matty Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Anyone else here keep mollies in their salt tank? I have had these guys a few weeks and they seem to be doing very well. I got 2 orange and 2 dalmation sail fins originally but lost one to the water change hose. They seem to nibble on anything new that goes in the tank so I have to hold my hand over the siphon hose during water changes or they get sucked. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexinverts Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Wow. I didn't know that they could handle full salt. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack-the-reefer Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 How long did it take to transition them? I've been thinking about this to feed the frogfish I'm planning to get. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty Posted December 18, 2015 Author Share Posted December 18, 2015 How long did it take to transition them? I've been thinking about this to feed the frogfish I'm planning to get. I just dripped them for about 30 minutes and tossed them in. I did a lot of reading and most people surprisingly had better success with just tossing them in. Wow. I didn't know that they could handle full salt. Yeah they do well in full salt from what I understand, they also have been reported to grow larger in salt, not sure about that but time will tell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheClark Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Garf.org lady really had allot of them in her tanks I remember seeing. Good stuff! Supposed to be great clean up crew/cleaners I hear? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badxgillen Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Years ago my brother and I acclimated mollies to salt over a period of time and then put them in a softy\LPS coral tank, it looked rather off to me but still cool. They do pick at algae most of the day and didn't seem to bother any other fishes or inverts that were in there. I prefer the sail fin dalmatians look or black and silver speckled, lotsa varieties out there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eclipse522 Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 There were some mollies already acclimated at world of wet pets. I thought about getting some but someone advices against mollies in salt. A part of me still wants to get some. Is there any negative for having mollies in a saltwater tank? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty Posted December 18, 2015 Author Share Posted December 18, 2015 Not that I know of but I am very new to having them in a reef. They pick algae and kind of hang out in the low flow areas of the tank. No coral picking or aggression that I have seen but they are very curious, they clean my hand like a cleaner shrimp when I put it in the tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandinga Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 I have kept them....the longest I was able to keep them alive was about 9 months...I think others will tell you the same, they just don't last long in full salt. I tried them to eat some algae, but they were so afraid of my tangs and angels that they wouldn't leave their little area. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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