so i got them from walmart and thought i bought mollies but i posted pics and someone told me they looked more like platys then someone else said swordtail fish. Could someone please tell me for sure if there mollies like i thought i bought.
Thanks I'm glad to hear that. They told me they were unusual colors for mollies. The one in the first picture is alot bigger then the others. Posted via Mobile Device
They were in a tank with both yay. Also the one I'm the first picture when I bought it had its gill cover ripped off I've been treating the tank with melafix but will the gill cover grow back Posted via Mobile Device
Awesome! Might be more that you can't see. Get them seperated fast or they WILL be eaten.
To protect your fry I would strongly suggest a second tank with live plants and no other fish. The plants are for the growing fry to nibble on. Try anacharis, most omnivorous fish find it very tasty!
today I have 2 I think she's having 1 a day lol I've looked all over and that's all I can find. I don't have another tank so that option is out for me right now. There hiding in my plants right now they come out a little to eat. I have lots of fake plants in there and a log decoration.
I was gonna vacuum my tank Friday but guess I won't do that lol. I'm suppose to do a water change Friday according to the directions on the melafix I'm using for my tank Posted via Mobile Device
Mollies are my favorite fish but you have to come up with a plan for the fry.Leaving them in the parents tank is really only a short term solution as your tank will quickly become over populated. You can pretty much count on 20+ babies per month per female.The best possible solution, to me, is to find a locally owned pet store that would give you store credit for your fry.The solution that I choose is a separate tank with a predator. Not the most pleasant thing ,I try to avoid watching, but it is effective. Good Luck
Mollies guppies and angelfish CAN be kept together if the tank is large enough. Angelfish get pretty big though, and mollies like special water, but you could make it work. If you want fry though, don't keep the pregnant mothers with angels or the angels will eat all the fry very quickly. For the angels a long term home would be 50 gallons or more IMO.
This is how MTS ( multiple tank syndrome) starts!
Ok I don't have a angel fish but there's one in the tank at work that. I only have a 10 gallon tank so when I get to many I'm planning on where to take them lol Posted via Mobile Device
In reference to my other post you guys dont seem to understand that i cant just go out and buy a bigger tank for one i cant afford it this one cost enough as it is plus i dont have room for one anyway. I spent alot of money on my fish im not just gonna give them away. There doing pretty good right now all look very healthy colors are vibrant there very lively even the one im treating for a missing gill cover is doing good and recovering. If my plecostomus gets to big ill give him away but right now its doing really good. Also want to clarify i apricate you guys telling me how to treat ich but i never even mentioned ich my fish are not sick i do have ich tablets to treat it if they do happen to get it though. also my heater is automatic so i cant raise the temperature so that would not be a possibility for me as a way to treat it if they did get it.
The concern about disease is directly tied to your stocking. I'm glad they aren't sick yet, and I hope they don't get sick. But as I had said, having to deal with multiple problems at once is NOT a position you want to be in, which is why I suggested that you treat for ich now before you have any more serious issues to deal with.
oh i have already put a ich tablet in there when i bought the newest fish just to be safe cause i know people that have bought fish from this walmart and they had ich but walmart is the only place for me to get fish
well i dont have ich anyway so think its fine lol i only put one in there to be sure they didnt get it the tablets turned my water blue for a while.
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