Saltwater Mollies

[StephenRU]

Anyone else have experience / have some? Not sure why I went this route but I feel that they are really nice fish. Read different sources some suggested quick acclimation some longer.

It is a fairly new tank but I had some emerging algae issues and they are cleaning it up speedily and especially the silver sailfin mollies seem to be doing very well.

So I purchased six mollies and acclimated them to Saltwater over 3 hours. Two perished, whereas other four are doing very well.

1 Perished due to salinity/stress

1 Perished due to its own stupidity, got its head stuck in a hole and was damaged afterward and soon perished afterward. It was swimming very wonky.

 

[Naraku]

I would rather have platties or guppies. Are those even possible?

I have heard that they are trying to breed mollies that are as red as swordtails.
They also have the veiltail mollies.

 

[farfromsea]

Apparently guppies will tolerate living in saltwater http://www.wetwebmedia.com/fwsubwebindex/poeciliids.htm

Not finding evidence of the same for Platies.

I have 2 sailfin mollies in my tank. I've been happy with them. I am having some algae problems so I haven't needed to feed them since introducing them 1 month ago. They are active fish. I wanted to see if they would breed in the tank but I suspect since I'm not feeding them they are not feeling up to the task. I have too much algae to feel like they are making a significant dent in it.

Talked a bit about introducing them in this thread http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2584925

 

[cougareyes]

I bred them in salt, seems to prolong the normal time they would take. Took forever but they will.

 

[starkii]

Apparently guppies will tolerate living in saltwater http://www.wetwebmedia.com/fwsubwebindex/poeciliids.htm

Not finding evidence of the same for Platies.

I have 2 sailfin mollies in my tank. I've been happy with them. I am having some algae problems so I haven't needed to feed them since introducing them 1 month ago. They are active fish. I wanted to see if they would breed in the tank but I suspect since I'm not feeding them they are not feeling up to the task. I have too much algae to feel like they are making a significant dent in it.

Talked a bit about introducing them in this thread http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2584925

Now this is one to take with a pinch of salt but somewhere in the memory banks I have a story I read in practical fishkeeping (or similar magazine) where platies were a problem in Australia because people had either released them into rivers where they made it to the sea or had flushed them down the bog. I can't remember exactly what the story was but they seemed to be a problem in the sea as they were doing quite well. Not that I'd ever try it.

 

[Marshall O]

I have 3 Mollies in my 75 gallon QT. I keep them in there to act as dither fish, and because they help with algae.

A few years ago I bought a single Molly and had it in my 46 gallon QT. I forget how long it was, but maybe a month later it gave birth. I wasn't prepared to raise the fry, so they slowly died over a few weeks. I believe they normally spawn in brackish water anyways, and do very well in full SW IME.

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[toruk]

I got about 9 Poecilia Velifera(Giant Sailfin Molly) fry off aquabid about 2 weeks ago. I had planned to keep them in freshwater in a separate tank but I decided to minimize clutter and put them in my marine tank. The little 1in mollies do just fine in full marine with no acclimation. Literally just plopped them in at night and the next morning they were swimming at the surface begging for food. Velifera are one of my favorite fish so I am happy to keep them in my tank. The sail on the males are huge and they are the largest growing of the species getting 5-6in. They also do a good job(as others have mentioned) of eating algae and picking off detritus and what not off the rock.

 

[scooters reef]

I managed to acclimate guppies to salt years ago. LOL, story of why doesn't matter here. However, I can't see them helping with algae and they would just become another food source and rapidly gone in a DT.