wow those guppies are very small...
my mollies were quite easy to acclimate..
and they seem to love the marine enviroment...
my mollies were quite easy to acclimate..
and they seem to love the marine enviroment...
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Guppy Salinity Acclimation
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Tropiquarium told me you can acclimate Mollies to salt water.
I didn't know about the guppies
Seen you guys say , Sailfin Mollies , are these ones better?
Going to try to get them into my seahorse tank for a natural feed for them.
Although, I hope the problem, like MAVL666 said, maybe the seahorses will attack mommy molly for young and kill her.... hope not
This will be an up and coming experiment for me.
Glad to hear that the Mollies are pretty easy to do.
Tropiquarium told me you can acclimate Mollies to salt water.
I didn't know about the guppies
Seen you guys say , Sailfin Mollies , are these ones better?
Going to try to get them into my seahorse tank for a natural feed for them.
Although, I hope the problem, like MAVL666 said, maybe the seahorses will attack mommy molly for young and kill her.... hope not
This will be an up and coming experiment for me.
Glad to hear that the Mollies are pretty easy to do.
Here's a recap of what I have found with this experiment:
Mollies can be acclimated within a day or two. Guppies usually take a few days (especially fancy guppies).
Well fed fish don't want to bother chasing their food. Shrimp, on the other hand, are greedy and will eat them.
Guppies don't breed as quickly in full seawater, though males will spend all day trying to mate with already pregnant females.
People always look twice when they see a guppy/molly in a saltwater tank, wondering why/how you did that.
Mollies are voracious eaters of caulerpa and hair algae (almost as good as a tang except less than $3 even for a sailfin or lyretailed).
Other fish get annoyed at them since they are also fast eaters and the male spends most of the day trying to mate with the already pregnant female.
Mollies can be acclimated within a day or two. Guppies usually take a few days (especially fancy guppies).
Well fed fish don't want to bother chasing their food. Shrimp, on the other hand, are greedy and will eat them.
Guppies don't breed as quickly in full seawater, though males will spend all day trying to mate with already pregnant females.
People always look twice when they see a guppy/molly in a saltwater tank, wondering why/how you did that.
Mollies are voracious eaters of caulerpa and hair algae (almost as good as a tang except less than $3 even for a sailfin or lyretailed).
Other fish get annoyed at them since they are also fast eaters and the male spends most of the day trying to mate with the already pregnant female.
My (Marine) Mollies are even teaching the chromis to eat algae of the glass!!
Now that is one funny thing to watch!!!
Just remember... To anyone who does try this....
One male to 2-3 females for good breeding...
During and After giving birth the mother will try to eat the babies so net them up and put them in a sump or fuge for safety... ( I also let mine hang out in my overflows..)
After about a 2 months the babies will already try to breed and will triple in size....
Now that is one funny thing to watch!!!
Just remember... To anyone who does try this....
One male to 2-3 females for good breeding...
During and After giving birth the mother will try to eat the babies so net them up and put them in a sump or fuge for safety... ( I also let mine hang out in my overflows..)
After about a 2 months the babies will already try to breed and will triple in size....