Saltwater Molly?

[sage_commander]

I saw one of these at my LFS today. It's orange(ish) in color and about 2.5 inches long.

How big do these get, what do they eat, are they aggressive, etc? I only have a clowin pair right now but plan to get a scooter blenny sometime in the future. Any advice on this fish? Thanks!

 

[crsswift70]

i think those are just freshwater mollies acclimated to salt. They should behave the same.

 

[agreeive?fish]

It just depends on what actual breed of mooly it is as to how big it will get..2.5 t0 6 inches peace full fish but if you have a male and female you need a few more females as the male will harrasse the female to death for some lovin.. very prolific breeders... colors seem to be more vibrant in marine conditions compared to fresh water but they are the same fish.. fresh/brackish/full marine

 

[IFbettas]

They are vegetarians that will eat algae. Just go about acclimating them to marine conditions slowly.

 

[Michael]

i dont agree with mollys in the marine aquarium, yes they can adapt as they are from brackish waters, however i have read a bit about them being able to live in marine aquaria and regardless of what you hear about all mollys being able to thrive in our salt water tanks, its actually only pure black mollys that will live full lives, all the other off strains will live but not full lives, really they are best suited to freshwater aquaria, still if you really want 1 then im sure you will get 1, however there are plenty of gorgeous marine fish much prettier than mollys for sale