Guppy Bulliying Molly

[sarahlesley]

Hello, new to the site and to fishkeeping. I have a 10 gallon tank with a female balloon belly molly, a regular orange short-finned molly, a fancy male guppy, and one of those little aquatic frogs. My guppy is such a bully to my orange molly, even though the guppy is smaller.
 
I know that getting a couple female guppies may be helpful, but I don't want to overcrowd my tank. I also have a separate little tank with 7 balloon belly molly fry in it that are 3-4 weeks old, and I was hoping to keep a couple of those and thinking about adding a couple of them to my big tank within the next two weeks because I'm attached to the little guys and don't want to give them all away. Any suggestions? 

 

[EllieJellyEllie]

Im not sure what to say, but mollies are too big for your tank. Best to rehome ythem. They need a 30g minimum. Sorry
 
But, after you can get a few male guppies if you dont want babies, as females will overrun you with fry quickly. I would say you could get 4-5 more male guppies

 

[Lunar Jetman]

I'm with Ellie on this in terms of the Mollies. You should rehome them (and the frog but that might just be me as I don't like them with fish) and I'd get 4 female guppies to go with your male. Stock numbers will likely increase but the population will be managed by nature so you should be ok.
 
If you have 5 males they'll end up chasing each other round all the time.

 

[the_lock_man]

If you have 5 males they'll end up chasing each other round all the time.

 
Yes they will, but I actually think that looks quite good, a lot of action going on.
 
With at least 5, you'll find the boisterousness is spread out, and no fish will end up suffering unduly.