I have two green sunfish in a large tank. The sunfish are about 2 in and my molly always fallow them around. Does anyone know what this means or has had this experiance.
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, Jun 04 2014 02:41 PM
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Posted 04 June 2014 - 11:19 PM
Mollies are naturally social fish, and usually loosely shoal with other mollies or livebearers. He/she is probably just curious about your sunfish, and this type of behavior is especially common if it is the only molly in the tank. Unfortunately it will only end bad, and very quickly too. Other than the aggression issues that come with most sunfish, your greens will also outgrow the molly very soon, and eat it. Greens have VERY large mouths so they'll do it quicker than you think. Also, just two sunfish in a tank almost never works, they will soon start attacking each other. My green and pumpkinseed stopped getting along at 2 inches so maybe you have some placid greens or they'll start soon.
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Posted 05 June 2014 - 10:54 AM
I will be moving them at three inches into my turtle tank with another green will that be better.
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Posted 05 June 2014 - 02:00 PM
Don't you have a picture of a turtle eating a sunfish as your profile pic? That basically sums up my opinion of what happens to fish kept with turtles.I will be moving them at three inches into my turtle tank with another green will that be better.
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Posted 05 June 2014 - 02:14 PM
Not sure on keeping fish with turtles, but just talking about sunfish alone it is usually recommended to keep them either solo or in groups of 5 or more. You can try but be prepared for a Plan B.I will be moving them at three inches into my turtle tank with another green will that be better.
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Posted 05 June 2014 - 10:07 PM
Alright plan be will be to cut them up for the turtle.
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Posted 05 June 2014 - 10:08 PM
I'd give it a try first before you do that haha. Greens are really pretty and entertaining fish, so it's at least worth a try.Alright plan be will be to cut them up for the turtle.
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Posted 05 June 2014 - 10:27 PM
I will let you know when I try in two months.
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Posted 05 June 2014 - 10:40 PM
Alright sound goodI will let you know when I try in two months.
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