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06-05-2011, 03:09 PM
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Junior Member
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mollies
can i keep 7 mollies in a 29gal tank.
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06-05-2011, 04:20 PM
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Perfect Water - BÖC
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As long as you have adequate filtration and have no more than three males, that will be ample room!
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06-05-2011, 04:37 PM
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its 2 males and 5 females and it has a marineland 350 hob filter
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06-05-2011, 07:12 PM
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Perfect Water - BÖC
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You should be fine as long as you cycled the tank.
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06-05-2011, 08:10 PM
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Junior Member
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yes i cycled the tank.
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07-07-2011, 04:33 PM
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fish hobbyist forever :D
Join Date: Jun 2011
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be sure to be prepared for LOTS of babies. i started out with 4 mollies and now ended up with 8.
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07-07-2011, 08:11 PM
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Loach Lover
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Watch carefully for fights between the males. I personally never recommend having more than one male at a time unless the tank is huge, because inevitably, there is one male that feels constantly threatened by the other(s) male and will *nip nip nip* constantly.
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Tanks:
40 breeder - tons of Loaches, White Cloud Minnows, Panda Garras
29 community - Neon Tetras, Cardinal Tetras, Harlequin Rasboras, Congo Tetras
20 paludarium - African Butterfly Fish, Peppered Cories, Feeder guppies
10 community - Kuhli loaches, Cherry Shrimp, Betta, pond snails
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07-17-2011, 11:13 AM
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Member
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Originally Posted by hXcChic22
Watch carefully for fights between the males. I personally never recommend having more than one male at a time unless the tank is huge, because inevitably, there is one male that feels constantly threatened by the other(s) male and will *nip nip nip* constantly.
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I always have this problem with platies, guppies and mollies. I would recommend only one male, too.
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30gal
4 Platy (two males, two females)
2 Platy juveniles
2 Molly (female)
1 Juvenile molly
2 Fancy guppy (males)
2 Harlequinn Rasboras
5 Neon tetras
2 Rummy nose tetras
5 Head and taillight tetras
My stock level is 79%
My filtration capacity is 147%
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07-17-2011, 07:31 PM
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Freshwater Freak
Join Date: May 2011
Location: QLD Australia
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If I were you I'd start with 1 male and about 4 females as they will soon breed.
What is your reason for the salt in the tank, Mollies are a freshwater fish, they can tolerate high salt levels but are best with out unless you are using it to keep water hard and stable for pH. What amount are you salting the tank?
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07-17-2011, 07:55 PM
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Loach Lover
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Originally Posted by Fishy Freak
If I were you I'd start with 1 male and about 4 females as they will soon breed.
What is your reason for the salt in the tank, Mollies are a freshwater fish, they can tolerate high salt levels but are best with out unless you are using it to keep water hard and stable for pH. What amount are you salting the tank?
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I'm not trying to dispute that mollies can be fine in freshwater aquariums, but I'd like to point out that mollies are NOT freshwater fish. They usually live in estuary-type areas, therefore they are brackish in the wild.
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Romans 10:17, Mark 16:16, Acts 17:30, Acts 8:35-38, Acts 2:38 - Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me."
Tanks:
40 breeder - tons of Loaches, White Cloud Minnows, Panda Garras
29 community - Neon Tetras, Cardinal Tetras, Harlequin Rasboras, Congo Tetras
20 paludarium - African Butterfly Fish, Peppered Cories, Feeder guppies
10 community - Kuhli loaches, Cherry Shrimp, Betta, pond snails
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07-27-2011, 05:42 PM
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Freshwater Freak
Join Date: May 2011
Location: QLD Australia
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No mollies are mostly found in freshwater in the wild, some do however inhabit estuarys and even pure salt, but most are freshwater.
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07-27-2011, 05:44 PM
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Freshwater Freak
Join Date: May 2011
Location: QLD Australia
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I have just posted a thread 'Mollies and salt' explaining why many people keep them in a brackish tank.
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