Mollies strange behaviour

[Donegal Paul]

Hi all, (note crossposting when replying)

I have a pair of dalmation mollies in the 25gallon tank and this morning
weve noticed some odd behaviour.

One of them is sitting up behind my internal fluval 3+ filter, just sitting
there, moving a little every so often.

Its like he's deliberately staying at the top of the latch housing that the
filter clips onto.

Also, the 2 red platties are staying below this housing and the 4 danios are
sitting in the middle of the tank as if their waiting for something to
happen.

its really odd, the only changes ive made are adding some plastic plants
yesterday (because the blue lobster snipped and dug up all the real
ones:-( ) and some slate stones .

All were thoroughly washed.

Additionally i have added a spray bar to the fluval which has changed the
current.

Now, the only thing that springs to mind is that given that mollies are live
bearers, im wondering if the molly is using the filter latch housing to give
birth in? Is that possible?
--
Donegal Paul
Lambretta Li186 - crashed and bashed
Vespa T5 Millenium - Wifey's (technically)
www.thepilgrimssc.co.uk
www.a4c.co.uk - What are YOU doing?

Now

[Billy]

"Donegal Paul" > wrote in
message ...
| Hi all, (note crossposting when replying)
|
| I have a pair of dalmation mollies in the 25gallon tank and this
morning
| weve noticed some odd behaviour.
|
| One of them is sitting up behind my internal fluval 3+ filter, just
sitting
| there, moving a little every so often.
|


Behavior like this usually indicates stress, and stress is often
caused by water quality. Test your ammonia, nitrite and nitrate. How
old is the tank? Has it beed cycled?

billy

[Billy]

"Billy" > wrote in message
...
| old is the tank? Has it beed cycled?
|
| billy
|
|

Been! Has it BEEN cycled.

That's what I get for posting before 5am.....

[Donegal Paul]

"Billy" said to "Donegal Paul"
> | I have a pair of dalmation mollies in the 25gallon tank and this
> morning
> | weve noticed some odd behaviour.
> |
> | One of them is sitting up behind my internal fluval 3+ filter, just
> sitting
> | there, moving a little every so often.
> |
>
>
> Behavior like this usually indicates stress, and stress is often
> caused by water quality. Test your ammonia, nitrite and nitrate. How
> old is the tank? Has it beed cycled?

Cycled and tests are normal, ie ph 8, ammo 0 , nitrites 0 and nitrates 10,
this was on sunday.
I wonder if it could be all the plastic plants etc i put in yesterday then
if its stressed.
--
Donegal Paul
Lambretta Li186 - crashed and bashed
Vespa T5 Millenium - Wifey's (technically)
www.thepilgrimssc.co.uk
www.a4c.co.uk - What are YOU doing?

[John Owens]

You mentioned something about a Blue Lobster. Could this be a source of
stress??? Just a thought.

"Donegal Paul" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Billy" said to "Donegal Paul"
>> | I have a pair of dalmation mollies in the 25gallon tank and this
>> morning
>> | weve noticed some odd behaviour.
>> |
>> | One of them is sitting up behind my internal fluval 3+ filter, just
>> sitting
>> | there, moving a little every so often.
>> |
>>
>>
>> Behavior like this usually indicates stress, and stress is often
>> caused by water quality. Test your ammonia, nitrite and nitrate. How
>> old is the tank? Has it beed cycled?
>
> Cycled and tests are normal, ie ph 8, ammo 0 , nitrites 0 and nitrates 10,
> this was on sunday.
> I wonder if it could be all the plastic plants etc i put in yesterday then
> if its stressed.
> --
> Donegal Paul
> Lambretta Li186 - crashed and bashed
> Vespa T5 Millenium - Wifey's (technically)
> www.thepilgrimssc.co.uk
> www.a4c.co.uk - What are YOU doing?
>

[The Drunken Lord]

On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 10:14:37 +0100, "Donegal Paul"
> wrote:

>Hi all, (note crossposting when replying)
>
>I have a pair of dalmation mollies in the 25gallon tank and this morning
>weve noticed some odd behaviour.
>
>One of them is sitting up behind my internal fluval 3+ filter, just sitting
>there, moving a little every so often.
>
>Its like he's deliberately staying at the top of the latch housing that the
>filter clips onto.
>
>Also, the 2 red platties are staying below this housing and the 4 danios are
>sitting in the middle of the tank as if their waiting for something to
>happen.
>
>its really odd, the only changes ive made are adding some plastic plants
>yesterday (because the blue lobster snipped and dug up all the real
>ones:-( ) and some slate stones .
>
>All were thoroughly washed.
>
>Additionally i have added a spray bar to the fluval which has changed the
>current.
>
>Now, the only thing that springs to mind is that given that mollies are live
>bearers, im wondering if the molly is using the filter latch housing to give
>birth in? Is that possible?

Do you know if the molly is impregnated?

[Donegal Paul]

"John Owens" > wrote in message
...
> You mentioned something about a Blue Lobster. Could this be a source of
> stress??? Just a thought.

He goes nowhere near them, and theyve been together for over a week with no
problems when these symptoms suddenly appeared.
--
Donegal Paul
Lambretta Li186 - crashed and bashed
Vespa T5 Millenium - Wifey's (technically)
www.thepilgrimssc.co.uk
www.a4c.co.uk - What are YOU doing?

[Donegal Paul]

"The Drunken Lord" > wrote in message
...
> On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 10:14:37 +0100, "Donegal Paul"
> > wrote:
>
>>
>>Now, the only thing that springs to mind is that given that mollies are
>>live
>>bearers, im wondering if the molly is using the filter latch housing to
>>give
>>birth in? Is that possible?
>
> Do you know if the molly is impregnated?

No idea to be honest im not that much an expert, neither look particularly
swollen to be honest
--
Donegal Paul
Lambretta Li186 - crashed and bashed
Vespa T5 Millenium - Wifey's (technically)
www.thepilgrimssc.co.uk
www.a4c.co.uk - What are YOU doing?

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Maybe he is just admiring your new plants!