fish not going together

Question
QUESTION: Hello,
I recently bought a new aquarium and added 3 Lyretail mollies (2 yellow + 1 white) after checking all the water parameters etc.
When ever i feed the fish , i see that they turn very violent against each other.
It almost looks like one might get killed in the run.

Please suggest what i can do.
i thought that mollies are peaceful community fish.

ANSWER: Hi Arun,
For some reason, mollies tend to be aggressive to one another at times. Your three could be all males too, which fight a lot--its hard to keep more than 1 male molly per tank. Or it may be male courting a female also.

It may help if there is a large group of mollies versus just 3. Like if you had say, 5-6 mollies with 1 male in the group that may slow things down a little. But that's just how mollies behave it seems in my experience. They tend to jostle and chase each-other around a lot. Usually it doesn't do them any harm but you always want to watch for any fish that may be being severely bullied.

Sorry, I know this is bad news... :(

But I hope this helps, best of luck!
Karen~

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QUESTION: Hello Karen,
I have only 3 mollies becoz mine is a new tank and i heard that i need to have less fish to start the cycle for about 4weeks.
I saw that the one fish which was bullied (a smaller one) is now the most fierce (after 3days). Now its bullying the other bigger ones a lot.
Would you recommend me to return the small one?

Answer
Hi,
Well, you're right about the new tank not being able to support that many fish yet until it cycles.

It's a very common problem you have though, with your aggressive mollies. And it could be that you have all males or two males fighting over 1 female. I think you'll have to just wait it out. If the aggressive fish gets way too bad then it would probably be best to remove the most that fish. Usually a group of mollies lessens the aggression from one individual bully fish. Also, if the aquarium is too small this can always increase fish aggression.

I really hope this helps as always,
Karen~