Stocking Help

[kuri33]

I am moving my goldfish from my 28gal to a pond. I moved my two rosy red minnows into my 10 gallon with my six plates, 3 guppies, and snail until I clean out the 29gal. I am breeding the platies and guppies. I want about 35-40 fish total in my 29. Could I get mollies and swordtails? I don't want them to breed but I don't care if they breed with the olther fish because Ive heard the offering are infertile. So with those numbers in mind, how many mollies and sword tails can I get and what genders?

 

[Cazgar]

35-40 mollies & swordtails in a 29 gal would be well overstocked.
Swordtails can get up to 4/5 inches & mollies 3/4 inches
You could get away with maybe 6 of each, but if they breed, then again you'd soon be overstocked

 

[kuri33]

I have a cichlid tank, I'm not worried about getting over stocked. I know it's mean..

I'll reask the question.
I want the majority of fish in the 29gal to be platies and guppies. How many mollies and swordtails can I get and what gender?

And how many total of each type of fish in the tank?

 

[Cazgar]

How many platys & guppies will be in the 29 gal?

 

[kuri33]

How many platys & guppies will be in the 29 gal?

Currently I have 2 female guppies and one male guppy, 2 male platies and 4 female platies. I also have somewhere between 15 and 20 guppy fry that I have in a different tank. I don't plan on keeping all of them, maybe 4 or 5 of each generation and then selling the older ones. This goes for the platies too. I only plan on keeping a fraction of each birth. Then after I run out of room, I will keep only one gender of all fish.

So lets say I'll have like 10 guppies and 15 platies.

 

[Cazgar]

Then imo you're stocked, adding any swordtails or mollies, you'd be overstocked

 

[kuri33]

With only 25 fish? Couldn't I have 4 more? The guppies and platies are about an inch each. Some less.

 

[Man of fish]

But they can grow to 2 inches. You need to consider adult sizes, but IMO it's more about tank size and filtration capacity than size of fish, and I agree with caz that's stocked.

 

[kuri33]

With my current numbers then, would I have room? 6 platies and 6 guppies. (3 of them being fry I want to keep). Would I have enough room? And if so what for?

 

[Man of fish]

I'd say you'd be fine with 8-10 of each then keep the fry you wish to.

(Only platies and guppies)

 

[kuri33]

I'd say you'd be fine with 8-10 of each then keep the fry you wish to.

(Only platies and guppies)

So over all the answer would be no swordtails or mollies?

 

[Man of fish]

If you kept only what you had, I'd say maybe 1-2 swords (female swords look just like big platys btw) and maybe 2 mollies, but it'd be kind of a waste of space IMO.

 

[kuri33]

If you kept only what you had, I'd say maybe 1-2 swords (female swords look just like big platys btw) and maybe 2 mollies, but it'd be kind of a waste of space IMO.

I think I might only get 2 mollies. I'll think about it more before I do anything though.