maximum amount of fish - Aquarium Advice

rollin_22 · 03-08-2006, 01:43 AM

what is the maximum amount or numbe of mollies i can put into my 55 gallon... i hav two already, and one of them just dropped fry, i want to keep them, how many can i have? they are just black mollies, so theyll only get like an inch or so long

Andos99 · 03-08-2006, 02:48 AM

What other fish do you have? I've had mollies get over three inches before. If you are only keeping mollies and nothing else, you'd be cool with 20 or so (adults). By the time you have 20 adults however, you'll wake up one morning with 500+ fry swimming around. If you really like mollies, I'd just keep females....they stay a little smaller and don't attempt to mate with every object in your tank.

DepotFish · 03-08-2006, 11:34 AM

20-25, its a lot of little fish, 500 fry is quite the exaggeration but you'll have quite a few, maybe you should add a carnivore fish or two to keep fry numbers down

03-08-2006, 01:43 AM	#1
rollin_22 Aquarium Advice Activist Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: brainerd minnesota Posts: 150 Images: 1	maximum amount of fish what is the maximum amount or numbe of mollies i can put into my 55 gallon... i hav two already, and one of them just dropped fry, i want to keep them, how many can i have? they are just black mollies, so theyll only get like an inch or so long __________________ I HATE PET STORES

03-08-2006, 02:48 AM	#2
Andos99 Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 783 Images: 3	What other fish do you have? I've had mollies get over three inches before. If you are only keeping mollies and nothing else, you'd be cool with 20 or so (adults). By the time you have 20 adults however, you'll wake up one morning with 500+ fry swimming around. If you really like mollies, I'd just keep females....they stay a little smaller and don't attempt to mate with every object in your tank. __________________ If you don't have time to do it right the first time, when are you going to have time to do it over.

03-08-2006, 11:34 AM	#3
DepotFish Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 871 Images: 4	20-25, its a lot of little fish, 500 fry is quite the exaggeration but you'll have quite a few, maybe you should add a carnivore fish or two to keep fry numbers down __________________ Anybody who's seen the personality of fish has had their minds and hearts opened to a whole new world.

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