I have recently decided to breed mollies, i have a few females in my 50 gallon aquarium, but because I don’t want them just throwing out babies constantly, I want to get a male and keep it away from the females until I want them to breed.
Because our pet store only takes animals and fish from local breeders (that they research thoroughly), they only have 1 male molly in stock.
I have a 10 gallon tank that I’m putting a few guppies in, and I’m wondering if the male would be okay in there. I don’t have any extra tanks,
I have three 5 gallon tanks for my single male bettas, I have a 100 gallon aquarium for my females, I have five 10 gallon tanks for my males with babies, and i have two 30 gallon fry tanks, one for males and one for females.
I also have a 150 gallon tank for my goldfish, and two 30 gallon hospital tanks (that are currently occupied).
I also have 2 other 10 gallons that I’m using for the baby mollies.
My whole house is filled with tanks, and I really don’t want to get another one. So yeah, would my male be okay in a 10 gallon with a few guppies?
How many guppies should I get if I’m keeping a molly in there as well, or should I just get the molly and risk him being very very lonely?
My females are:
3 dalmation mollies,
2 black mollies,
1 yellow dalmation molly,
3 silver mollies.
I already breed bettas and just stopped breeding goldfish, so I know what I’m doing.
I supply the store with all of their bettas, and I used to supply their goldfish.
I MAY buy another male if they come in, but I’m not 100% sure.
but I don’t want any more than 2.
I know that mollies are fine with guppies (i have some guppies with my females), I just want to know if the molly will be okay without any other mollies.
And this is my first time with mollies so I don’t know a ton about them yet.
Mollies are community fish but they can do very well with other tropical community fish. You want to follow the rule of 1 inch of fish per 1 gallon of water. In a ten gallon with one molly you could have maybe 3 or 4 guppies. I would recommend 2 mollies but if it’s not possible you should be alright.
If you have all these aquariums, I’m really surprised that you don’t know the answer to this easy question. Yes, you can put your male molly with guppies, they will get along fine.
fuck no! that molly needs some other fish to bang