Poecilia gillii tank mate ideas?

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Any thoughts on tank mates for Poecilia gillii aka Gill's Molly? 
 

[Guppysnail]

What tank size? How many do you have? Planted?

[Colu]

Water parameters would also determine what tank mates you could have as well as tank size as @Guppysnailmention

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On 10/1/2024 at 7:34 AM, Guppysnail said:

What tank size? How many do you have? Planted?

20 long. I will have six if I do that. Heavily planted. pH hovering around 7.4. Harder water. Some snails already existing in the tank happily. 

[Guppysnail]

Me personally…I would let them be a species only tank.  Lots of floaters and some bushy ground spaces.  I would delight in simply allowing them to make babies. Net out and Hang in a breeding net until babies are big enough to not get eaten. 
Most of my tanks are species only plus shrimp and snails.  I find I really enjoy learning every nuance and seeing them breed and babies.  
Half of my tanks are also 20 long most containing a single pair of fish sometimes a small group of 6.  
To much emphasis is put on how many types we can fit in a tank and not on the sheer beauty of each as individuals.

But that’s just me!  If a community is what you want DO IT 🥳 

at 7.4 you can do most danio species. 

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On 10/1/2024 at 3:19 PM, Guppysnail said:

Me personally…I would let them be a species only tank.  Lots of floaters and some bushy ground spaces.  I would delight in simply allowing them to make babies. Net out and Hang in a breeding net until babies are big enough to not get eaten. 
Most of my tanks are species only plus shrimp and snails.  I find I really enjoy learning every nuance and seeing them breed and babies.  
Half of my tanks are also 20 long most containing a single pair of fish sometimes a small group of 6.  
To much emphasis is put on how many types we can fit in a tank and not on the sheer beauty of each as individuals.

But that’s just me!  If a community is what you want DO IT 🥳 

at 7.4 you can do most danio species. 

Well I have a community tank in my 40 breeder already. So, a species only may be fun. And no other species to eat the babies. If I go this route I will have two males and four females. I could add a few shrimp to the already existing snails (there's only a handful in there) and leave it at that. Might be fun to give it a try at actually breeding them. 

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On 10/1/2024 at 3:32 PM, Retrophyllum_minus said:

Well I have a community tank in my 40 breeder already. So, a species only may be fun. And no other species to eat the babies. If I go this route I will have two males and four females. I could add a few shrimp to the already existing snails (there's only a handful in there) and leave it at that. Might be fun to give it a try at actually breeding them. 

Breeding and raising babies is my passion.  It’s so rewarding and life affirming to see babies. It’s the seal of approval from the fish that I got it right. 

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On 10/1/2024 at 3:43 PM, Guppysnail said:

Breeding and raising babies is my passion.  It’s so rewarding and life affirming to see babies. It’s the seal of approval from the fish that I got it right. 

Yeah I've been thinking about it and I think I will just do a neocaridina shrimp colony, snails that are naturally occurring already, and the Gill's Mollies. 
 

We'll see what happens.