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01-11-2007, 11:39 AM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Dec 2006
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 |  Mollys in saltwater O.o
I found out a while ago that mollies can accually live in saltwater when properly drip aclimated (if no one believes me there happens to be one in my saltwater tank) I never knew that a lps accually knew something about the fish they sell. Joking around aside, apparentally they can live in saltwater due to the fact that they are commonly swept out to sea in the wild.(or something like that)
Just wanted to share some interesting information. | 
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01-11-2007, 11:42 AM
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| | Ritteri Anemone
Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Naperville IL Age: 29
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Yes good stuff.
People also acclimate Mollies because they are cheap and then use them as live food for there huge eals, tiggers, frogfish and other monster fish.
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01-11-2007, 11:52 AM
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| | Astrea Snail
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I was thinking about doing that if I ever get a ped. tank *evil grin*
My lfs accually has a shark egg case that would be awesome to have, if only I had a spare tank that big.
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01-11-2007, 12:33 PM
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| | Giant Squid
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I would love to get a Sting Ray or Skate for my 75 gallon tank! The only thing it would have to be a species that remains small! I know there are brackish and freshwater rays that I could get! They are fascinating and so docile...plus they will come up and eat out of your hand!
Yeah, I've seen Mollies in saltwater-they are livebarers though and thus get ICH easily!!!!! Not what we need! _________ 125gal.w/Mag9.5 return(dual megaflow)>Mag7 pump Aqua Cev180skimmer.Wave2k Hamilton Reefstar(2)250watthqi(mh)pend.a Yellow, Naso Tang Red Lip Blenny Percula Clown Demoiselles Niger Trigger F. Wrasses Ceriantharia Orn.Shrimp and Stars Hermits Queen Conch asst. snails> Stars Zoos shrooms Montipora Brains Gorgonians Favia Turbinaria(large+small polyp) Acropora Xenia Tridacna (CroceaMaximaSquamosa) Leathers <35+75gal.reef tank as well> 
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01-11-2007, 01:01 PM
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| | Feather Duster
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I used mollies to start my salt water cycle, and to check and see if my tank was live stock liveable :p However, THey are the hardest things to catch, I ended up taking all the rock out of the tank to get them all when I upgraded to better fish :p
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01-11-2007, 03:56 PM
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| | Stylophora
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I used them to cycle tanks back in the day and used them as live feed for a lion fish i had back then also... I bought 32 to start a 120gal once, when the cycle was done the first fish i bought for the tank was a trigger. Let me just say that the mollies didnt agree with my choice of fish  and in a matter of weeks they were all gone  .
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01-11-2007, 04:56 PM
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| | 3reef Sponsor
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Originally Posted by coral reefer  I would love to get a Sting Ray or Skate for my 75 gallon tank! The only thing it would have to be a species that remains small! I know there are brackish and freshwater rays that I could get! They are fascinating and so docile...plus they will come up and eat out of your hand!
Yeah, I've seen Mollies in saltwater-they are livebarers though and thus get ICH easily!!!!! Not what we need! | Quote:
Originally Posted by coral reefer I would love to get a Sting Ray or Skate for my 75 gallon tank! The only thing it would have to be a species that remains small! I know there are brackish and freshwater rays that I could get! They are fascinating and so docile...plus they will come up and eat out of your hand!
Yeah, I've seen Mollies in saltwater-they are livebarers though and thus get ICH easily!!!!! Not what we need! | Have I got a blue spot ray for you LOL he is hand tame tap the rim of the tub and he will slide up and look you in the eye and wait to be hand fed. Kids that come into the shop love him to death . We call him spot (: I'll see if i can get a pic and post him for y'all
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Oh and as for Mollies they re a salt marsh fish as are the guppy and a few other F.W aquarium fish. That where acclimated from brackish/salt to F.W to begin with.. And as for Millie's and Ich salt in the F.W tank will ward off ich in them as with about all F.W fish I used to keep a little salt in all of my F.W tanks as a kid.. One tbl spoon per 5 gals of uniodized table salt. _________ Some of the world's greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible (Doug Larson)
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01-11-2007, 06:55 PM
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| | Gigas Clam
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yea, FW ich and SW ich are totaly different. In FW you use salt to kill ich, because it is a fungus. But in SW ich is a parisite that lives on the fish the burrows into the skin. If anything the molly would do better in salt. Ive just read they dont reproduce as fast in SW. But thanks for bringing this up, alot of people dont know this,
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01-11-2007, 08:37 PM
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| | Giant Squid
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With saltwater ICH, you can help to rid it by decreasing the salinity of your water! Do it gradually though or you unleash other potential problems! when you get the salinity to roughly 1.020, keep it there for a week or son then SLOWLY increase the salinity to 1.024-26 again. | |
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01-11-2007, 09:38 PM
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| | Stylophora
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Originally Posted by Birchell Ive just read they dont reproduce as fast in SW. | Really???  Cause when i had then they were popping out babies like rabbits.  | |
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