I caught some wild green sailfin molly's in a coastal trailer park pond that is on the Ecofina river in Ecofina Fl. I had them in a brackish tank for 3 yrs now, acclimated some to saltwater and they are raising saltwater baby's now, they love the saltwater.
Hello I hope you are all well! In this video I add some new Giant Sailfin Mollies to my Macroalgae system. I love these fish, they are so beautiful. Since recording this video they have already given birth to 8 babies, which I have moved to the section next to them for their own safety to grow on! If you enjoy this video please remember to leave a like and subscribe if you're not already. Thanks for watching and happy fish keeping!
I've done this with varying degrees of success. I tried with a very aggressive male Sailfin earlier this winter. He came down with a skin infection after about a week. It cleared up right away when I put him back into fresher water. One problem with adding Sailfins to reef tanks is the current. They don't seem to like the typical flow rates that we find in reef aquariums. Cheers, Chris
reasons to add mollies in saltwater tank: 1)certain types of algae clean up 2)health of fish, mollies in saltwater tend to do better than freshwater counterparts as they have less diseases(e.g: literal permanent salt dip treatment of freshwater fish, killing away freshwater viruses, bacteria that cannot survive the salinity and perhaps likely certain freshwater parasites too) 3)easy breed, easy keep, some saltwater fishes are hard to breed, but mollies can provide young to continue providing its services to the aquarium for years to come if kept correctly 4)adds movement and colors to your saltwater aquarium
Watched your video and acclimated some what I believe were sphenops Mollies over to salt all made 48 hour acclimation but after another 48 hours 5 if the 6 were dead I then acclimated some sailing youngster to full salt . Much better all 6 survived however 3 months later only 2 out of the 6 remain. Strange as 30 years ago when we could buy amazing quality mollies never had an issue. The remaining 2 seem lethargic .. the only thing I wondered if it’s the temp as the are only at 24c. Used to keep mollies at 28-30c back in the day do not sure. Any thoughts?? Thanks
I'm currently acclimating 3 Black Mollies, 2 female, 1 male, and a pair of Balloon Belly, an orange and a Balloon Belly and Silver. Male and female. I always have a couple mollies in all my reef tanks. They are cheap and love algae. If I ever get a hair algae bloom a new pair will knock it out.
Now you have me thinking I'm just setting up a marine tank they might be good first additions incase of any algae growth any tips on how to acclimatise them better or just as you did in the video have you got a update on you fluval 3.0marine reef
Pretty much how I did it but maybe over 24 hours rather than 12 as they did get a bit stressed but are fine now. Just waiting on corals for the flex nobody has any stock atm
Great video I have done this many years ago and found that they lived for about a year and slowly dies off ,,,tank bred over generations maybe stopping them acclimating well but having not had them in freshwater hard to say if this shortened their lives
Thanks there's mixed opinions on the lifespan change some people say the live longer and are healthier 🤷 I have already got around 20 babies going on a week old now so they seem happy and healthy. Guess I'll find out for myself
I'm busy aclamating my first molly to salt water. Looking forward to putting him in. But I have hungry anenomes in there and I think he might become lunch... hope not
I always start all my reef tanks to full marine reef tanks with Mollies. Usually a pair of commo Black Mollies, but also Sailfin or Lyretail s. Even have some Balloon Belly or Dalmatian Mollies. Mollies are GREAT clean up crew members. They work great with Cerinth snails and Blue Leg Hermit crabs. I think they're a lot more attractive than Blue Damsels or Chromos fish. Much cheaper too.
I think it's less being sailfin than it is where the mollies were bred as a whole lot of livebearer fish farms use some salt water as a lot of them are costal and salt water is cheaper than fresh in those areas
Just got around to watching this, thank you for making it. I would assume mollies would not do well in the high flow rate of a reef tank? What do you think? Thanks.
My clownfish died from Brooklynella Disease. I have a idea that I want to try, but I wanted you to ask you about and see if I’m wasting my time. So if I buy a couple of freshwater Mollies and acclimate them to saltwater. Mollies are cheap and easily sourced. So if the catch brook I can take them out and put them back into freshwater killing the disease and not the Mollies. Then but the Mollies back until I can fish out all of the brooklynella. This my be the dumbest thing you have heard but I just wanna try things so I can have fish in my tank lol.
So I'm pretty sure I know the answer to this question..but I'd love a second opinion..what if I want to take mollies from saltwater and put them into freshwater? Drip acclimate? Just put them in? Is the stress level on the fish not as bad from salt to fresh..or is it all the same and I should just slowly introduce them? Lol so many questions
Have you ever used freshwater substrates such as gravel stone chips in your saltwater tank..?? just curious why nobody uses them and if there are any dangerous side effect or just nobody ever though of trying them and see what happens
Yeah look at my new macroalgae beach tank, that has freshwater gravel in it and large granite pebbles. You get pebbly beaches..... So why not use that in a tank
I was sooo confused when I saw these in your marine tank 😂 But is this a legit marine saltwatee aquarium or brackis water? I kinda knew these kind of fish could live in brackis aquarium but not in saltwater. Btw have you ever considered starting a brackish water aquarium?
I have the same thing with many many females and only 1 male, but mine are fresh water so I don’t think it has anything to do with the salt water. Think I have about 50 females to 1 male.
I would definitely get rid of that Calerpa I there. I've had it go sexual and completely take over a 55 gallon tank and had to be broken down and restarted. If it gets a toe hold in the rocks it's over.
I caught some wild green sailfin molly's in a coastal trailer park pond that is on the Ecofina river in Ecofina Fl. I had them in a brackish tank for 3 yrs now, acclimated some to saltwater and they are raising saltwater baby's now, they love the saltwater.
Oh man, I've seen some really pretty mollies in the salton sea a few years back, It's cool to see them in a macro system!
Yeah sailfin mollies are so underrated!
Hello I hope you are all well! In this video I add some new Giant Sailfin Mollies to my Macroalgae system. I love these fish, they are so beautiful.
Since recording this video they have already given birth to 8 babies, which I have moved to the section next to them for their own safety to grow on!
If you enjoy this video please remember to leave a like and subscribe if you're not already.
Thanks for watching and happy fish keeping!
I just switched over a pair of Lyretail BalloonBelly, an orange Male and a white female. Should make pretty babies.
I've done this with varying degrees of success. I tried with a very aggressive male Sailfin earlier this winter. He came down with a skin infection after about a week. It cleared up right away when I put him back into fresher water. One problem with adding Sailfins to reef tanks is the current. They don't seem to like the typical flow rates that we find in reef aquariums.
Cheers,
Chris
I laughed when I saw them lay on bottom of the tank, but happy to see them came back life happily the third day.
reasons to add mollies in saltwater tank:
1)certain types of algae clean up
2)health of fish, mollies in saltwater tend to do better than freshwater counterparts as they have less diseases(e.g: literal permanent salt dip treatment of freshwater fish, killing away freshwater viruses, bacteria that cannot survive the salinity and perhaps likely certain freshwater parasites too)
3)easy breed, easy keep, some saltwater fishes are hard to breed, but mollies can provide young to continue providing its services to the aquarium for years to come if kept correctly
4)adds movement and colors to your saltwater aquarium
Great synopsis
What amazing Sailfin molly's your lucky to find some that beautiful good video I hope you have a great day
great video! those are some great looking sailfin mollies
Thanks
Beautiful fish!! I love brackish water fish, specially mollys and scatophagus.
Very awesome video amazing 👏 beautiful mollies
Watched your video and acclimated some what I believe were sphenops Mollies over to salt all made 48 hour acclimation but after another 48 hours 5 if the 6 were dead
I then acclimated some sailing youngster to full salt . Much better all 6 survived however 3 months later only 2 out of the 6 remain.
Strange as 30 years ago when we could buy amazing quality mollies never had an issue.
The remaining 2 seem lethargic .. the only thing I wondered if it’s the temp as the are only at 24c. Used to keep mollies at 28-30c back in the day do not sure. Any thoughts?? Thanks
I'm currently acclimating 3 Black Mollies, 2 female, 1 male, and a pair of Balloon Belly, an orange and a Balloon Belly and Silver. Male and female.
I always have a couple mollies in all my reef tanks. They are cheap and love algae. If I ever get a hair algae bloom a new pair will knock it out.
Still thinking about this, not sure if I want to give it try.
Make sure you go for sail fins rather than normal mollies
🙏🏽 Great information, thank you 🙏🏽
Wow, that's so interesting. Is it possible to aclimate bumblebee gobys for seawater and keep them in it?
Now you have me thinking I'm just setting up a marine tank they might be good first additions incase of any algae growth any tips on how to acclimatise them better or just as you did in the video have you got a update on you fluval 3.0marine reef
Pretty much how I did it but maybe over 24 hours rather than 12 as they did get a bit stressed but are fine now. Just waiting on corals for the flex nobody has any stock atm
Great video I have done this many years ago and found that they lived for about a year and slowly dies off ,,,tank bred over generations maybe stopping them acclimating well but having not had them in freshwater hard to say if this shortened their lives
Thanks there's mixed opinions on the lifespan change some people say the live longer and are healthier 🤷 I have already got around 20 babies going on a week old now so they seem happy and healthy. Guess I'll find out for myself
I'm busy aclamating my first molly to salt water. Looking forward to putting him in. But I have hungry anenomes in there and I think he might become lunch... hope not
How are they doing? I just got a Dalmatian molly and it has been acclimating for 6 hours and it seems really happy in the bag.
Still alive, one second generation now
I always start all my reef tanks to full marine reef tanks with Mollies. Usually a pair of commo Black Mollies, but also Sailfin or Lyretail s. Even have some Balloon Belly or Dalmatian Mollies.
Mollies are GREAT clean up crew members. They work great with Cerinth snails and Blue Leg Hermit crabs.
I think they're a lot more attractive than Blue Damsels or Chromos fish. Much cheaper too.
Certainly are!
I’ve just acclimated some balloon mollies to my reef tank and they are absolutely loving life, so far anyway
Brackish and salt water are where Mollies truly thrive.
I think it's less being sailfin than it is where the mollies were bred as a whole lot of livebearer fish farms use some salt water as a lot of them are costal and salt water is cheaper than fresh in those areas
It looks like your filtration is off as they acclimate. Is that true?
Just got around to watching this, thank you for making it. I would assume mollies would not do well in the high flow rate of a reef tank? What do you think? Thanks.
They love high flow
@@EverydayAquarist Great, I'm going to try some, have an algae problem. Thanks.
I never knew you could put mollies in saltwater that the first thing I'm going to do I have thousands around the house.
My clownfish died from Brooklynella Disease. I have a idea that I want to try, but I wanted you to ask you about and see if I’m wasting my time. So if I buy a couple of freshwater Mollies and acclimate them to saltwater. Mollies are cheap and easily sourced. So if the catch brook I can take them out and put them back into freshwater killing the disease and not the Mollies. Then but the Mollies back until I can fish out all of the brooklynella. This my be the dumbest thing you have heard but I just wanna try things so I can have fish in my tank lol.
So I'm pretty sure I know the answer to this question..but I'd love a second opinion..what if I want to take mollies from saltwater and put them into freshwater? Drip acclimate? Just put them in? Is the stress level on the fish not as bad from salt to fresh..or is it all the same and I should just slowly introduce them? Lol so many questions
Probably the same stress but I find dropping them in and dripping them has a similar mortality. Some will always die normally
Have you ever used freshwater substrates such as gravel stone chips in your saltwater tank..??
just curious why nobody uses them and if there are any dangerous side effect or just nobody ever though of trying them and see what happens
Yeah look at my new macroalgae beach tank, that has freshwater gravel in it and large granite pebbles. You get pebbly beaches..... So why not use that in a tank
@@EverydayAquarist Yes totally agreed
Are there any parasites or other fish diseases that could survive after acclimating them to saltwater from freshwater?
No saltwater and freshwater diseases are different organisms afaik
I was sooo confused when I saw these in your marine tank 😂 But is this a legit marine saltwatee aquarium or brackis water? I kinda knew these kind of fish could live in brackis aquarium but not in saltwater. Btw have you ever considered starting a brackish water aquarium?
It's full salt and they have bred like mad
I have the same thing with many many females and only 1 male, but mine are fresh water so I don’t think it has anything to do with the salt water. Think I have about 50 females to 1 male.
Cool video!
Thank you
First 👌
You beat me by 7 seconds
The wrasse could get some babies to eat if the mollies don't eat them themselves.
I would definitely get rid of that Calerpa I there. I've had it go sexual and completely take over a 55 gallon tank and had to be broken down and restarted.
If it gets a toe hold in the rocks it's over.
I'm GROWING the caulerpa! I love macroalgae its my thing. The more the better!
i would have added more fresh water to start
🥶 🐟 ⛄️ ❄️ lol 😂 must be ice 🧊 Molly’s
Okay boomer 😂
24 sonde cold 🥶
Okay murican
24 🥶
Okay murican
this method is not safe enough, it should be slowest as possible
In the wild it ain't slow at all. You can literally toss them in .
It is safe they swim back and forth from different salinities constantly in the wild. They are true euryhaline fish
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