fishlover27

Hi! I am fishlover27 call me moe. Anyway i am new and i need advice- can i put a ADF and a small beta fish in a 5g tank with one molly? HELP please!! thanks, Fishlover27 (known as MOE)

Lucy

Hi Moe,
I've given my opinion on your profile, so I'm glad you found your way here. You'll get plenty more help here from other members.

Good luck.

Allie

betta should be house alone with ottos or cories, or even a bristle nose pleco (if in a10g)

Alessa

In a 5 gallon you could only house one betta, there isnt room for a mollie (they grow big and need to live with more of their kind). OR one ADF.

Mollies Ideally should be housed with at least 4 other mollies, and their minimum tank requirement is 20 gallons.

fishlover27

Thanks! But i just got a baby dwarf guppy (soooo so so sooo small!!) and a kinda small one and a realy small adf but shes not active. Think shes ill or bored or sleepy? (no shes not dead!) But she moves and sits and has her head out of the water to breathe alot and shes kinda moves a little.not much just sits in a spot. Please help!

Alessa

there are no dwarf guppies.
guppies need to be at least in a group of three and need at least 10 gallons because they are active fish.

So, youre saying there is no mollie? you only have that one guppy?

fishlover27

i think its dwarf pad guppys idk ther a lonngggg name! yes i have one molly one dwarf frog two dwarf pad guppies or something and thats it

angelfish220

Its probably just a baby still.

Alessa

What I meant is that there isnt such species as dwarf guppies.

also one mollie, three guppies and one ADF is severely overstocking your tank. I wouldnt recommend anything less than 20 gallons for those fish.

angelfish220

I second that!

fishlover27

actully i have a small mollie a smallish guppy and a baby guppy and a frog but the baby might get eating or the frog is ill or is sad or is tired OR is sleeping or is bored idk! but i have two guppies,one mollie and ONE adf thanks all :-)

angelfish220

At least I would get a 10 gal for the livebearers, and then leave the frog in the 5

Alessa

yes, that would be another option!

Lucy

I replied in the other thread. Too many threads on the same subject confuse me.

Here's the other thread:

i got new fish!

fishlover27

well i think my frog is done. it was ill because the pet store. or it is sleep but people HELP ME MY BLACK MOLLIE IS PICKING ON THE BABY GUPPY AND THE SMALLISH ONE! what should i do!

Lucy

I asked these questions in your other thread.

It would be helpful if we knew what your water reading are. Do you have a test kit?

What temperature is the tank?

Are there decorations, plants, a little cave or something for everyone to hide in?

Ideally like was suggested above, you should get a 10g for the fish and leave the frog in the 5g.

Good luck.

fishlover27

my frog died the guy in the pet shop thought he was fine. But bloomer isn't moving and her leg is covered with something. Crying... But my other fish r okay and bloomer is still in there because my mom is at her work and I want to make sure she thinks its gone. I have a Q.... Do mollie have teeth? And if the mollie follows or chases a fish will the fish make it? Please help omg I just saw her! She's alive but her foot it hurt! Will she be okay? Help!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Is crying

Lucy

What's it's leg covered with? Is it possible she's molting? They shed their skin regularly.

Is there a reason you're not answering my questions?

We'd really like to help you.

fishlover27

I done know is white but she NOT moving! Crying

fishlover27

She not moving and its white! Crying

fishlover27

I have to go to bed. I'm so sad but I am tired plus I have to go to bed because my supervisor is making me. But I will keep watching bloomer wish her luck!!!!!

capekate

I thought you said that Bloomer was dead in one of your posts above?
I do not usually say this.. I hope you do not take it the wrong way. But there are a lot of youngsters who have tanks and are mature enough to handle the responsibilities that come with it. And how they do that is they research.. and read links that are given them in order to know how to take care of fish and tanks. Keeping fish is not as easy as it seems, as you are finding out.
I am not the type to discourage fish keeping but it may be that you should wait awhile before you really get into fish keeping and do some reading and learn the important first steps before you go out and buy more fish. It may be the best thing for you and your fish.

fishlover27

she is moving but her leg is like dead and shes fighting but i have to sleep. Crys sighes sniffs how long do they normally live? mine lasted not even a day because she was hurt and we didn't notice at the pet shop

fishlover27

im sorry but im not good at taking care of frogs and because she was hurt before the guy at the pet store noticed, sniffs ill never be able to have a frog again!

fishlover27

she's still alive!!!!! But her leg is still bad. BTW I am uses my ipod to reply because its a touch so I can tell u wats going on! But she is moving when u put the net kinda close 2 her it just her leg but she's fine but her leg is hurt and idk what happened!

Lucy

If there's fake plants in your tank, they'll be able to get away from each other for tonight.
At this point they're probably stressed from the move. Please don't poke her.
Frog's don't move very much, when I first got mine, I thought he was dead every 1/2 hr.
Let them rest for tonight.
Tomorrow ask your mom if she'll take the frog or the other fish back to the store.
As you found out, they're not going to be able to live together in your tank.
I know you love them and it will be hard for you to do, but it will be the responsible thing for you to do.

fishlover27

thank but its mostly just the frog I mean my fish is picking on the guppies but she barrley knows there ther. My frogs leg is the prob and I can barely go to to sleep! I even went to my sibling old room because I didn't wanna think bout it! Tomorrow can u tell me what to do with the frog if she's alive? It would help me if in 15 hours or something u could explane what to do. Thank you from Moe

Alessa

you dont even know your full water parameters do you?

I would seriously consider capekates advice, and please dont act like you are ignoring the posts it is very rude.

fins

mollies can be very aggressive fish... especially with smaller/peaceful fish

fishlover27

I just woke up and my frog is gone I think it moved two times the sat there. But it couldn't be my molly because they don't have teeth. But I think my mollies being nicer because she didn't nip or try to chase them! Even my baby guppie she didn't notice! I'm gonna keep watching them but there okay right now. Bye from moe