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I woke up this morning (blues riff) and went to feed the new guys, and the betta looks sort of banged up. One side had a couple of lacerations, and he was holding one of his side-panel swimming fins (I'm sure there's some fancy term) down and having a hard time getting around. I don't know if he had a run-in with a filter or if the mollies ganged up on him... they didn't seem to be paying him any mind when I was watching them yesterday or this morning. So I dunno. If the little thugs keep it up I may have to take him back; I'd hate to be responsible for his demise. And that tank's gonna have a lot more mollies soon, possibly.
It occurred to me in my zeal to have only a certain color of fish in the tank (Paul is already gonna kill me when he finds out- he had orange mollies he was trying to get rid of) that there is no guarantee the prego molly got that way by another black molly. She was in a tank at the store with silver lyretails (which would be fine) and these burnt-orange 'sunset' mollies, which may yield calico-looking mollies. It will me interesting to see what happens.
It occurred to me in my zeal to have only a certain color of fish in the tank (Paul is already gonna kill me when he finds out- he had orange mollies he was trying to get rid of) that there is no guarantee the prego molly got that way by another black molly. She was in a tank at the store with silver lyretails (which would be fine) and these burnt-orange 'sunset' mollies, which may yield calico-looking mollies. It will me interesting to see what happens.
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Date: Sep. 23rd, 2002 11:04 am (UTC)From:Pectoral fins. The fin on a fish's back is the dorsal fin, fins on the belly are ventral fins, and the tail is technically the caudal fin. Just FYI.
If he picked on the mollies, they may have picked back.
OOC, did you cycle the tank before putting new fish in?
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Date: Sep. 23rd, 2002 12:27 pm (UTC)From:These are what I'm using to help cycle the tank, plus a goopy filter from the 10 gal.
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Date: Sep. 23rd, 2002 03:54 pm (UTC)From:Old goopy filter good, tho the longer it gets to hang out and establish a larger colony, the better. You might want to put your betta friend in a bowl until the big tank stabilizes.