I was told it would be okay to put 5 Balloon Mollies with 6 Guppies in a 12 gallon tank. Does that sound okay?
2007-08-31 05:19:17 · 10 answers · asked by Serena01 3 in Pets ➔ Fish
Yes that is absolutely fine
I would just suggest to make it a male only tank, or you will have babies like crazy
Hope that helps
Good luck
EB
2007-08-31 05:31:00 · answer #1 · answered by Kribensis lover 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Yes they would be fine do remember that Molly's need some aquarium salt in the water to thrive. Also be sure you get all males or even your male guppies with chase the females. The way to tell is looking at the ventral fin (the fin right in front of the vent or poop shoot. If it is cylindrical it is a male, if it is triangular it is female. Look closely as sometimes the females will tuck up their fin and appear male. The most important part of having live bearers is getting either all male or all female if you do not want to be over run with babies or if you are interested in breeding to make sure that you have the proper male to female ratio or the males will harass the females to death. Typcially a 3 females to every 1 male is a min.
2007-08-31 06:01:44 · answer #2 · answered by my3mohrkids 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds okay because balloon mollies is a smaller specie of the molly.
2007-08-31 05:31:24 · answer #3 · answered by Chris 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
Remember though, if you get female and male mollies (or guppies for that matter) you will have a zillion babies soon!
2007-08-31 05:47:07 · answer #4 · answered by ツ & ♥ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they will be fine. mollies and guppies are both community fish. and both are pretty nonagressive. both however are live bearers so be prepared to have little tiny fry in the tank. the adults will eat them if they get the chance but as long as you have plenty of plants and other places for them to hide thsome will survive
2007-08-31 05:29:20 · answer #5 · answered by Elizabeth G 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes
2007-08-31 05:30:35 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think of your marble molly desires to mate with your ballon mollies. THe adult males have agonopodium which act like a penis for them. the female dont have this. The gonopodium is placed is the folded anal fin.
2016-10-03 10:33:54 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds good. Remember to add salt. Livebearers love salt.
2007-08-31 06:08:37 · answer #8 · answered by Go Girl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah I went to college on veterinary studies.
2007-08-31 07:04:24 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah, that sounds good.
2007-08-31 09:06:29 · answer #10 · answered by Trevor C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋