Are all species of mollies compatible?
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All mollies can be mixed. As for other fish, peaseful community fish. I have mollies with platys, rosy barbs, black neon tetras, female bettas, clown loaches, and a very large 14 inch pleco. Good lucky choosing tank mates!
mollys
i have found the black molly to be the hardiest if kept properly. From my experience the molly does best in a slightly brackish water(1 teaspoon ocean salt /gallon). also mollys require a large part of their diet to be algea/plant.
i have found the black molly to be the hardiest if kept properly. From my experience the molly does best in a slightly brackish water(1 teaspoon ocean salt /gallon). also mollys require a large part of their diet to be algea/plant.
Thanks. I am slighty worried about their dietry needs though becuase my tank only has fake plants. Along with normal tropical fish flake food, I feed food for bottom dwelling fish. This food has algea in it, but do I still have to but real plants for them to eat? A few more questions...
Do I have to use aquarium salt or can I just use ordinary table/cooking salt?
What tempreture do molies like best?
Do mollies like to live in shoals?
Do I have to use aquarium salt or can I just use ordinary table/cooking salt?
What tempreture do molies like best?
Do mollies like to live in shoals?
Please don't use table salt! Aquarium salt ony
Most live bearing fish do better with a little salt to taste, 1 tablespoon per gallon.
I keep my temp at 78, but mollies can go from 68-82.
As for feeding I use Tetra. Always feed am and pm. If you are worried about varity, try the Tetramenu. It has 4 different types of flake in one divided can.
Good luck
Most live bearing fish do better with a little salt to taste, 1 tablespoon per gallon.I keep my temp at 78, but mollies can go from 68-82.
As for feeding I use Tetra. Always feed am and pm. If you are worried about varity, try the Tetramenu. It has 4 different types of flake in one divided can.
Good luck
This is a common myth. Mostly aquarium salt is no different than table salt, save only for the cost. I will try to find a link to a thread on this where some of the more science minded folks here give thier input on the subject. Also, iodized salt is a subject of debate, though some of the folks I mentioned claim the iodine is present in such low levels there is no effect to the fish.budrecki said:Please don't use table salt! Aquarium salt ony
http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=62213&highlight=aquarium+salt+table There are a few pages in here, some of it is good info.
Depending on how the mollies you have were kept before you purchased them, salt may not be the best thing. While they are found in brackish water in the wild, many of them have been kept and bread in hard freshwater to somewhat replicate the high TDS of brackish water, and will fare better in this situation(hard FW).
http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=60799 please read post # 2 by oriongirl
Another thing I should point out, if you do want to go the brackish route, niether table salt nor aquarium salt (again, essentailly the same) will create brackish water. Only marine salt(such as instant ocean), used with a hydrometer to measure salinity levels will get the type of water you are looking for. HTH
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The problem with table salt is the additives put in it. There are numerous anti-caking agents in table salt you do not want in your aquarium. And despite OrionGirl's assertion in that thread, some anti-caking agents can harm fish and inverts. Better safe than sorry IMO but I'm not going to argue over it. Like most other things in the hobby, no one can really tell another person what is and is not safe.
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