hey i think mollies are a great tank fish but word of cation make sure u get all females or all malews unless u want to be over run i have had mine for a couple months now and from 4 mollies i now have over two hundred...keep in minfd though i have spawning tanks/fry tanks so i have planty of room but for a ten gallon aquarium i have kept up 6 black mollies and the water conditions were perfect-not quite sure but i think mine are the smaller black mollies never grow any bigger than 2 inches however none of mine have made it past one.best of luck
How many mollies in a 10 gal?
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I didn't really think about it when I mentioned the saltwater feeder mollies before, but thinking about it now, there's a good chance that something other than the salt makes those mollies so nice. It could be the food, they eat the same frozen food that the other saltwater fish in the store are eating and they always have algae sheets ect. in the tank to nibble on. Most mollies probably don't get the same high quality foods these get... In any case those are some nice mollies lol.
I think that the article says that it's the hard, alkaline water that benefits them more than the salt. I wish I knew the link off hand, I'll search for it
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The food probably also plays a factor.
Edit: Here we go
http://tcoletti.tripod.com/molly_salt_debate.html
. The food probably also plays a factor.
Edit: Here we go
http://tcoletti.tripod.com/molly_salt_debate.html
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That site was very helpfull thank you.
Our tap water is very hard and alkaline, ain't that handy? I was in the store looking at the mollies today and yes I did notice the size difference and that they are already being kept in freshwater and the other store where I send my fry keep them in fresh, and my breeder friend keeps them in fresh, so it looks like I'm going with fresh.
What do you think about this? Two trios of the smaller type OR one trio of the larger?
Our tap water is very hard and alkaline, ain't that handy? I was in the store looking at the mollies today and yes I did notice the size difference and that they are already being kept in freshwater and the other store where I send my fry keep them in fresh, and my breeder friend keeps them in fresh, so it looks like I'm going with fresh.
What do you think about this? Two trios of the smaller type OR one trio of the larger?
I have a trio of mollies in my ten gallon and they are very active, don't know about the small or large difference I didn't know there was one (Guess that explains why they havent grown since I got them!) . My water is also very hard and alkaline and i haven't added salt, just keep the water pretty pristine and I don't feed them much.
By larger, do you mean the sailfins? Sailfins get to big for 10g, so I wouldn't go with them.
As for the other option, I would get 4 mollies total, 1m/3f. It has been my experience that male mollies are extremely aggressive towards one another, so 2 males in a 10g might be a bad idea. Then I would get 3 otos and 3 cories or 3 kuhli loaches for the bottom.
HTH
As for the other option, I would get 4 mollies total, 1m/3f. It has been my experience that male mollies are extremely aggressive towards one another, so 2 males in a 10g might be a bad idea. Then I would get 3 otos and 3 cories or 3 kuhli loaches for the bottom.
HTH
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Ok, second try at posting this.
Thanks Puma for posting the link. now I dont have to.
From my knowledge on mollies is that they like to have their room to swim around. I am from the old school and like to keep them in larger tanks, 20 gallons or larger. The more swimming space the better. This also goes for swordtails. I
I have had some males of the Poecilia sphenops, what is known as the black molly even though their natural color is siilverPicture is below , grow to be about 3 inches in length. I believe they have been crossed bred with the Sailfin molly. This is why we do find them to be a bit larger than the wild form.
here is a picture of the florida sailfin molly, Poecilia latipinna. There is a mexican species Poecilia velifera , which is the largest of the species of mollies.
As for bottom dwellers, you should be fine with what you have. I have kept cories with many of my livebearers and never had a problem. Another great cleaner I love adding for diversity is the Amano shrimp. They do a great job at cleaning alage along with the mollies. They love to munch on alage. A great food for them is diced up zuccini.
Here is a list of Great live bearers for a 10 gallon.
Guppies
Endlers
Dwarf livebearer/least killie fish Heterandria formosa, view my avator for a picture.
Merry Widows
Platies
These guys make great fish for any 10 gallon tank and are great community fish too.
jim
Thanks Puma for posting the link.
now I dont have to. From my knowledge on mollies is that they like to have their room to swim around. I am from the old school and like to keep them in larger tanks, 20 gallons or larger. The more swimming space the better. This also goes for swordtails. I
I have had some males of the Poecilia sphenops, what is known as the black molly even though their natural color is siilverPicture is below , grow to be about 3 inches in length. I believe they have been crossed bred with the Sailfin molly. This is why we do find them to be a bit larger than the wild form.
here is a picture of the florida sailfin molly, Poecilia latipinna. There is a mexican species Poecilia velifera , which is the largest of the species of mollies.
As for bottom dwellers, you should be fine with what you have. I have kept cories with many of my livebearers and never had a problem. Another great cleaner I love adding for diversity is the Amano shrimp. They do a great job at cleaning alage along with the mollies. They love to munch on alage. A great food for them is diced up zuccini.
Here is a list of Great live bearers for a 10 gallon.
Guppies
Endlers
Dwarf livebearer/least killie fish Heterandria formosa, view my avator for a picture.
Merry Widows
Platies
These guys make great fish for any 10 gallon tank and are great community fish too.
jim
What I thought was the sailfin at the lfs was silver in colour and had a large rectangular dorsal fin. The other mollies in the tank were black lyre tails. Does anyone have experiance with the green highfins? If I had them they'd be in my 33 gal. Are mollies from central and south america? And do they get along with angels? They might be candidates for my 33 gal instead.
