Mollies

[stoneflier]

Im new to the reef tans.

I acclimated 2 mollies with a 12 hour drip.
Started with 500 ml of fresh and dripped in a litre.

Put them back in a bad and floatted them for 1/2 hr.

48 hours later they look fantastic...

I used to enjoy them in a tropical tank years back.

I have a male and female currently.

I'll give them a week and if they look great I'll.add a couple more females.

I recall them a prolific breeders , im curious how / if they will breed?

Any comments please would be greatly appreciated

 

[Ranjib]

#reefsquad

 

[KrisReef]

I like mollies better in salt water than fresh. I want to add some to my tank but I never see them in the stores I shop for fish in.

 

[stoneflier]

I like mollies better in salt water than fresh. I want to add some to my tank but I never see them in the stores I shop for fish in.

I found some (lots) at a national pet store that carries nothing reef.

 

[reef lover]

Welcome to r2r !!

 

[Subsea]

Mollies do fine in full strength marine enviroment. However, they do not fare well with territorial reef fish.

I have outside mariulture tanks growing differrent macroalgae with third & fourth generation Marine Mollies. They have declined in numbers because I no longer feed them.

 

[ngoodermuth]

Welcome to R2R and reef tanks! The nice thing about acclimating freshwater mollies to saltwater, is that you don't have to worry about introducing and marine parasites And, freshwater parasites typically don't last long in saltwater. Win-win.

Just be careful with other "marine" additions, besides being timid... freshwater-raised mollies are very susceptible to marine parasites and disease because they have no environmental immunity coming from freshwater environments. I'd highly suggest investing in a QT protocol, there are some great stickies in the "Fish disease and treatment" forum if you're interested in learning more.

 

[sfin52]

Im new to the reef tans.

I acclimated 2 mollies with a 12 hour drip.
Started with 500 ml of fresh and dripped in a litre.

Put them back in a bad and floatted them for 1/2 hr.

48 hours later they look fantastic...

I used to enjoy them in a tropical tank years back.

I have a male and female currently.

I'll give them a week and if they look great I'll.add a couple more females.

I recall them a prolific breeders , im curious how / if they will breed?

Any comments please would be greatly appreciated

Welcome to reef2reef. They are a great saltwater fish.

 

[ihavecrabs]

My freshwater molly I used to confirm my quarantine process was added to my reef tank (frag tank side) a month back.. and gave birth to 10 little mollies.

Prolific breeders indeed!

 

[Subsea]

My freshwater molly I used to confirm my quarantine process was added to my reef tank (frag tank side) a month back.. and gave birth to 10 little mollies.

Prolific breeders indeed!

In a frag tank, they are perfect janitors.

 

[Mike_Diako]

I have two female dalmation mollies in my tank. They are great algea grazers. I originally added 2 females and a male but the male didn't survive.

 

[chris85]

Mute the video, but these are wild caught mollies. I have had them for awhile and they have released two clutches of babies and live happily with there fishy friends!!

 

[Reefpuck]

I bought one to help on the algae in my tank...but he just waits on top of the tank all day long for food I feed. But no fish seem to bother him.

 

[lion king]

They will breed just as well in sw, it just seems the process takes a little longer at each stage.

 

[Greybeard]

Good algae eaters for smaller tanks where tangs and rabbitfish are not an option.

Prolific breeders, salt or fresh.

 

[stoneflier]

It took me 5 Mollies to have 3 acclimate. 30 hour drip was the key with 78° heat. 11 weeks later I found 5 babies in the outflow box and 21 in a filter bag. I dumped them into the display tank, 2 Clowns ate 1 each and the Yellow Tang ate another. The balance moved into the live rock.