shaywood Posted January 14, 2021 Share Posted January 14, 2021 I don't have any algae eater fish in my 25 gallon reef tank, so I decided to add a couple of mollies to eat algae. After slow acclamation and a couple days getting used to the environment this video shows a molly mowing algae. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saltfishlover Posted January 14, 2021 Share Posted January 14, 2021 I did this with mollies and some guppies. They are awesome at it. I'm currently acclimating more. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burningbaal Posted January 14, 2021 Share Posted January 14, 2021 I've been meaning to get back to Saltwater City in Bellevue, they usually have some mollies in their copper tanks they've already acclimated. You might check stores around you, especially one that has QT tanks anyways. It's not a whole lot more work for them to acclimate while they're doing QT. I think the last time I bought one it was like $5 or something. Maybe high for a mollie, but dirt cheap for one that's been acclimated and for any SW fish...let alone one that's spent a month in copper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saltfishlover Posted January 14, 2021 Share Posted January 14, 2021 Yup, definitely worth the cost if someone wanted them. I know some think it's going backwards to freshwater fish, but they do a good job and it's unusual to see them in a salt tank. I've have found they are less stressed if I spend a week or more acclimating. I've even had babies from my pair but they get eaten with a few days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxkenny90xx Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 It sounds like you guys are all doing very slow acclimations for your mollies? Hm, I have always just dropped them into my tank (after a 10 min float to adjust the temp) and had pretty good success rates, about 8/10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saltfishlover Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 Not me. I've never had one survive dropping in, or a single day of acclimating. Have any babies with yours? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaywood Posted January 15, 2021 Author Share Posted January 15, 2021 I did a slow drip acclimation over 3-4 hours checking salinity and ph. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxkenny90xx Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 14 minutes ago, Saltfishlover said: Not me. I've never had one survive dropping in, or a single day of acclimating. Have any babies with yours? Interesting. How long does it take for them to die? No babies here as I never keep mollies for more than a month (eventually they make friends with my wartskin angler). But I have been considering one for my reef Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saltfishlover Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 I've had a pair of mollies for a year now. The first time they had babies I saw one in my sump and one in my overflow. Still have one in the sump this next pair should be done this weekend and will go into a different tank 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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