male mollies with no females. bad or good?

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nessybehr

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I have about 5 male mollies after two of my females passed after giving birth to large amounts of fry. Ive been noticing one of my males to be hiding from all the other fish. their are two female platys but 2 other male platys as well. Im nervous to put another female in and have another abundance of babies. But i dont want them to start bullying each other. I have a marble molly that just swims around knocking into the other males. suggestions?
 
Each fish has individual personalities. While it is best to have all females if you are going to have a single sex tank with mollies, males will usually get along. With 5 males you would need to put in 8-10 or more females to keep the females from being stressed due to attention from the males.
 
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