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bettachris Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3875 Kudos: 4173 Votes: 452 Registered: 13-Jun-2004	i have a group that have never met of about 14 mollies. at first i was going to split them up into two ten gallons but i am now thinking of putting them all into my 20 gallon? will it work? and when can i do this b/c one of my mollie groups is just coming back from a ich infection, but they are all better.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:47
Hooktor Fish Addict Posts: 646 Kudos: 651 Votes: 67 Registered: 22-Mar-2004	I would give it a couple weeks before introuducing the mollies without ich to the mollies that had ich. Also i would add them to the 20 gallon slowly as adding too many fish at one time could be harmful to the fish. Furthermore, for mollies you want about a gallon per inch and since mollies are around 2 inches, 14 in a 20 gallon is really pushing it.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:47
bettachris Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3875 Kudos: 4173 Votes: 452 Registered: 13-Jun-2004	so in other words it will work? well i can't do anything until i get back from vaction, but i will let u know how it turns out.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:47
fishyhelper288 Fish Guru Posts: 2161 Kudos: 1951 Votes: 137 Registered: 29-Feb-2004	i think putting 8 in the 20 and the other 6 in a 10, u see although they will fit, its like having 5 people live in a trailer, it will work, but people will complain about space, and privicy, butthey will live, if you fill up a 20 gallon that has bare minimum plants and decor, if it has lots of plants bush out around the edges, with plenty of caves and such, then yes it will work, fish probly get sick of turning around and seeing the same thing day after day, but if there are caves and plants, they get to find some alone time, it has worked for my 10, so go ahead and try it
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:47


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