New Molly Fry

[jameshughes1989]

One of mollies just dropped another batch of fry. YAY!

Would they be okay in an uncycled 70 litre tank? It is heated and has an internal filter,

I will be doing 20% water changes every other day.
Whats your opinion? need help please.

Thanks

 

[OldMan47]

With enough water changes, you can keep almost any fish in any size tank. It is what constitutes enough that changes with the size of the fish and the tank. A 20 gallon tank with just a few fry in it should be fine if you stay on top of the water changes. As the fish get bigger, the water changes will need to get bigger and more frequent too. You will need to keep tabs on the ammonia and nitrite levels to make sure the water quality stays good and will in essence be in a fish-in cycle with the fry.
Since you have a tank that the female is living in, you probably could seed the filter in the new 70 litre tank and speed up the cycle in the tank.

 

[jameshughes1989]

With enough water changes, you can keep almost any fish in any size tank. It is what constitutes enough that changes with the size of the fish and the tank. A 20 gallon tank with just a few fry in it should be fine if you stay on top of the water changes. As the fish get bigger, the water changes will need to get bigger and more frequent too. You will need to keep tabs on the ammonia and nitrite levels to make sure the water quality stays good and will in essence be in a fish-in cycle with the fry.
Since you have a tank that the female is living in, you probably could seed the filter in the new 70 litre tank and speed up the cycle in the tank.

Thanks for the reply. Just what I thought but needed some more experienced and knowledgeable advice. Ill do that and keep posted how it goes.

Hopefully they'll be just fine.

Again many thanks

 

[The Gourami]

Goodluck with the fry mate.

 

[bella236]

i have three dalmation mollys and i keep them in a 12 gallon tank and they do great, in fact, they just dropped there fry this morning i caold on ly rescue seven and there in the breeder right now. i am feeding them powdered flakes several times a day and any tips on how i should take care of them would really help.