Mollies for Algae control
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kentrob11
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Well, one out of the 4 mollies is eating at this point. He started on the overflow box about an hour ago and has been picking ever since....the other white marbled one is hanging out at the top and the two orange/yellow mollies are hovering near the bottom on apposite ends of the tank....
kentrob11
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As of this morning, the one is still eating away, two got stuck on the intakes for my closed loop (They weren't looking good anyway) and the 4th is still hanging out near the rocks as before...The one that is eating is a frikin machine- It hasn't made it's way to the rocks yet though. He's picked my overflow box clean 
I think the best way to do these guys is to start them in your sump where ist's easy to pull them out if they don't make it and only put them into the display after they've proven to be healthy and eating in Saltwater....
I think the best way to do these guys is to start them in your sump where ist's easy to pull them out if they don't make it and only put them into the display after they've proven to be healthy and eating in Saltwater....
Island Hopper
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Will they eat Byrosis?
kentrob11
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Update....
One orange and one marbled molly doing well and both eating now. While they haven't touched the rock yet, they have pecked the crap out of the overflow boxes keeping them nice and clean. They are definately algea eating machines- I'd like to get 2 more in there at some point but I think I'll let these do their thing for a while and make sure they last in there....
One orange and one marbled molly doing well and both eating now. While they haven't touched the rock yet, they have pecked the crap out of the overflow boxes keeping them nice and clean. They are definately algea eating machines- I'd like to get 2 more in there at some point but I think I'll let these do their thing for a while and make sure they last in there....
frenchie
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got a male orange sailfin with orange female, and a greyish blue male sailfin with another female 4 mollies in total acclimated from 6 pm to about noon next day been 3 days now all are alive swimming everywhere eating algae picking at sand glass and rocks none of other fish are messin with them either but both males are getting alot of action so there will be babies soon i'm sure.
SuperNerd
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Sorry to butt in but this is a very interesting read. Will mollies swim into any anemone and get killed or only certain ones with very sticky tentacles? I have RBTAs, a rock/flower anemone and some mini carpets.
In you guys' opinion, would I simply be providing these anemones with a fish to eat if I add a mollie?
In you guys' opinion, would I simply be providing these anemones with a fish to eat if I add a mollie?
There's a LFS here in Columbia that has mollies in a saltwater tank so they're already adapted to SW. I bought two yesterday, one's in my sump and one's in my display. So far they haven't really eaten much but then again they haven't exactly been in there long enough to settle in either 
The one in my display was picking at the algae on the glass for a second or two though.
Supernerd: Don't worry about butting in...there's always a lot of derailing in the SLASH threads and it's fun to have a new visitor Since mollies are not saltwater fish they aren't accustomed to saltwater dangers such as anemones. My guess is that if the molly gets close enough the anemone will catch it, but it almost seems like things would have to perfectly fall into place for your anemone to have a molly meal. This being said, I do not have an anemone so I don't have experience with them and my information that I just typed out might be totally invalid 
The one in my display was picking at the algae on the glass for a second or two though.Supernerd: Don't worry about butting in...there's always a lot of derailing in the SLASH threads and it's fun to have a new visitor
Since mollies are not saltwater fish they aren't accustomed to saltwater dangers such as anemones. My guess is that if the molly gets close enough the anemone will catch it, but it almost seems like things would have to perfectly fall into place for your anemone to have a molly meal. This being said, I do not have an anemone so I don't have experience with them and my information that I just typed out might be totally invalid 
You could be...these aren't fish with reef instincts...I have never worried about them getting eaten...it is their purpose in the tank. They breed rapidly so the supply is replenished. Keep a male and a female in the sump, when the babies get big enough into the tank they go. I am going to have to get some more...my purple reef lobster has made short work of my sump inhabitants. lol He is banished there for the time being.
