Biorb 30 Litre

[Dazbowski]

I know these aren't to everyones taste but we bought one as we want to keep fish and only have a small space.

My question is. i've been running a Biorb 30l for a week with 3 males mollies. All is well so far. My questions is I want to add 3-4 more fish in time, would I be able to add 3 male Guppies or would I be better sticking to Mollies? Any other fish if not.

We don't want any breeding as the tank is small and we can't get another one.

Thanks

 

[LoachLover!]

IMO mollies are quite big and messy for a 30l tank, particularly if there are a large number of them. I probably wouldn't go adding anything else in there, but that's just me

 

[Dazbowski]

IMO mollies are quite big and messy for a 30l tank, particularly if there are a large number of them. I probably wouldn't go adding anything else in there, but that's just me

Cheers, we were advised by our local pets place that we should start with Mollies. To be honest I wished I came on here first as I probably would have done things differently. We got told we could have 12 in there, even with my very limited experience I knew this was wrong.

How many (realistically) can we have? Would 6 fish be too many? Also if we did go with 6, could 3 male Guppies live with 3 male Mollies?

Thanks again.

 

[Noahs ark6]

6 would be the absolute maximum, but you'd need to do largeish (60-70%) water changes a week. Yes, guppies and mollies can live together. Your LFS will tell you anything to get you to spend more cash

 

[Cazgar]

I wouldn't add any more fish at all.
Mollies can get quite big & the biorb isn't really big enough for any more

 

[Dazbowski]

I wouldn't add any more fish at all.
Mollies can get quite big & the biorb isn't really big enough for any more

Thanks, will just stick to the 3 then. Am I ok with a 20-30% water change weekly?

Also I have been giving them 2 small flakes once a day between them, is that ok?

 

[Noahs ark6]

Feed as much as they'll eat in 1 minute

 

[Cazgar]

25/30% weekly is fine, just keep an eye on your water stats.
You could give them a little more food, as 2 flakes between 3 fish doesn't sound like enough