are mollies hard to keep?
9822
The Sailfin Mollies are among the most dramatic of all livebearers. They are also the largest and most difficult to maintain. Mollies normally inhabit brackish (salt/fresh water estuaries) environments, and do best in captivity in hard, alkaline water with added salt.
1439242
Mollies do not require light directly. ... However, planted aquariums need more light, anywhere from 1.5 to 5 watts per gallon, depending on what kind of plants you wish to keep. As tropical fish, you should give them a photoperiod -- the amount of time the lights are on per day -- of 8 to 12 hours.
65685
Across much of their range mollies do live in very cold water in the winter but they do not grow or reproduce while they are cold. The really big mollies live where they are warm pretty much year round and in brackish water.
281314
Mollies are livebearer fish which means they do not lay eggs but rather gestate their young and give birth to them live. You will not need to do much to get mollies to breed as long as you have males and females in the same tank.
614211
They are very easy to keep, low to medium light. They eat like pigs. Coral frenzy, or mysis, rods food, etc.
504514
Offer your mollies a small amount of food once or two times a day. Besides moderation, variety is another key element in feeding molly fish. Since these fish are omnivores, they require a variety of foods and a balanced diet to stay healthy. From commercial foods to live foods, mollies will eat anything.
568587
All livebearers like molly fish get along great together. They are all the same aggression levels and breed in the same manner. These are Platies, Swordtails, Guppies, Mollies and a couple more. You can't go wrong with more livebearers with your mollies.
1467588
Guppies, live bearers themselves, and zebra danios get along well with many of the common types of live-bearing fish. ... Be careful when adding sailfin mollies or other fish that have long fins or tails and are relatively slow swimmers, because the guppies and danios may nip at the fins.
231777
They are slow eaters, and should not be housed with aggressive eaters. Caution: This species secretes or releases toxins when stressed or injured that may kill fish in the aquarium. LiveAquaria.com cannot accept responsibility for any loss that may occur should this animal poison the aquarium.
651054
If you are referring to feeder goldfish, there is nothing wrong with keeping them as pets. They will grow quite large and produce a lot of waste,so you will need a large tank for them,and cool water. Rosie reds are also sold as feeders. They are also fine to keep.
463075
Guppy fry are easy to keep, but their growth to maturity takes about three months and that can sound like a lot! They're not hard to keep, but you need to make sure you provide good nutrition and conditions so they grow well.
737420
Guppies, mollies, Endler's and some others are from the same genus, therefor able to interbreed. There are 34 different species belonging to the Genus Poecilia, several of them different species of mollies. Guppies and mollies can interbreed, with the offspring being called muppies.
991425
Guppies are incredibly easy to keep alive. Just keep the tank clean and provide them with food (they'll eat just about anything and are great for mosquito control), and they're happy.
806719
Nudibranchs are so difficult to keep alive in captivity, let alone breed, and so any nudibranch found offered for sale would have been collected from the wild.
605742
Mollies do not require light directly. For a fish-only aquarium featuring mollies, 1 watt of lighting power per gallon of aquarium volume is usually plenty to see your fish. ... As tropical fish, you should give them a photoperiod -- the amount of time the lights are on per day -- of 8 to 12 hours.
502129
The truth is that mollies do in fact help with cleaning up the algae in your tank. ... All mollies will will eat algae, but out of all of them, the true black molly (Poecilia Sphenops) is the best of the group. They will usually help with the algae growing on rocks and plants.
1195507
Yes they should be kept in groups. They suffer psychological stress if kept alone or in small groups. 3 fish is the minimum recommendation, but I have always felt that keeping them in groups no smaller than 5 or 6 was best. They still seem to act stressed in groups of 3.