How big is your set up? I understand not wanting fry, but while mollies don't school, they are social.
How big is your set up? I understand not wanting fry, but while mollies don't school, they are social.
How are mollies not community tank fish theyre mostly peaceful from my experience?
My aquarium is long 100cm (39,3701 inches), 180 liters (47,5 gallons), but I can change it.
Otherwise I was thinking to buy 2 female black mollies (not sailfin), becouse I'm not interested with the fry, they are a little smaller. What do you think about it?
Is it a wrong idea?
I'm still worry that they can fight... I know that they have a hierarchy...
My sailfin molly is a good boy, but I'm worry.... maybe the females could bite the apple snails...
I'm thinking about this...
Yeah i see what you mean by thatI keep them in community tanks. They tend to breed better in brackish water and some say they just do better overall in brackish water. So for community tanks, it's hard to find other fish that like water that's as brackish as they thrive in. But I don't breed commercially, and my water is very hard to begin with.
Also, while mollies are peaceful, not all tankmates are. You wouldn't want to put mollies in with something like tiger barbs, who, even in a shoal can get nippy. They're just not as fast of swimmers.
Diet is also somewhat of a concern. Mollies like more vegetables than other tropical species. My 40 gallon is mostly livebearers and cory cats, and everyone in there is happy with a mostly vegetarian diet. My 20 gallon has mollies and red-eye tetras. And while the mollies love to eat everything I give the tetras, it's really not the best food for them all the time. OTOH, the tetras work great for population control with the fry.