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[tahja84]

:joy: Hey guys,
I have a few marble mollys that need a home. They are salt water acclimated so they will need to go into a saltwater tank..They would be great for someone with a new setup. Someone that lives near me and wants them, let me know. I am willing to drive about an hour..
Thanks,
Melissa

 

[jacknjill]

how do you acclimate them to saltwater?

 

[tahja84]

They were fresh water when I bought them, but because the wild ones live in brackish(sp?) water they can also live in saltwater. I just started them in fresh water and slowly over a period of about a month raised the salt level to where it was supposed to be...

 

[jacknjill]

oh thats cool. how high do you keep the salt level?

 

[tahja84]

1.025. (most of the time)

 

[jacknjill]

do you think i could do that with some neon tetras i have in my fresh water tank?

 

[tahja84]

I don't think that would be a good idea. The molly's are the only fish that I was recomended to when I started my tank that would do that. I asked about a beta LOL...I was told that would not be a good idea as well.....LOL

 

[jacknjill]

oh ok then. oh well. that would have been cool though. i would take the mollies from you, but im in nc

 

[maeistero]

Originally posted by JacknJill
do you think i could do that with some neon tetras i have in my fresh water tank?
OH H ell no!!!!!! mollies and few puffers are unique to that aspect. (there's like 2 others that i forget, i think a REALLY cool angel)

 

[tuningvis]

would be cool if my catfish-ish thing could go salt

 

[teresaq]

I have Black Mollys in my Sw tank. They are from my Fresh Water Pond. . I did the same thing, slowly raised the salitity . They seem to love being the only fish imn the tank right now.,

 

[loopy]

could you do that sw thing with fresh water snails?

 

[jimmy g]

I heard that they will pick at your clams?...is this true?

 

[logen32]

archer fish and scats are able to be change.

 

[tahja84]

Don't know about clams, but I have a flame scallop now and they don't show any interest in it at all. They are however endlessly picked on by my evil domino !!!!

 

[tamsam]

hi, i could take the molly for you. how many do you have? i live in louisville. please email me at tammysamuels68@hotmail.com to arrange a meeting. thanks:happy:

 

[tahja84]

I have a amited pair, another (smaller) female, and a baby. I live in Murray. Just let me know if you for sure want them, and a good place to meet up....
Thanks,
Melissa

 

[paintballa]

would u be willing to ship? im in georgia

 

[double0norm]

I live in cincinnati, what part of ky are you in? I just started a 75 gal

 

[bigdogzack]

The best way to know if an animal can be aclimated to saltwater is to check where it originates from (i.e. its natural habitat)...if it naturally ocurs in saltwater estuaries, magrove swamps, river deltas (i.e. where river enters oceans), etc. they can usually be aclimated to full saltwater (e.g. I have several hundred guppies in one of my refugiums...ocasionally I'll net a few as a treat for my display tanks)...