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zabak80

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• Sep 13, 2005

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I have a tank with some mollies and guppies. The mollies had some fry a while back and was wondering how big they need to be to prevent them from being eaten/bullied by the fish.

 

Holly9937

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• Sep 13, 2005

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Big enough to not fit in the mouths of the other fish easily

 

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Yeah I heard of that before. But still, the guppies with a bite or two could rip his back fin right off. That's what I'm mostly worried about.

 

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How big, maybe in inches, should I wait for the fry to get?

 

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• Sep 14, 2005

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I have to say - I usually let fry cope on their own without separation - and once they get to about 1cm I'm usually fairly confident they'll be fine. Of course - this is entirely dependent on how big the other fish in your tank are (or how big their mouths are!)
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