Mollies can actually live in both fresh and salt water. They're really cool fish xD And mollies are pretty peaceful, so anywhere you put them should be fine.
Got 37 gallon Aqueon setup
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I agree. Mollies are found in freshwater and sometimes saltwater. They do best in brackish but its not neccesary. It will be fine in the new tank.
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To follow up things are going well. I added 6 neon tetras, one platy and my algae eater and the water is still testing good. So now I have some amazon swords, 5 platys, 6 neon tetras and an algae eater.
I was thinking of ultimately adding a school of 4-6 cory cats and a school of maybe 4 giant danios. However I still have a dalmation molley and a tiger barb in my 10g tank and might want to make that tank an isolation tank. Would a school of tiger barbs be ok instead of the giant danios? That one in the 10g is probably lonely. If so how many? And then could I add the molley and reduce the cory cats?
Advice?
I was thinking of ultimately adding a school of 4-6 cory cats and a school of maybe 4 giant danios. However I still have a dalmation molley and a tiger barb in my 10g tank and might want to make that tank an isolation tank. Would a school of tiger barbs be ok instead of the giant danios? That one in the 10g is probably lonely. If so how many? And then could I add the molley and reduce the cory cats?
Advice?
Neon tetras do better in larger schools, I'd add another 10. You have plenty of room. Skip the giant danios, IMO a 55 isn't big enough for a proper sized school of them, and if you have neons and tiger barbs the top and middle water are going to be way too crowded. Think NYC at rush hour.
A medium sized school of tiger barbs might be okay- I have no experience keeping tiger barbs and neon tetras together, and since the tigers are boisterous, the neons may get bullied because of their size.
As far as cory cats go add at least 5, preferably more- they are much more active when in a small shoal as opposed to a few individuals. You could add many species of cory but ever since putting them in a tank with sand, I will never put them in a gravel tank again. Its so much fun to watch them root around in fine sand. Loaches would do better with gravel- maybe one of the smaller species (kuhli, yo yo or zebra) in a group of 5-6. Although kuhli loaches like to bury themselves in the substrate, which is safer for them if its sand.
Also i googled 'small loach species' to find appropriate sized ones for your tank and got the about.com aquarium section and was astonished at the misinformation there. So as far as you having trouble differentiating between reliable and lousy information- The books, for the most part, are a good starting point but contain alot of conflicting information, if not outright nonsense that was disproven years ago. Generally the people on these forums have learned through trial and error- make no mistake, research is key- but I'd trust an experienced forum user over a blog or book author any day.
Byron Amazonas
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I concur with both kumar and ktrom. I definitely would not risk Tiger Barb in this small a space. In this sized tank, a group of a dozen or more of just TB would be fine, but I would not add them with these other upper fish.
Corys should be in a larger group, as you have the space; minimum five, but more is always better, and species can be mixed with no issues. And I agree sand is much better. But, I did keep many wild corys over fine gravel for many years. I only wish now I had moved to play sand long ago.
Byron.
P.S. Don't know how we all missed your questions for a month...my apology for my oversight.
Corys should be in a larger group, as you have the space; minimum five, but more is always better, and species can be mixed with no issues. And I agree sand is much better. But, I did keep many wild corys over fine gravel for many years. I only wish now I had moved to play sand long ago.
Byron.
P.S. Don't know how we all missed your questions for a month...my apology for my oversight.
Yeah I added the giant Danios before getting these responses. It's a bit busy up there. They are pretty boisterous and seem to crowd the Platys and tetras. But I am learning from experience. So now I have:
- 6 neon tetras
- 6 platys
- 4 Lemon Tetras
- 6 Cory cats (panda)
- 6 Giant Danios
and I seemed to have gotten a few baby platys.
The Pleco died. I posted about that in the bottom dweller forum.
Do you think I can add more tetras and cory cats? Remember despite the title of the post, this is a 55g tank, not a 37.
- 6 neon tetras
- 6 platys
- 4 Lemon Tetras
- 6 Cory cats (panda)
- 6 Giant Danios
and I seemed to have gotten a few baby platys.
The Pleco died. I posted about that in the bottom dweller forum.
Do you think I can add more tetras and cory cats? Remember despite the title of the post, this is a 55g tank, not a 37.
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Byron Amazonas
AC Members
Yes, increase the tetra groups. This is one of those situations where more of the species actually has less impact biologically in the tank. You have the space, I would increase both neon and lemon tetras to 10 or more.
Byron.
Hi everyone. Everything was going well, until the pleco died. In the past week I've had that pleco die, who I've had for over a year (first in the older 10g tank). He spent a few months in the new 55g tank until he just seemed to drop dead. Soon after I had a neon tetra die. Then I got 2 new small plecos who died within a few days. Then I had a giant danio die, and a few days later a panda cory and one of my original platys die.
My water parameters are 0 ammonia, 0 nitrites, and 5ppm nitrates. As per this book http://www.amazon.com/Simple-Guide-...=UTF8&qid=1396876548&sr=1-4&keywords=aquarium I don't check for PH. I must say it seems I have gotten some sketchy advice from this book in terms of not testing for PH and stocking schemes which most people on this forum don't agree with.
I do weekly water changes of between 25% and 40%, usually 30%. I treat the water with seachem, 1 drop per gallon. I add it to the tank before adding the new water. I use a Python hose to do the water changes.
I acclimate the fish by floating them in the bag in the tank for 15 to 20 mins. then I add a cup of the aquarium water and let it sit for 15 to 20 mins more.
The tank has several java ferns, micro swords, and an amazon sword. I have several pieces of driftwood I bought from the aquarium store and a few volcanic rocks. Lighting is Aquean modular LED, with two bulbs. It's on a timer and on between 7am and 7pm with an hour of darkness in the middle of the day to control algae.
I feed them flake food about 3 times a week. I seemed to have started having problems when I started feeding them frozen brine shrimp about once a week. The shrimp appears to be from a reputable company that claims it's been tested etc.
This is getting disconcerting. I am starting to not enjoy this. I get anxious every time I see the tank because I wonder what fish will die next.
I do notice that the dead fish appear to have discolored mouths, kind of yellow-orange.
I have really enjoyed fish-keeping until now...
Can someone please give me some good advice? Thanks.
My water parameters are 0 ammonia, 0 nitrites, and 5ppm nitrates. As per this book http://www.amazon.com/Simple-Guide-...=UTF8&qid=1396876548&sr=1-4&keywords=aquarium I don't check for PH. I must say it seems I have gotten some sketchy advice from this book in terms of not testing for PH and stocking schemes which most people on this forum don't agree with.
I do weekly water changes of between 25% and 40%, usually 30%. I treat the water with seachem, 1 drop per gallon. I add it to the tank before adding the new water. I use a Python hose to do the water changes.
I acclimate the fish by floating them in the bag in the tank for 15 to 20 mins. then I add a cup of the aquarium water and let it sit for 15 to 20 mins more.
The tank has several java ferns, micro swords, and an amazon sword. I have several pieces of driftwood I bought from the aquarium store and a few volcanic rocks. Lighting is Aquean modular LED, with two bulbs. It's on a timer and on between 7am and 7pm with an hour of darkness in the middle of the day to control algae.
I feed them flake food about 3 times a week. I seemed to have started having problems when I started feeding them frozen brine shrimp about once a week. The shrimp appears to be from a reputable company that claims it's been tested etc.
This is getting disconcerting. I am starting to not enjoy this. I get anxious every time I see the tank because I wonder what fish will die next.
I do notice that the dead fish appear to have discolored mouths, kind of yellow-orange.
I have really enjoyed fish-keeping until now...
Can someone please give me some good advice? Thanks.
