tipzythegreat

Your tank looks very nice! It looks like if I add 5 barbs my tank will be over capacity. I guess we'll see what happens in the next few months with what I've got. I'm kind of regretting not searching for barbs now! These danios better dazzle me 😉

They breed easily, though? And I think my tank is a little warm for them? Still an option -- I can keep my eyes peeled for them. I definitely didn't see them last night, but I've got 7 or 8 stores in my area I could call or visit. As my 10 gal QT cycles with my danios, I'm trying my very best to avoid running 2 tanks.... I hope it's not inevitable!

If my mollies start having babies, the males will go to my sister and I'll keep the females to the best of my ability. I'm sure my LFS would take them, worst case. I thought Danios would behave. I didn't realize they liked to chase. My shrimp tend to hang out in wads of guppy grass so I'm hopeful they'll be OK. I'm already in it now. I suppose I could return the Danios but it seems like any fish I get will be a risk...

I like my mollies, but all but one are black. So you don't really SEE them. That's why I was excited for the cherry barbs -- they really do seem to be the ~star~. I think the danios will pop out, but they are so small. What's your recommendation on QT? I have them in a 2.5 right now but I bought a 10 gallon to move them to. Honestly I'm going out of town in 2 weeks so I'm trying to figure out how to make this work and keep them safe!

Thank you for your help! I didnt see any of those I don't think. Tons of tiger. Some gold. Glo barbs, of course. If I add cherry barbs in another month or so, would my tank be okay bioload wise? I do a weekly WC of 7-8 gallons. If so- how many should I add? Current inhabitants: 5 mollies 6 long finned danio 4 nerites 2 female amanos 10 mixed neocaridina shrimp Tons of rams Tons of plants 29 gallon Tank has been running since February

Are all barb varieties ok? They were out of cherry but had golden, tiger and a couple other varieties. I got 6 long finned danio for now but would like to eventually get some barbs!

No issues with Cherry Barbs and Shrimp? I've seen some articles saying they will eat shrimp.

Thank you for taking the time to video and post it! I definitely like the look of the cherry barbs more. Love the shrimps swimming around -- they are so entertaining. It looks like with Danios or cherry barbs I need to get about 6. Sound right? I'll set up a quarantine and look around. I'd like some more fish in my tank to watch, but I don't want to jeopardize my mollies or my shrimp. I really love my shrimp LOL they are so cute.

I am ALSO surprised. They all seem scared of each other. I've had the mollies since they were teeny fry and they prefer to eat my plants over the shrimp. I'm talking jungle val, water sprite, camboda, pennywort, anacharis... and more. I guess they are vegetarian mollies. You're not wrong. I quit fishkeeping until my sisters molly had 10 babies and I felt bad for her, lol. I'll visit the store again and see what they have. They did have barbs and the long finned danio were neat. I just really liked those blasted guppies LOL

I have heard cherry barbs can be aggressive? How many do you keep? The celestial pearl Danios are gorgeous. My store has only long finned ones right now. I haven't seen any of the others- man are those neat! I suppose I could take the more expensive road and have my local non chain order them for me.

I have a 29 gallon heavily planted and fully cycled tank. I have 4 nerites, 10 neocaridina shrimp, countless rams and 5 cross bred mollies- 4 female, one male. My tank is around 76 degrees. I intended to keep a female only tank but one of my baby mollies was a late bloomer and is a he. So far no babies (fish are all just over a year old). I was debating guppies or platys. I love the sunset male guppies but I don't want my females to get harassed. I like female platys but I also don't want to endanger my shrimp. Several are quite small and new to the tank. My thought was guppies will almost definitely leave my shrimp alone. But platys won't. But am I limited to female only guppies? Sorry guppy girls, but the ones at my store are boring (they are doing 50% off fish for a remodel) ETA: would like to avoid babies!

That's what I was afraid of! Do male mollies get along okay do you know? I can send him away to live with my sister and his brother!

Howdy! About a year ago my sister's black molly gave birth. I took all the females and she kept the only male. They are over a year old. Today I noticed my black balloon shaped molly chasing the others and paused when I saw his anal fin. This is a male RIGHT? Oy! I've seen egg spots on my females and am sure the others are female but they are brothers and sisters. They've been together since they were born and have been in my tank nearly a year. Is it weird they haven't bred?

I think we were lucky. My sister bought one molly -- who was unknowingly pregnant and waited 6 months to birth. She had babies and we separated them very early. Sadly mom passed and that was the end to it! Now I'm only getting shrimp and snails because I don't need a colony. I'll consider female guppies, tetras or cory cats. That's it! LOL.

It's still a work in progress BUT I got some new plants and cleaned and organized a bit. I have to say everyone barring the snails seem super happy. The mollies are swimming around like crazy - did I mention the only reason I got back into fishkeeping was my sister's Molly's unplanned pregnancy? I took all the females and she kept the singular male.