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What fish should I put with my guppies, mollies or platies?
I have 15 guppies, an angelfish, and a Rapheal catfish in a 30 gallon tank. Some of the female guppies are pregnant.
10 Answers
- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
I'd be careful you are starting to approach the limits of your tank's bioload. It's really going to depend on how good your filter is. With a good filter you might able to add maybe 4-5 fish the size of platties, or mollies. The only way to tell is to monitor the amounts of ammonia, nitrates, and nitrites.
Personally while I like mollies better than platties. I'd go with platties as mollies are more susceptible to bad water quality than guppies, and platties.
- Miss GuidedLv 41 decade ago
We have dwarf African frogs in our tank with guppies, mollies, a pleco and one goldfish.
They add something different to the tank. We bought ours at a local petstore for $3 each. They grow to about 2 inches long and live completely underwater. (they won't leave the water so you don't have to worry about them escaping) No need for special plants or anything, and they get along well with all the other fish. They do make special food for them, pretty cheap stuff....about $4 and 1 bottle lasts 3 frogs 6 months.
They are excellent at cleaning the bottom of the tank, they spend the day 'grazing' along the bottom for leftover food that the fish have missed.
They do shed once a year so expect the other fish to nibble at the skin that is coming off the frog. Doesn't seem to harm anybody and it looked like the frogs appreciated the help. They would actually hang from the outer edges of the plants to let the fish swim up and pluck skin off them.
Good luck!
- 1 decade ago
A great nonagressive addition to your tank would be a school of rainbowfish. I've had experience with several species and they all display beautifully. I had a school of turquoise rainbowfish once and in the morning when you turn the light on, they literally flash and pulsate all shades from blue to green. The downside is they're somewhat expensive at around $6 to 12 each.
- 1 decade ago
Either should do ok howerver, it would be a good idea to put your pregnant fish in another tank. When the babies are born a mother fish may eat her young. She should be seperated from the babies as soon as she is finished giving birth.
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- Boxer LoverLv 61 decade ago
if thats your choice then pick platies they are very hardy, mollies strive better in a higher PH tank All the fish you have already a re neutral ph lovers which is 7.0 The higher the better for mollies
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Get an Oscar. They love to eat fish hehe
- ballerina_kimLv 61 decade ago
nothing your overstocked.
u should get a ram, as they are predators and will eat the fry to keep from getting overstocked.
- 1 decade ago
i have african dwarf frogs in with mine and gold fish!!! they do great!!! i also use to also have fantail angel fish in with mine!!!