My first saltwater molly

[KING KONG]

Yup i had a doubt that it will work but it worked. I took 4-5 hrs for whole process as my tank was running little low of salt. I only done this with a single molly as u can say for experiment. Now my next step would be to take it to eating. Yesterday it was struggling with flow but now it's ok from yesterday. Will it be ok if i feed it small saltwater pellets? Or should i feed it fw pellets? Also, is it normal f it is not hiding? Also staying at top of the tank most of the time(maybe due to flow)

 

[TX_REEF]

It will eat any flake or pellet you choose. They’ll tend to prefer eating from the surface. It’s normal that they don’t hide - in fact I like this characteristic, it encourages the rest of the fish to be out and about. Mine basically lives under the auto feeder floating feeding ring. She also happily devours any frozen foods I provide to the tank.

 

[KING KONG]

It will eat any flake or pellet you choose. They’ll tend to prefer eating from the surface. It’s normal that they don’t hide - in fact I like this characteristic, it encourages the rest of the fish to be out and about. Mine basically lives under the auto feeder floating feeding ring. She also happily devours any frozen foods I provide to the tank.

Ok thx was little worried as last time i failed with 2 mollies. This time i think i made it but as it's not eating, it's giving me a little pain. I may add 2 more but the problem is i don't know it's gender and i hv been told

 

[exnisstech]

Mine ate whatever I fed the other fish, mostly frozen. They also spawned while I had them so other fish got treats. They didn't live a long time for me, maybe a few months. I think the high flow I have is a problem for them.

 

[KrisReef]

Ok thx was little worried as last time i failed with 2 mollies. This time i think i made it but as it's not eating, it's giving me a little pain. I may add 2 more but the problem is i don't know it's gender and i hv been told

Poor pic but I see a female Virgin. If the LFS can’t sex out a male then get a new LFS.

The fin near the vent is rounded in the female while the male has a long thin tube like business end for transferring genes around instead of the fan.

When he is working the fin will aim forward

 

[KING KONG]

Poor pic but I see a female Virgin. If the LFS can’t sex out a male then get a new LFS.

The fin near the vent is rounded in the female while the male has a long thin tube like business end for transferring genes around instead of the fan.

When he is working the fin will aim forward

Ohk thx so next time i had to bring a male and a female

 

[KING KONG]

They didn't live a long time for me, maybe a few months. I think the high flow I have is a problem for them.

That would be a problem in mine too . Though, it is looking little settled now. Trying to get it to marine hikari small pellets

 

[KING KONG]

Added 2 more- one black and one orange but white one looks like more active. Black one is hoding a corner and orange one is staying close to white one and white one doesn't mind it

 

[ScubaSkeets]

I bought 5 SW Mollies at one of my LFSs for 4 bucks a piece several months ago. Within a month or so, for some reason, 2 out of the 5 were killed by something else (or died and then chewed up by something else)
However, the remaining 3 are active and eating everything I feed, joining the feeding frenzy with tankmates 10x their size! I have 2 males and 1 female (based on their tail appearance)
One interesting thing about mine is I bought one black one and the other 4 were various colors. Now, the remaining 3 are all black.

 

[KING KONG]

I bought 5 SW Mollies at one of my LFSs for 4 bucks a piece several months ago. Within a month or so, for some reason, 2 out of the 5 were killed by something else (or died and then chewed up by something else)
However, the remaining 3 are active and eating everything I feed, joining the feeding frenzy with tankmates 10x their size! I have 2 males and 1 female (based on their tail appearance)
One interesting thing about mine is I bought one black one and the other 4 were various colors. Now, the remaining 3 are all black.

I know i hv one female can't say about others, trying to get them in a vedio as black one is hiding on a corner and other two r following each other

 

[KrisReef]

 

[KING KONG]

I think i got 2 males and 1 female . Hopefully they would not fight as they r roaming around tank together