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How many mollies, swordtails in a 10?

Started by Raven, July 30, 2005, 09:53:04 PM

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Raven

hello mes cheris
i have a 10g that i plan to house a red claw crab in once i find a decent home for the convict in there.anyways jut a wee crab is a bit boring in a 10g by itself and these are said not to be a threat to fish over an inch.anyways ill be keeping light brackish salinity so not all fish would apreciate. Im thinking of 1.04 sg. aproximatly. anyways my choice would be a couple of mollies or swordtails. id be afraid for guppies.anyways im wondering how many you all would reccomend . wont be very planted .deco will be java fern with pieces of driftwood and some slate at water line for mister sebastien. ill be dropping water line to about 5 inches from the top so crabby cant escape.so how many mollies and/or swords would go in there?

p.s if you can think of other possible tankmates i would love to hear them

NjOyRiD

big als on innis sells guppies in brackish water if you are interested! Personnely, i would put a pair of each kind! take a llok at my central america stream ;)
370g System

220g tank, 65g Sump. octopus Cone skimmer xp-5000, vertex zf-30 nitrate reactor, RX6 DUO Ca reactor, Mp60w Ecotech pump, 2x 400w MH XM bulbs 15k. All controlled with DA RKE-net controller, Water Blaster HY-3000 return pump, Vertex Zf-15/Carbon, Vertex Zf-15/GFO

luvfishies

I'd go with ONE male, 3 females, of ONE of the species. Mollies can get large, larger than most people realise, and 4 of them in a 10 is about all that tank can handle spacewise.

Raven

even with the water line dropped down?i think it will com to about 7g.4 with one of different kinds ould look nice. plus it will provide extra food for crabby .any kind  i should look at in particular?