Everythings getting better

[Nauplii]

Ok, afterall the bad times ive had previously... things are getting better.

- My cories fins are becoming visible again
- No fish have died in a week or so
- My remaining frog is still alive
- my nitrates are slowly going down
- Some people are interested in my mollie fry AND the remaining mollies i have
- The mollie fry are getting they're colours slowly... (lil black patches )
- And it may be looking good for me to go to the meet i organised lol


THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR ALL YOUR HELP

thanks ppl

 

[Nauplii]

i spoke too soon! my marble mollies got that fungus stuff over her eyes... or something anyway

 

[Nauplii]

oh... anyone know if i can have ghost shrimp in a 10gal or a 5gal?
the 5 with a betta and a frog... the 10 with mollies/gouramis/cories

 

[sylvia]

You should be able to keep a few ghost shrimp with those fish.

 

[Nauplii]

what in a 5gal too? em.. how big do they grow?

 

[cometcattle]

what in a 5gal too? em.. how big do they grow?

They stay small (1 - 1.5"). They are also great little scavengers.

I've kept them with bettas before, with mixed results. Some of my bettas kill them, some don't. It depends on the fish.

I haven't kept them with ADFs, but I'm about to attempt to. The only problem is the ADFs eyesight is very poor, and the shrimp could be mistaken for food.

Your best bet to keep them alive is to keep them in a heavily planted tank. They love to hide in java moss, hornworth, and other clumps of live plants.

If your going to be treating your mollies for fungus, I would hold off putting shrimp in that tank. I'm not sure how they would do with meds in the tank.

 

[Undawada]

Hm, Ive never kept cories and mollies together before, but I understand mollies like some salt in the water while cories can't tolerate any. If I'm right, there may be no way to keep both species healthy in the same tank.

Could this be causing your problems?

 

[Nauplii]

oh no dont get me wrong... their not staying in the tank with the mollies... they are supposed to be in the 5gal once i sort it out

 

[Undawada]

ah ok

Good luck with your shrimp if you get them.

Hint of advice, if the ghost shrimp eat food with colour enhancers, they may get pigment splotches on their shells... I found that out the hard way

 

[Nauplii]

splotches? ... oh i got tetras in with the mollies too.... i suppose they dont like the salt

 

[Nauplii]

..........

 

[Becca]

Hm, Ive never kept cories and mollies together before, but I understand mollies like some salt in the water while cories can't tolerate any. If I'm right, there may be no way to keep both species healthy in the same tank.

Could this be causing your problems?

In the first tank I had - which was a tropical community I kept both Mollies and Cories successfully. All of 'em were happy and loved the tank. I know Mollies *liked* a bit of salt, but they did just fine in complete freshwater.

 

[Vip]

glad i could help or somthing