Mollies to saltwater

[bound_for_obx]

what is the best way to acclimate mollies to saltwater? I want to use a few as bait to catch cirolanid isopods. My plan is to house them in a breeder net in the main tank and pick the isopods off of the net. Will I still need to QT them after the conversion from fresh to salt and if so when would the QT period start?
Note: There are no fish in the main tank at this time. The tank has been up and running since about the end of May.

[fishfreek]

The best thing would be to do a slow migration from fresh to salt. Possibly adding saltwater instead of evaporation. This method might be a bit to slow. In that case add concentrated saltwater for replace of evaporation. It shouldnt take more than two weeks to get up to 1.020 [acronym:a14974a7e2="Specific gravity"]SG[/acronym:a14974a7e2].

[rayjay]

I acclimated my sailfin mollies to 1.026 over a period of 3 days.

[indy]

I did it in 2-3 hours. No deaths and no signs of stress. 2 females dropped a couple thousand healthy babies a week after the conversion.

[bound_for_obx]

If I do a rapid transition (over a two or three day period) will I still need to [acronym:971dd17b18="quarantine or quart depending on context"]QT[/acronym:971dd17b18] them after the conversion from fresh to salt? Do you think that the transition will kill any bad organisms?

[bound_for_obx]

Bump

[rayjay]

Don't know, but I q'd mine anyway.

[indy]

It may kill off freshwater ich, but that doesn't mean they won't be sick with something else. [acronym:336901ca36="quarantine or quart depending on context"]QT[/acronym:336901ca36] them.

[amphibianboy528]

well i heard that mollies acclimate to salt water in just 3 hours.i have not tried that but i seen pics on the net of the marine mollies.so i'd just say maybe u can try putting them directly in your marine tank.I have put fully [acronym:b4ff807403="Freshwater"]FW[/acronym:b4ff807403] mollies and directly put the in brackish and the next two day thy had babies so you can try putting the in oyu [acronym:b4ff807403="Saltwater"]SW[/acronym:b4ff807403] tank.

[indy]

Mollies themselves are brackish fish and can transition to either side very quickly.