while Googling on aggressive mollies, you see, the problem I have is this….. I just set up a 10g tank, my first. I asked the staff at my local pet shop what would be a good fish to start off with, and they recommended two mollies, since they are good communal fish, but get lonely on their own. However, I had been doing some reading on cycling an aquarium, and decided to put only one molly in to start the cycle, so I bought one Dalmatian Molly. After a few days, I tested the water for ammonia and nitrate/nitrite, and everything was fine, so I decided to add another Molly to keep the other one company. I bought a Leopard Molly, which is slightly larger. I realize now the cycle takes a bit longer than 3 days, but at the time I didn’t and I wanted the Dalmatian to be happy. At first the Dalmatian Molly was happy swimming around with his new friend, but the next day, the Dalmatian Molly was chasi