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Old 08-20-2011, 06:42 PM
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Question Anyone has experience keeping marine molly

I just saw J&L has bunch of black molly which fully acclimated to salt water, I wonder if anyone has experience keeping them. They are so cute.

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Old 08-20-2011, 07:20 PM
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Mollies are one of the few if only traditional fw tank fish that will do ok in sw set-ups. You just have to be patient when converting them over.... heres a link to a video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_ULI...eature=related
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Old 08-20-2011, 07:21 PM
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And apparently they eat algae...wooohoooo!
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Old 08-20-2011, 07:22 PM
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These are already converted, I wonder if they are reef safe or not!
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Old 08-20-2011, 07:26 PM
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These are already converted, I wonder if they are reef safe or not!
Ya, they are. They are great algae eaters.
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Old 08-20-2011, 07:29 PM
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There is actually quite a few different species that naturally start their lives in total freshwater and migrate their way down to saltwater as they get older. I know green spotted puffers, figure 8 puffers, pea puffers, archer fish, and mono sebae's have been known to be totally ok in a full saltwater environment as long as they are slowely acclimated.
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Old 08-20-2011, 07:33 PM
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OK then I gonna go get a pair today
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