getting a ten galllon-what livebearers?

treasuresandstuff · 03-28-2010, 07:01 PM

Hi all! I already intro'd myself but a quick note:

In the past my mother raised Mollies doing once a month water change changing filter media every 2 months and thinning the tank every 4 months. She had TONS of mollies this way.

We want to do a livebearer tank, my daughter wants mollies, my son (not into livebearers) wants neon tetras, and I want swordtails.

I guess our biggest question would be can these live together? I have not had the three species together before. I have had mollies with a betta and all did fine. I have had tetras with swords and they did fine but never tetras, mollies and swords.

We plan on having java moss and a few other floating and moss type plants in the tank.

Working on the plans before we get everything going so we can do it right. Thanks for any and all help

Katherine

petlover516 · 03-31-2010, 07:33 AM

Platies! I love em! And they will really like java moss!

for the tank community, it wouldn't work out well for the tets-livebearers need slightly more alkaline water then what a neon tetra is comfortable in. Platies are a bit hardier then swordtails, and could survive comfortably in the same kind of water a neon tetra needs. Mollies are actually brackish water fish and if u want to see the sailfin kind in full beauty u need a brackish tank. But thats sailfin mollies-if u get balloon mollies u could keep them perfectly fine in a freshwater 10g with platies and tets.

treasuresandstuff · 03-31-2010, 09:06 AM

Ok, thanks. I think we decided to make the ten a setup for tets and ghost shrimp. But for future ref, how do you make brakish water for mollies? I know my daughter really wants some mollies.

petlover516 · 03-31-2010, 09:11 AM

u add sea salt, getting the specific gravity to about 1.10 or so.

03-28-2010, 07:01 PM	#1 (permalink)
treasuresandstuff out of practice enthusist Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 35 Name: Katherine Location: Clinton, MO USA My location Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Welcome to Aquarium Forum" 0 Times Said "Thanks" 1 Times Was Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	getting a ten galllon-what livebearers? Hi all! I already intro'd myself but a quick note: In the past my mother raised Mollies doing once a month water change changing filter media every 2 months and thinning the tank every 4 months. She had TONS of mollies this way. We want to do a livebearer tank, my daughter wants mollies, my son (not into livebearers) wants neon tetras, and I want swordtails. I guess our biggest question would be can these live together? I have not had the three species together before. I have had mollies with a betta and all did fine. I have had tetras with swords and they did fine but never tetras, mollies and swords. We plan on having java moss and a few other floating and moss type plants in the tank. Working on the plans before we get everything going so we can do it right. Thanks for any and all help Katherine

03-31-2010, 07:33 AM	#2 (permalink)
petlover516 Fish Lover Boy petlover516's Photo Gallery Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 1,768 Name: tyler Location: Lindenhurst, NY My location Feedback: 1 / 100% Said "Welcome to Aquarium Forum" 681 Times Said "Thanks" 933 Times Was Thanked 419 Times in 353 Posts	Re: getting a ten galllon-what livebearers? Platies! I love em! And they will really like java moss! for the tank community, it wouldn't work out well for the tets-livebearers need slightly more alkaline water then what a neon tetra is comfortable in. Platies are a bit hardier then swordtails, and could survive comfortably in the same kind of water a neon tetra needs. Mollies are actually brackish water fish and if u want to see the sailfin kind in full beauty u need a brackish tank. But thats sailfin mollies-if u get balloon mollies u could keep them perfectly fine in a freshwater 10g with platies and tets. __________________ I'm so sorry I haven't been on the forum in so long! Don't worry, I haven't forgotten this lovely website! I moved to a different county back in May 2011 and started high school in a totally different school district. So I'm still adjusting and studying hard, and don't presently have any aquariums. But once I do, I'll be right back on this forum!

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treasuresandstuff out of practice enthusist Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 35 Name: Katherine Location: Clinton, MO USA My location Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Welcome to Aquarium Forum" 0 Times Said "Thanks" 1 Times Was Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: getting a ten galllon-what livebearers? Ok, thanks. I think we decided to make the ten a setup for tets and ghost shrimp. But for future ref, how do you make brakish water for mollies? I know my daughter really wants some mollies.

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petlover516 Fish Lover Boy petlover516's Photo Gallery Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 1,768 Name: tyler Location: Lindenhurst, NY My location Feedback: 1 / 100% Said "Welcome to Aquarium Forum" 681 Times Said "Thanks" 933 Times Was Thanked 419 Times in 353 Posts	Re: getting a ten galllon-what livebearers? u add sea salt, getting the specific gravity to about 1.10 or so. __________________ I'm so sorry I haven't been on the forum in so long! Don't worry, I haven't forgotten this lovely website! I moved to a different county back in May 2011 and started high school in a totally different school district. So I'm still adjusting and studying hard, and don't presently have any aquariums. But once I do, I'll be right back on this forum!

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