BettaGirl92

My parents used to have a 25 gallon freshwater tank, but havn't had one in 7 years, so i wanted to have my own smaller tank.

I have a ten gallon freshwater tank and currently only have two black mollys in there. I wanted to know what fish would be best to put in there with them..?

Thanks.

Lucy

Hi Tara, Welcome to Fish Lore

I'm a little confused, your heading says new tank, new fish, but your aquarium info says 5 yrs.

Is your tank cycled? If not, I wouldn't add anything else to it until it is cycled.

Good luck.

BettaGirl92

haha, yeah that is a little confusing, sorry. =P
The tahk is older, but there havn't been fish in there for a couple of months.

Yes, the tank is well cycled, and i recently added two black mollys, which are doing great.

Lucy

lol, thanks, on my aquarium info, I added that my betta tank was cycled because I recently moved him and all his equipment from a 5 to a 10, so yeah, anyone seeing my week old tank would bring up questions about cycling.

Did you feed the tank for the couple of months that it was empty?

Anyway, I don't have experience with mollies, so maybe these links will help you.

http://www.petco.com/assets/livefish...aterchart.html

http://op5.triadinet.com/elmers/nlcatalog.asp?rt=2

Barbrella

Mollies grow pretty big and put out a great deal of waste, so there's not much else you can put in a 10 gal. with them.

If yours are both the same sex, you could maybe add 4 - 5 neon tetras but you must be very diligent about water changes and gravel vacuuming.

fishrule101

Try a ghost shrimp they are cool little ceatures. They will also make sure your fish tank is clean. They also don't produce lots of waste.

BettaGirl92

okay, thanks guys. =)

BettaGirl92

I'm thinking of putting some kind of bottom feeder in the tank,
would that work out okay?

COBettaCouple

You might be able to get a trio of corys or otos in there, but with the bioload of the mollys, it would mean 2 or 3 water changes and cleanings per week to keep the water chemistry ok, especially since corys and otos tend to be touchy about water chemistry problems. Ghost or bamboo shrimp with a lot of hiding places only they can get into would be the best bet for that tank.

BettaGirl92

okay, i'll try that.