can't find Saltwater molly

Johnnyboy87 · Oct 10, 2022

I can't find any mollys at my Lfs. I'm in Brookfield IL. Anyone seen any lately.

PeterEde · Oct 10, 2022

Don't you have to buy freshwater Mollys and acclimate them over time to salt?

AlexG · Oct 10, 2022

I just buy fresh water mollies and turn them to saltwater. I just put them in a bucket with an inch or two of water and use some airline tube to fast drip acclimate or just add a cup of water every 15min for a couple hours. I typically dip them in paragaurd for 15min before I put them into a saltwater system. Once they are done with a dip I rinse them with saltwater and put them in your system or QT tank.

Ef4life · Oct 10, 2022

Yup buy freshwater and acclimate to salt.

reefbuilders YouTube has a good video on acclimating mollies

PeterEde · Oct 10, 2022

Johnnyboy87 said:
I can't find any mollys at my Lfs. I'm in Brookfield IL. Anyone seen any lately.

Oddly my LFS does have them. Not sure if for sale though. Never thought to ask.

SoCalSauce · Oct 10, 2022

Corals anonymous an online retailer has them for sale

Mattiejay6 · Oct 10, 2022

All they are is fresh water mollies acclimated to salt water

Johnnyboy87 · Dec 2, 2022

Found some. Aquatica in Tinley Park IL has them for sale. So far it eats all day long in my evo 13.5. i have the molly in there with a clown and the clown is trying to pair with him lol