Stocking 55g

[Trainer_Ruby_]

Right now I have a 55g brackish with 5 bumblebee gobys 3 mollies(1 male,2 female) and 2 guppies(1male,1 juvenile female). How many more guppies/mollies could could I add? I'd like a large school of both but I don't want to add too many


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[Trainer_Ruby_]

Any suggestions?


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[jessipanda]

Mollies and guppies are livebearers. And guppies typically breed like crazy and they'll inbreed real quick too, which leaves you with genetically weak fish. I'm not sure about mollies, but they're probably similar. I know both fish can give birth to several fry a month. If you're simply looking for schooling fish, you might want to look into something that isn't a livebearer. I'm not familiar with brackish water fish though...

If you're looking to breed your guppies and mollies, then you're probably going to need several more tanks to separate males/females in order to prevent inbreeding. :/

 

[Trainer_Ruby_]

Mollies and guppies are livebearers. And guppies typically breed like crazy and they'll inbreed real quick too, which leaves you with genetically weak fish. I'm not sure about mollies, but they're probably similar. I know both fish can give birth to several fry a month. If you're simply looking for schooling fish, you might want to look into something that isn't a livebearer. I'm not familiar with brackish water fish though...

If you're looking to breed your guppies and mollies, then you're probably going to need several more tanks to separate males/females in order to prevent inbreeding. :/

I know about the breeding with guppies and mollies are just as bad but the downside is any fry dropped get eaten in minuets by my gobys :/



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[Coursair]

Make sure you stock about 4 females to each male livebearer to keep harassment to tolerable levels.


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[jessipanda]

I know about the breeding with guppies and mollies are just as bad but the downside is any fry dropped get eaten in minuets by my gobys :/



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Well, with a 55g, which only houses the 5 gobys, you could do maybe 10-12 of each--guppies and mollies--maybe add a couple more gobys too. Plus some ghost shrimp to take care of any food the gobys don't want like flakes and such.

 

[jessipanda]

Make sure you stock about 4 females to each male livebearer to keep harassment to tolerable levels.


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+1 definitely

 

[Trainer_Ruby_]

Are American flag fish brackish? One of the girls at my lfs said they are and she normally knows what she's talking about but I want to make sure.


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[cass95]

Are American flag fish brackish? One of the girls at my lfs said they are and she normally knows what she's talking about but I want to make sure.


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http://www.seriouslyfish.com/species/jordanella-floridae/
Please read the link for Flag fish

 

[Trainer_Ruby_]

http://www.seriouslyfish.com/species/jordanella-floridae/
Please read the link for Flag fish

Ok so they can tolerate lightly bricking water but not full brackish. Thank you for clearing that up for me


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