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04-12-2007, 09:47 PM
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| | Feather Duster
Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: fullerton ca
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 |  frsh water fishin salt water
i really dident think mollys and silver sharks could live in salt water | 
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04-12-2007, 09:53 PM
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| | Giant Squid
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They are found in brackish water in the wild and you are suppose to keep them in brackish water, but most LFS's don't know that. _________ Got Questions? Need Answers?
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04-12-2007, 09:54 PM
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| | Giant Squid
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another thing, mollies are good for cycling a saltwater set up because they are super cheap in comparison and easy to catch unlike damsels. | |
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04-12-2007, 10:11 PM
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| | Spanish Shawl Nudibranch
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But they're not as pretty.  | |
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04-13-2007, 08:56 AM
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| | Torch Coral
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Try using Mono's. Beautiful fish and they thrive in SW. I had one in my SW tank for several years. _________ 75g reef with Nova Extreme 8 bulb HO T-5 lighting, refuge, Remora skimmer, DSB, Seio powerheads, Acro's, LPS corals, assorted zoo's & mushrooms, Yellow Tang, Maroon Clown, Blue Cleaner Goby , Cleaner, Fire and Sexy Shrimp, Coco Worm, T.Crocea Clam, Derasa Clam
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05-23-2007, 10:50 PM
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| | Fire Worm
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How do you convert Mollies to saltwater? How long does it take? I thought about putting them in my quarantine tank to keep it going between fish, is that ok?
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05-23-2007, 11:57 PM
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| | Giant Squid
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Thats fine. Start a small tank, use like 1/2 cup of salt per 3g of water, over a week or so gradually bring the level up to match your tank..... Or I would just toss half a dozen in and the strong will survive. I use to do that with mollies a guppies when I used them for feeders. I had saltwater guppies for like 6 months untill my pseudo finally found them hiding behind a return. | |
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05-24-2007, 09:05 PM
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| | Fire Worm
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So 1/2 cup Salt daily per 3g until at desired salinity? | |
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05-24-2007, 09:07 PM
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| | Giant Squid
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That should do it bro. | |
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05-24-2007, 09:09 PM
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| | Giant Squid
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in theory, for 3g of water, it should take 3 days to get it up to speed. I would use like 10g though, it would slowly bring the level up. Start out with 1.5 cup of salt for the 10g of water, then half a cup daily for 7 days after that. | |
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