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pugperson Fish Addict Posts: 877 Kudos: 953 Votes: 293 Registered: 16-May-2003	I now have a 75g in my living room with only a pair of BN. I plan on acquiring 5 or 6 small angelfish and when they pair off, keep one or two pairs and trade the rest in at a lfs. I know the tank will have a pair of BN in it, 6 metae cories, possibly 6 other cories, and a school of tetras. Would the black neon tetras be ok with angelfish? I know that they are larger than the neons. I also have a friend that is willing to give me all the white sailfin mollies I want. Would mollies be ok in a community tank, or should I stay away from live bearers? I want to stick to SA fish, and would be pleased if I could eventually set the angels up for breeding. Any suggestions about my stocking?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:01
stallion81 Big Fish Posts: 327 Kudos: 255 Votes: 143 Registered: 17-Jan-2004	Put the Angels(small) in with the neons from the begining. You will prolly see no problems with them UNTIL breeding begins. Then its up in the air. Ive no comment on the mollys as I've never kept.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:01
Mike R Fish Addict Posts: 593 Kudos: 830 Votes: 322 Registered: 27-Jul-2004	Mollies and Angels will get along fine. Mollies like salt in the water but they do okay without it. A bonus is that the Angels will eat the Molly fry ang grow like weeds. Once the Angels start breeding all bets are off though. Everything might get along fine or the Angels might beat the snot out of everything that moves. If the Angels aren't real protective the Cories might get the eggs and the Mollies the fry. You'll just have to wait and see. Mike
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:01
bettachris Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3875 Kudos: 4173 Votes: 452 Registered: 13-Jun-2004	sounds good.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:01
jasonpisani Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 5553 Kudos: 7215 Votes: 1024 Registered: 24-Feb-2003	Get 6 small Angels & let them pair off. Get some Corydoras & Tetra's, to make it a SA tank. After the Angels have paired off, i would keep 2 pairs, together with the 2 BN, Tetra's & Corydoras. Don't forget to add some Driftwood. http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/s8xi5heh/my_photos http://www.geocities.com/s8xi5heh/classic_blue.html http://groups.yahoo.com/group/buzaqq/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/corydoras/ Member of the Malta Aquarist Society - 1970. http://www.maltaaquarist.com
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:01
hca Fish Addict Posts: 783 Kudos: 434 Votes: 211 Registered: 06-Mar-2004	Id go ahead and get some mollies, and add the tetras when the angels are small, so theyll get used to them.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:01
PumaWard Small Fry Posts: 1 Kudos: 0 Votes: 0 Registered: 12-Aug-2004	Mollies don't need salt , or even do better with it. Salt only makes up for poorer water conditions. Mollies need clean water, and do much better if its hard and alkaline. They are found in the wild in FW, and farmed in FW. Great Molly-Salt Debate: http://tcoletti.tripod.com/molly_salt_debate.html
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:01
Cup_of_Lifenoodles Fish Guru Posts: 2755 Kudos: 1957 Votes: 30 Registered: 09-Sep-2004	I dunno; a fellow I've worked with in LA collected most of his stock from the brackish marshwaters dotting the islands dotting the CA land bridge. Nearly ALL southeatern US colonies are found in brackish water. Although there are indeed many freshwater molly populations, the genus has more than it's fair share of brackish water specimens as well. The bottom line is that it depends which species one speaks of when they use the word molly. EDIT: for the record, I have kept several species in FW as well as brackish. Neither showed any signs of being anything other than healthy. Last edited by Cup_of_Lifenoodles at 27-Jul-2005 15:05
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:01
pugperson Fish Addict Posts: 877 Kudos: 953 Votes: 293 Registered: 16-May-2003	I know that the mollys are kept in fw, so any of the fry that I would get from the breeder, Tanker, should do ok in a fw tank. Thanks for the advice. I know it will take some time to get the tank up the way I want it, and even though I want instant results, I am willing to wait. Plus, I want to see if the two BNs that came with the tank are going to breed if supplied with caves, hidey holes, fresh veggies and driftwood. Figured if they do breed and the fry hatch, then I will wait for the fry to grow out some before adding any more new occupants to the tank.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:01


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