We still have the molly and the dwarf gourami. Unfortunately we lost the pleco and the betta eventually too. To an uncycled tank, so we had to do a fish in cycle as well. Added a molly, a betta, a dwarf gourami, and a rubber lip pleco. Followed the stores advice (let filter run for 3 days then add fish!). Really read into the fish you want and their needs, then go and choose your fish.Īs for the mollies, I started in the hobby with a 10g, my husband brought the tank home for our son on a whim. Look for something smaller, but depending on your store, you might have to look elsewhere. I would get the pygmy corydoras for the 10g as theyre suitable, group of 10 is the minimum. Id return to the store or sell to other locals on a site like Craigslist or kijiji, or even a local fish club if you can find one for your area. Platies need a 20, theyre monster poop machines and get 2-3 inches. Like you I started with the wrong fish too. So they need space to get away from each other. most average around 4 inches, which is huge for a 10g.Īnd as they mature, they can get aggressive in smaller spaces as they form a pecking order.
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a full grown molly gets 4-6 inches depending on species. All get over 3 inches and also produce a lot of waste as theyre poop machines. If they will eventually die due to those reasons, I will rehome them.Ĭlick to expand.No pleco is small enough for a 10g unfortunately. If my water has been too hard for the mollies, does that mean that could have been responsible for them dying so quickly? Does the size of my tank matter like that too? I cannot buy a bigger tank though so does the rubber lip pleco get too big for a 10g? If so, I can stick with the pgymy corys. I am so glad I can get some kind of pleco or bottom feeder.
I can take them back to the best store though and purchase the fish you advised would be best for my tank. I am getting my friend fish for Christmas but her starting tank is only 3 gallons so I can't rehome them to her. I love my little mollies so much but I want them to have a good life. I already spent so much money on them and don't believe I can spend anymore. If I truly have to, I will rehome them (does that mean give them to a friend or give them back to the pet store?) and grab the fish you recommended to me. I have heard that, while mollies are larger fish, 10 gallons works for a very small amount of them.
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