Anyone still have saltwater mollies? (Black, sailfin?)

[Fitz19d]

Title has it. Looking to experiment with saltwater acclimated mollies. I can just drip some into SW, but pre acclimated I figure better for a few reasons.

 

[TheRealChrisBrown]

I just buy them from the petstore and put them into Brackish water, haven't lost one yet. They seem to be pretty tough. Then when I pull them out to feed to my angler they seem to swim around his SW tank just fine....although it is generally for a minute or two before he eats one.

 

[Fitz19d]

Ya these ones not for food. Experimenting as extra algae control from a few things I saw, and some actually look decent and cheap at least so not end of the world if they don't work. More I think about it probably better to start freshwater so you know they dont have marine ick then spend a few hours acclimatizing. Probably not a big deal since I am sure I have ick now anyways....

 

[TheRealChrisBrown]

I tried telling Edwardo my Anglerfish that these Mollies weren't food either, they were for algae control. He ate them. :rofl:

They can be prolific breeders, you might want to bring home a few males since that way you wouldn't have to worry about them already being knocked up....or getting knocked up.

Sorry about the potential ick, I hope it isn't ick!!!!

 

[Fitz19d]

Well if it's not ick it's velvet, so I'm hoping just ick.


Actually them breeding sounds fine. The babies would be just natural plankton of sorts. I know my fish would eat those. Probably keep a couple in sump and a couple in display. I'm actually wondering if the fry could help supplement my future attempt at cuttles. (Early on need live food before getting bigger and on frozen)

 

[TheRealChrisBrown]

I usually have mine in the Molly tank for 3 weeks at a time. I don't know if that is long enough for ick to present itself or not? I could acclimate a few for you to brackish water, making the next step to salt water easier on them?

 

[Fitz19d]

Thanks, but after thinking I'm probably good. Either fish store FW ones and I'll hold and transition them myself, or was interested in any folk had they were bred themselves so a couple generations old and otherwise likely to be free of petco diseases.

 

[aquarius]

I'm not sure that freshwater ich will transfer to marine water, pretty sure that it won't. In any case a lady I work with has some young mollies probably 2 months old that are disease free if you are interested.

 

[Fitz19d]

Know what species? Ya I would be if they are raised from her. Though might be more complicated since I'm going to be trying to pull my fish for a round of hypo. Freshwater ick is different than marine. What I meant the freshwater fish being safe was I knew they can't have marine ick if in FW.

 

[aquarius]

Their the black mollies other than that I couldn't say. And yes she has raised them from being born. Hypo might be the best time to get them actually because they will need to be acclimated to full strength seawater very slowly which will happen at the end of your hypo treatment anyway right? Might be a way for you to knock out two birds with one stone. In any case I'm pretty sure that they're free she didn't want any of them to be eaten as babies so she raised all of them but now they just keep breeding lol

 

[Fitz19d]

Pm me contact info? Not in the springs or anything crazy right?