10g Aquarium won't cycle been 3+ months!
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how many more fish would be okay to have in there? it's a 10 gallon, and there are already 2 guppies, 2 danios, and a baby molly in there. i know that it should only be one at a time but what's the maximum and safest? Is the one inch per gallon a good rule?
Oh, and I got some drift wood and a rock for xmas, hope they dont mess up things.
1" per gallon only works in universes where volume increases with length. In ours, it increases with cube of length so it's complete dingos' kidneys.
There is no rule, no maximum. You can only suck it and see. Can you maintain good water quality with reasonable water changes? Then you're not overstocked bioloadwise.
Corydoras (note singular ends in 's') need to be in groups, as do barbs. A small group of the former would be fine, but I can't imagine any barbs really suitable. Mollies are better suited to larger tanks, and given your pH issues I imagine you have very soft water which mollies do not do well in.
You always get the one that bucks the trend. It's also possible to have high GH low KH water (I have it here, although not high enough GH to feel secure with mollies) but it's unusual.
My second 10g tank cycled in a little over 3 weeks with the help of gunk from first 10g tank. I learned from the first fishless cycling experience that if you abruptly increase ammonia, say from 0 to close to 10ppm, the nitrogen cycle comes to a halt. I wasted a lot of time trying to get things started over with the first one. It has been my experience ever since that ammonia is best kept at 5ppm.
