Molly's in reef?

[Saltfishlover]

Ok here is an odd question. I saw a video of a guy who acclimated Molly fish to saltwater and put them in his FOWLR tank. Has anyone here done this? Was wondering if, s

 

[LIreefguy]

Yes it has be done and can be done. They are good algae eaters
They are easy and cheap

some say they don’t even need to be accumulated to salt. Just throw them in

I did it thAt way and all 4 made it. Cool thing too is they are always breeding in the tank providing free fish food

 

[eggplantparrot]

*cough*don'tdothisifyouhaveanemones*cough*

 

[Greybeard]

Live food producers

Yeah, they do fine in salt water. One of the best small tank algae eating fishes I know of.

 

[sarcophytonIndy]

Yeah, but, but, but... just doesn't seem right to me.

 

[Saltfishlover]

I thought I was crazy thinking of it. Good to know it's been done. I would do it for alge and live food.

 

[Malifry97]

*cough*don'tdothisifyouhaveanemones*cough*

Why? Just curious.

 

[Shooter6]

Why? Just curious.

They are dumb and become nem food

 

[Malifry97]

They are dumb and become nem food

Oh I see. I didn’t know if maybe they would try and harm the Nems or something

 

[Shooter6]

Oh I see. I didn’t know if maybe they would try and harm the Nems or something

They are used to hiding in plants, so they confuse nems with plants lol

 

[symon_say]

That was one of my first fish in saltwater tank, and will do it in next tank, great source of live food.

 

[Malifry97]

They are used to hiding in plants, so they confuse nems with plants lol

Oh lol

 

[Peace River]

Yeah, but, but, but... just doesn't seem right to me.

Sailfin mollies (Poecilia latipinna) are brackish fish that can adapt to many salinity levels.

 

[Bpfor3]

i keep about 4-5 in my 40 long Qt tank. they keep it clean, keep the biological filter going and act as dither fish to calm new fish down a bit. i have always bought them in fW and dripped them to double the capacity of the water and dump em in. have lost a few, but 9% do fine.

 

[Peace River]

i keep about 4-5 in my 40 long Qt tank. they keep it clean, keep the biological filter going and act as dither fish to calm new fish down a bit. i have always bought them in fW and dripped them to double the capacity of the water and dump em in. have lost a few, but 9% do fine.

I’m really hoping you meant 90%!?!

 

[Bpfor3]

Ugh. yes!

 

[Sticker shock]

I started my tank with a pair of mollies before I added my "regular" fish. The mollies were quite aggressive with my clowns. Had to banish the mollies to the refugium. I'm sure once the clowns put on a little size it would have worked out better.

 

[LobsterOfJustice]

They do fine in saltwater but just remember these are not reef fish. They don’t handle flow well and are bad at avoiding danger (getting stung as well as water slide down the overflow).

 

[eschaton]

I've actually heard that it can be done with guppies as well, though you have to go slower than with mollies - can't just plunk them in.

I've always been tempted to slowly acclimate a population of Endlers to saltwater. I've seen other people do it before, including on this forum.

 

[Saltfishlover]

When I get a larger tank I may try this for the love food