need stocking advice

[laboul]

I am hoping to add to my tank in a few weeks.

Currently my 10 gallon has:
3 juvenile mollies
1 platy
Hygrophilia polyspermum and Cryptycoryne wendtii (plants)

I was hoping to add a ghost shrimp. Can I add anything else or too much bioload?

 

[keane]

i would be happy adding 2 -3 ghost shrimp

They will do a good clean up job, which in turn will reduce the amount of "nasties" in the tank.

steve 8)

 

[SMSBrunetteGirl]

Oooh,if you`d like you should get a Betta

 

[sylvia]

There's no room for a betta but a few ghost shrimp wont add much bio-load.

Lots of people under-estimate a molly's size. They get to 4" regularly and grow pretty quickly. Your tank will soon be over-stocked.

 

[laboul]

OK, thanks y'all!

4 inches!! Holy cow, I thought mollies only got to be 2.5 inches max...they're not sailfins, they're just regular mollies, will they still get to be that size?

Anyway, when I get a 40 gallon I won't need to worry about it anymore...

 

[sylvia]

Yep, regular mollies can get that big too. Males are the ones that get to a max. of about 3". Females are larger.

 

[OohFeeshy]

Yea, mollies get hugemongous. Well, for what you'd expect to only be a couple of inches.

 

[laboul]

Holy cow, I guess the lfs needs to change their "max size" signs from 2.5 inches... Sheeesh!

 

[Bloomjack]

Has anyone ever sucked up their ghost shrimps in the sypthon? Has this ever happened?