Fishguy1997
Aquarium Advice Freak
I have heard of mollies being out in salt water... And I'm not looking to it but it's it possible for them to give birth in saltwater
needmorecowbell said:Yes it is possible, but it's not exactly theyre natural environment. They like a little salt, no where near what we have in sw. They do live in sw though, garf.com has been doing it for a while. I don't think they spawn as readily in a salty tank, but I could be wrong.
needmorecowbell said:Yep, I think the sailfins look pretty in sw but they shouldn't be expensive.. You can acclimate them yourself. Just use a small fresh tank and add salt very slowly. It should be ready in a month.
I disagree with cycling with fish now that I understand what it does, it doesn't matter how hardy/cheap the fish is.
If you lost 30 fish, you didn't fish-in cycle correctly. Lots of people fish-in cycle without hurting a single fish. Thats how I did my first tank.Inexpensive means not expensive
I would never ever cycle with fish again, I lost a total of 30 fish fish in cycling
I didn't say I would cycle with them just that many saltwater keepers do
absolutangel04 said:If you lost 30 fish, you didn't fish-in cycle correctly. Lots of people fish-in cycle without hurting a single fish. Thats how I did my first tank.
To the OP, yes they can live in fully salt water and reproduce. I have never read any data about whether or not they are more likely to reproduce or not, so I can't help you with that aspect.
Talvari said:Speaking as a petsmart employee, it depends on where you go. Unfortunately, when hired, you really gotta go and do your own research to figure out what's what. Most of the time, kids are just hired out of high school with no experience with fish. You always should do your own research and take everything you hear with a grain of salt.
That being said, a customer of mine has a 75 gallon sw tank and along with clowns, gobies, and some cardinalfish, she has some cremesicle Mollie, silver mollies, and I think she mentioned sunburst platies, but I'm not sure.
daveho said:Im trying to figure out if in the OP he means he wants to move an already pregnant molly to a salt water tanks for birthing or wether its just possable to breed em in a SW tank but i think its the fist. eather way no dont plop her in if its just a birthing tank situation or yes aclimate her over a month or so and post lots of pics