Mr. Fosi Posted January 4, 2007 Author Share Posted January 4, 2007 Well, guess what I found stuck to the AC intake grate this morning. I'd like to blame it on walmart but I don't think I can. I am going to try it one more time, just in case I got a bum fish. Link to comment
Dallassask Posted January 4, 2007 Share Posted January 4, 2007 Wow, You do have a GHA problem, the molly will pick at it constantly but (dont feed it), they wont eat it if you feeding them daily but just leave the tank to its own devices and the molly should keep the green hair algae at bay. Lol again, when my buddy moved his 3 mollies to a larger tank they were the only fish in there for 2 and 1/2 months, and thats all they did was eat the GHA that was growing on the rocks and glass. I think EZ might have something here though, my buddy's seem to live for about 6 months, have babies and then die. The second generation mollies have been alive for at least 8 or 9 months though and there doing fine. Sorry about your mollie. Link to comment
Ryan_H Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 i hope you don't keep him for more than a few months in there as they eventually succumb to the high salinity not that i was treated my old mollies better...(threw one in my oscar tank long time ago) actually they do better in saltwater. we recently had a guy bring in a 4" black molly that he had used to cycle his 75 and it was in there for 2 years. my manager also has a 37 gallon tank FULL of saltwater mollies that he has been breeding, and he has some that are 3-4 years old. Well, guess what I found stuck to the AC intake grate this morning. I'd like to blame it on walmart but I don't think I can. I am going to try it one more time, just in case I got a bum fish. get a black molly from an lfs and just chuck him in. i've "acclimated" 4 that way in the back room of my store in an attempt to breed saltwater mollies with no problems whatsoever. until my now former coworker threw in a blue damsel and a coral banded shrimp that killed them. Link to comment
Mr. Fosi Posted January 14, 2007 Author Share Posted January 14, 2007 A black one, eh? I may just try that. What do you think is the difference between the black & the not-black? Link to comment
travisurfer Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 I dunno, but I have heard more reports of the black ones eating gha. Perhaps they come from a different location or a different subspecies? Link to comment
Mr. Fosi Posted January 15, 2007 Author Share Posted January 15, 2007 I picked up a black molly from wallyworld today. I mixed up some fresh SW to acclimate it in and it seems to be ok... I am going to keep an eye on it for another couple hours before I put it in the 2.5g. Link to comment
clifford513 Posted January 15, 2007 Share Posted January 15, 2007 I had black mollies in mine for a long time when I first set it up, years ago. They did fine. Supplied a good food source for my spotted puffer, and themselves Sailfins work well, too, though they get quite a bit larger. I read somewhere that the orange ones seldom fare well in saltwater. Link to comment
Mr. Fosi Posted January 16, 2007 Author Share Posted January 16, 2007 Well, the black molly didn't do so well either. After a full day in SW, it looked like it was ready to keel over, so I put it back into FW. Within about 15min of being placed back into FW, it started to look happier. I'm going to leave it in the beaker for the night and will check on it in the morning. If it is still alive, I will just put it in my FW planted tank. Anyone out there want to sell me their SW acclimated molly? Link to comment
ezcompany Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 now ur becoming like me, a fish killer! Link to comment
clifford513 Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 What kind of mollies is Walmart selling Link to comment
Ryan_H Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 by "not doing well" what do you mean? because usually i just toss them in to saltwater, and for the first few hours or even a day or so their fins are sometimes clamped and they hide in the corner. then they get over it and are fine, if they even showed signs of stress to begin with. Link to comment
clifford513 Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 That was similar to my experience. Tough, southern mollies Link to comment
Mr. Fosi Posted January 16, 2007 Author Share Posted January 16, 2007 by "not doing well" what do you mean? I mean sitting on the bottom of the container & not responding to stimulus, i.e. being pushed around by a probe. I could tell it was alive only because the gill plates were still moving. Link to comment
Ryan_H Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 I mean sitting on the bottom of the container & not responding to stimulus, i.e. being pushed around by a probe. I could tell it was alive only because the gill plates were still moving. hmmm... you have wussy mollies. go to a real lfs and get one, lol. actually, some lfs sell them already acclimated to saltwater as saltwater feeders, so you might get lucky Link to comment
Mr. Fosi Posted January 17, 2007 Author Share Posted January 17, 2007 The two LFSs here don't sell them already acclimated... Maybe I could talk one of the guys into trying it, then buying once he has some success. EDIT: The Molly was dead by this morning, even after having moved it back into FW. Link to comment
Mr. Fosi Posted January 18, 2007 Author Share Posted January 18, 2007 The end of an era. This tank has been a lot of fun & I am certainly not sorry I started it. However, I probably won't have another SW tank this small unless I have no other choice. This size tank is nice because it is easy to make it look full, but there just isn't enough room to add an ATO unit or skimmer which would make things a lot easier. I have moved on to something a little bigger: http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/index.php?...107156&st=0 Thanks to all who contributed to this thread, may your reefs never bleach. Link to comment
travisurfer Posted January 19, 2007 Share Posted January 19, 2007 hope the new one is just as awesome! Link to comment
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