Are Saltwater Molly Real?

[Aspect]

I'd love to have frenzy breeding mollies in my sump, are these real or are they actually brackish? https://coralsanonymous.com/collect...water-black-molly-eats-algae-self-reproducing

 

[Troylee]

They’re actually brackish.. my buddy has a few in his frag tank

 

[Aspect]

They’re actually brackish.. my buddy has a few in his frag tank

Thought so, I also these on their website: https://coralsanonymous.com/collections/clean-up-crew/products/marine-glass-shrimp-5-pack

My guess is these are also brackish

 

[exnisstech]

I've converted mollies to 1.025 and kept some for a few months. I think the flow in the tank was a bit too much for them.

 

[Troylee]

No idea on those..

 

[Biokabe]

They're absolutely real, in the sense that mollies can adapt to full-strength saltwater. I don't know whether they can successfully reproduce in full salt, but I know that adults can survive in it. I've seen them in the same tanks as regular saltwater fish at my LFS.

 

[ColorMeGone]

I went to a resort in the Bahamas once and their huge outdoor pond was nothing but Mollies. Pond was water from the ocean only.

 

[Aspect]

They're absolutely real, in the sense that mollies can adapt to full-strength saltwater. I don't know whether they can successfully reproduce in full salt, but I know that adults can survive in it. I've seen them in the same tanks as regular saltwater fish at my LFS.

Really, how long can they last? Will they reproduce?

 

[littlefoxx]

I'd love to have frenzy breeding mollies in my sump, are these real or are they actually brackish? https://coralsanonymous.com/collect...water-black-molly-eats-algae-self-reproducing

I had a pair and the female had two batches of babies in full saltwater. Took them to my LFS. Unfortunately the male got too aggressive with the female after the two batches and ended up stressing her to death before I could pull him to let her recover.

 

[Slocke]

@Goaway has had one forever that her eel won’t eat

 

[exnisstech]

I had a pair and the female had two batches of babies in full saltwater. Took them to my LFS. Unfortunately the male got too aggressive with the female after the two batches and ended up stressing her to death before I could pull him to let her recover.

Ya you have to have several females or that's what happens.
On a side note one if my LFS keeps guppies regularly in 1.019 salinty.

If i remember correctly the black and also dalmatian mollies do best in SW vs the colored ones. I have a 10g in the basement with no livestock at 1.017 Maybe I'll pick up a few females and a male and have another try.

 

[Goaway]

Mines a black with silver spots. Im positive with proper acclimation many colors can adapt.. most success seems to be some yellow, black, dalmation sailfin mollies.

I'll get pics of my whalefish tomorrow. I've deleted most of my reef pictures.

 

[oxo]

Thought so, I also these on their website: https://coralsanonymous.com/collections/clean-up-crew/products/marine-glass-shrimp-5-pack

My guess is these are also brackish

"glass" or "grass shrimp" is a generic term for shrimp from the genus palaemon, that has naturally freshwater, brackish, and marine species. most of the time in aquariums those terms as well as "ghost shrimp" refers to a freshwater species with a brackish stage. there are grass shrimps that are fully marine though! it's very likely it's one of those and they just haven't identified it to species level, because everything in the genus kind of looks the same

 

[that guy]

There you go. Thats in my tank. They dont stay long before they get eaten by the little lion fish

 

[KoenE]

I currently have 10 dalmatian sailfin mollies in full salt, the 1 adult I had left gave some babies after being in salt water for 3 months. Those 9 babies are growing nice and steady in the display. They are 2 months old now. The biggest issue with mollies in my experience so far is they don't handle flow well, and they're very dumb as they like to swim with the current instead of against it. Also they like to jump, my netcover always has droplets hanging from it now.

 

[Bamm69]

I'd love to have frenzy breeding mollies in my sump, are these real or are they actually brackish? https://coralsanonymous.com/collect...water-black-molly-eats-algae-self-reproducing

I have had mines for about 5 months I lost the largest 1 they beat him up bad but the other 3 are fine

 

[Kasrift]

Thought so, I also these on their website: https://coralsanonymous.com/collections/clean-up-crew/products/marine-glass-shrimp-5-pack

My guess is these are also brackish

They are real in the sense that they will be fine in saltwater. I've had my saltwater Molly since November 2024. It's been perfectly fine in my 10g tank all this time. I moved it to the 200g tank about a month ago and it's fine and even chases the tangs.

I just got two more saltwater Molly and they finish their quarantine today. They are the balloon Molly, so different than my sailfin Molly. Not sure how they will like the flow of the 200g.

 

[Joj]

Bought 10 regular black mollies (more females than males) back in 2023. Drip acclimated for about 2 hours. 80% survive acclimation and the pregnant females gave birth the next day (not sure if due to the initial stress of being in saltwater ~1.023). I had at least 4-5 generations of mollies until they started disappearing. Thinking my Fowlr fishes (triggers) got big and started eating them. Today, i have one female left but she only comes out when lights out. But acclimating them to freshwater from salt has been unsuccessful (maybe i didnt acclimate long enough those few times i did it - as it may take several days to a week or more…

 

[Nano_Man]

Sail fin mollies do really well in full saltwater but the change from fresh to full salt I did over five days not a problem and good algae eaters

 

[Subsea]

4 day transition then into tank. Glass needs cleaning, but not today.