Question About Mollies

[Legacygirl]

Hi I read somewhere that Mollies have to live in 20 gallon or more they can not live in ten gallon. I had mollies in ten gallon before. Why do they need to be in 20 gallon or more?

 

[randallhart]

Depending on they type of molly, they'll need more room to grow and more space to swim.

 

[kribensis12]

You could put probably 5 mollies in a 10g if you take care of the water quality.

 

[three-fingers]

You could put them in a 10 gallon, in the sense that you could put anything that physically fits in a 10 gallon, but it's not exactly fair on the fish.

Mollies get to be a decent size when kept in the right water and given the right foods, 5 fully grown healthy mollies in a 10 gallon is madness, and even just one wouldn't have much room to swim - and as anyone here who keeps them will tell you - they are active fish.

Though low-quality store-bought mollies don't seem to get nearly as big as their wild counterparts, a ten gallon is still too small.

 

[Hollymolly4]

I have 4 mollies in a 10gallon QT tank. Just for another week anyway. I can tell they want more room! They're looking out the side of the tank and swimming around fast at times. (not in a sickly way) They can get to be 4 inches I believe. They need room to swim.
JMO

 

[Straydum]

You could put probably 5 mollies in a 10g if you take care of the water quality.

nonsense. i'd go for at most three, together with a strong filter