Amazon fish compatability - Aquarium Advice

Phoenixphire55 · 07-16-2008, 08:55 AM

How does this sound?
A little family of mollies (1 male and 6 females), some cories, a pair of angels, and maybe some silver dollars or something. I also have a pleco, would he be ok in there? I'm still trying to plan what to do with my mollies/cories which will be moved to a 30 gallon standard tank. I'd prefer not to change the water chemistry, but I'm fine with adding salt or a buffer I guess. I just don't want to make a lot of room for error.

So yeah, the question is about stocking a 30 gallon tank which needs to hold 7 mollies and at least 4 cories. Then the other inhabitants can be whatever works with my existing fish. I'm going for an amazon-ish setup since mollies and cories are native to the amazon (I think).

jrp1588 · 07-16-2008, 01:02 PM

actually, I think mollies are native to north america, mexico and that area

CatatonicBug · 07-16-2008, 01:20 PM

I know Silver Dollars can get rather aggressive, especially in that small of a tank, but it's always up to the individual fish's personality. I like my Sevrum, and he's done well with the community tank I have. 30g might be a bit small for that size fish though.

haykay · 07-16-2008, 01:21 PM

silver dollars get too big for a 30 and really need to be in a school my silver dollars are incredibly shy and HUGE the size of a coffeecup plate for sure!. You might get away with one angel fish in a 30 for quite sometime and have it grow out nicely and it would help keep the fry population down. Angels also do best in taller tanks rather than longer.. Not too sure how they tolerate salt in the water all the time, but Im sure it would be okay

I personally would proabably up my school of cories to 6 or 7 and then do the molly community.

If your pleco is a bristlenose it will be fine in the 30 but most other plecos get much to large..

I hope I was helpful

P.S. mollies do come from mexico and the sorts...

CatatonicBug · 07-16-2008, 01:22 PM

Oh, yeah... Pleco's don't handle salt at all.

kimo · 07-16-2008, 01:32 PM

Corydoras do not tolerate salt either.

Phoenixphire55 · 07-16-2008, 01:32 PM

Thanks for the plecos + salt = bad thing, I'll keep that in mind. I bought mine way before I knew anything about fish and now I have this thing that is going to need a giant tank someday. Hopefully I can sell it before he becomes a major issue.
I like the idea of getting more cories, they rock. One angel would work for me as long as it works for him. Silver dollars...I'll forget that idea. Sevrum look cool, as long as it would be fine individually.
What do mollies usually live with? I like my mollies and all but I feel like a molly community is a bit boring, especially for the cost / setup of a 30 gallon tank. I want the investment to be worth the cool factor, hence wanting to get some other fish. I am really liking the idea of a single angel with a school of mollies and cories though.

haykay · 07-16-2008, 01:46 PM

scratch the salt and do corys, mollies and angels.. still up your cory school though!

Phoenixphire55 · 07-16-2008, 03:07 PM

yeah, I don't want to bother with the salt anyway. Corries, mollies and an angel or two sounds good to me. Now to start researching angels :-p

haykay · 07-16-2008, 03:21 PM

yea, thats a good idea to do more research first

07-16-2008, 08:55 AM	#1
Phoenixphire55 Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 341	Amazon fish compatability How does this sound? A little family of mollies (1 male and 6 females), some cories, a pair of angels, and maybe some silver dollars or something. I also have a pleco, would he be ok in there? I'm still trying to plan what to do with my mollies/cories which will be moved to a 30 gallon standard tank. I'd prefer not to change the water chemistry, but I'm fine with adding salt or a buffer I guess. I just don't want to make a lot of room for error. So yeah, the question is about stocking a 30 gallon tank which needs to hold 7 mollies and at least 4 cories. Then the other inhabitants can be whatever works with my existing fish. I'm going for an amazon-ish setup since mollies and cories are native to the amazon (I think). __________________ 20 gallon: 5 African clawed frogs 10 gallon: fb toads and fb newts 25 gallon: 8 Mollies, 4 Bronze Corys, betta, guppy

07-16-2008, 01:20 PM	#3
CatatonicBug Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Saint Louis, MO Posts: 503 Images: 6	I know Silver Dollars can get rather aggressive, especially in that small of a tank, but it's always up to the individual fish's personality. I like my Sevrum, and he's done well with the community tank I have. 30g might be a bit small for that size fish though. __________________ Remember - in Aquaria, nothing good happens fast. Starting a new tank? Click here for instructions. 47g tall FW, 10g planted, 2.5g planted office tank

07-16-2008, 01:21 PM	#4
haykay Aquarium Advice Activist Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Washington State Posts: 176	silver dollars get too big for a 30 and really need to be in a school my silver dollars are incredibly shy and HUGE the size of a coffeecup plate for sure!. You might get away with one angel fish in a 30 for quite sometime and have it grow out nicely and it would help keep the fry population down. Angels also do best in taller tanks rather than longer.. Not too sure how they tolerate salt in the water all the time, but Im sure it would be okay I personally would proabably up my school of cories to 6 or 7 and then do the molly community. If your pleco is a bristlenose it will be fine in the 30 but most other plecos get much to large.. I hope I was helpful P.S. mollies do come from mexico and the sorts... __________________ Proud sister to a USMC Devil Dog! 7 freshwater tanks and counting!!

07-16-2008, 01:22 PM	#5
CatatonicBug Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Saint Louis, MO Posts: 503 Images: 6	Oh, yeah... Pleco's don't handle salt at all. __________________ Remember - in Aquaria, nothing good happens fast. Starting a new tank? Click here for instructions. 47g tall FW, 10g planted, 2.5g planted office tank

07-16-2008, 01:32 PM	#7
Phoenixphire55 Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 341	Thanks for the plecos + salt = bad thing, I'll keep that in mind. I bought mine way before I knew anything about fish and now I have this thing that is going to need a giant tank someday. Hopefully I can sell it before he becomes a major issue. I like the idea of getting more cories, they rock. One angel would work for me as long as it works for him. Silver dollars...I'll forget that idea. Sevrum look cool, as long as it would be fine individually. What do mollies usually live with? I like my mollies and all but I feel like a molly community is a bit boring, especially for the cost / setup of a 30 gallon tank. I want the investment to be worth the cool factor, hence wanting to get some other fish. I am really liking the idea of a single angel with a school of mollies and cories though. __________________ 20 gallon: 5 African clawed frogs 10 gallon: fb toads and fb newts 25 gallon: 8 Mollies, 4 Bronze Corys, betta, guppy

07-16-2008, 01:02 PM	#2
jrp1588 Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Evansville, Indiana Posts: 1,219 Images: 13	actually, I think mollies are native to north america, mexico and that area

07-16-2008, 01:32 PM	#6
kimo Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Arlington TX Posts: 221	Corydoras do not tolerate salt either.

07-16-2008, 01:46 PM	#8
haykay Aquarium Advice Activist Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Washington State Posts: 176	scratch the salt and do corys, mollies and angels.. still up your cory school though! __________________ Proud sister to a USMC Devil Dog! 7 freshwater tanks and counting!!

07-16-2008, 03:07 PM	#9
Phoenixphire55 Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 341	yeah, I don't want to bother with the salt anyway. Corries, mollies and an angel or two sounds good to me. Now to start researching angels :-p __________________ 20 gallon: 5 African clawed frogs 10 gallon: fb toads and fb newts 25 gallon: 8 Mollies, 4 Bronze Corys, betta, guppy

07-16-2008, 03:21 PM	#10
haykay Aquarium Advice Activist Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Washington State Posts: 176	yea, thats a good idea to do more research first __________________ Proud sister to a USMC Devil Dog! 7 freshwater tanks and counting!!

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