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Post by jasonandsarah on Mar 31, 2014 10:23:15 GMT -5
I was just watching a video and the guy (Mike paletta) is putting black sail fin Molly's in his frag tank to consume algae! These are normally sold as a fresh water fish and I believe they are actually brackish fish?
He says they are perfect because they eat hair algae and they don't even touch corals! Haha this sounds awesome idk if I want black sailfin molly's in my frag tank but I still think it's awesome and something I didn't know was possible!
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Post by Pokahpolice on Mar 31, 2014 17:59:53 GMT -5
I've heard of people using Molly's when cycling as well. I guess they do pretty well in a SW tank.
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Post by jess on Mar 31, 2014 20:06:06 GMT -5
Maybe I'll get a couple for my picos. Least they stay smaller
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Post by jasonandsarah on Mar 31, 2014 20:47:19 GMT -5
Maybe I'll get a couple for my picos. Least they stay smaller Sent from my HTC ONE Acclimate slowly!  couple weeks I think? |
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Post by jess on Apr 1, 2014 5:23:46 GMT -5
You can order them already acclimated to salt
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Post by jasonandsarah on Apr 1, 2014 5:53:40 GMT -5
Sweet I didn't know that. Before yesterday I didn't even know they could be in full salt water.
When I had my fresh water set up I had a gold dust Molly and my wife loved that fish.but it passed away and the guy at the black shark said Molly's were very prone to diseases and parasites.(didn't have 1 Molly in the whole store) I later found out they don't do well in fresh water because naturally they are brackish fish. They can survive in fresh obviously.
Either way I'm very interested to see how Molly's do long term in full salt water and if it'll be better then when they're in fresh water? I'm sure these types of things have already been studied but it'd be cool to know how they do first hand.
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Post by jess on Apr 1, 2014 6:28:32 GMT -5
My favorite fish when I was in freshwater was the silver cat shark. A cat fish that was very flashy silver and black. Bottom feeding scavengers for the most part but he would take food from the top to. Anyway they are naturally brackish. I've acclimated a couple in the past to full salt. Had one in my 40 for about a year before he died. Unsure why he died tho. But they can be difficult to keep anyway. Extremely active fish
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Post by Pokahpolice on Apr 1, 2014 7:34:14 GMT -5
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Post by jasonandsarah on Apr 8, 2014 10:02:58 GMT -5
Had anyone tried this method for attaching mushrooms? I read it takes less then a week and it's very easy to do. All you need is plastic netting. Mine is off a box of oranges loosely put over the mushroom and elastic band to hold it underneath Attachments:
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Post by ryansweatt2004 on Apr 8, 2014 10:47:26 GMT -5
Sweet I didn't know that. Before yesterday I didn't even know they could be in full salt water. When I had my fresh water set up I had a gold dust Molly and my wife loved that fish.but it passed away and the guy at the black shark said Molly's were very prone to diseases and parasites.(didn't have 1 Molly in the whole store) I later found out they don't do well in fresh water because naturally they are brackish fish. They can survive in fresh obviously. Either way I'm very interested to see how Molly's do long term in full salt water and if it'll be better then when they're in fresh water? I'm sure these types of things have already been studied but it'd be cool to know how they do first hand. Mollies actually do better in saltwater because it kills off most of the diseases and parasites that infect them in freshwater. I've been considering adding a couple of lyre tail or sailfin mollies to my tank. I've had them breed in one of my old reef tanks. |
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Post by jess on Apr 8, 2014 13:20:00 GMT -5
I just got two balloon mollies, one black female and an orange male. Still dripping them, pics later
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Post by scoobnoob on Apr 9, 2014 18:53:10 GMT -5
The Rubbermaid reef has worked great for me. As far as top down view only I think its fine its the absolute best way to photograph coral too think of all the good pics on web pages. The trouble for me was using the space wisely and I'd do it differently now. I used a HOB skimmer its worked fine but I needed a bubble trap and made my own. Instead of making one huge rack with PVC and egg crate make several so they can easily be moved around and give you a variety of heights also an area on sand bed with low flow for softies to heal after cutting. Good luck. I used a 28 gallo. brute Rubbermaid tote the foot print is roughly 2.5' x 2.5'
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Post by jasonandsarah on Apr 18, 2014 6:33:42 GMT -5
Could this be put onto a pre built led light? Typhon LED Controller Our Price: $54.99 Sale Price: $49.99 Typhon LED controller allows you to control 4 LED channels independently. Perfect for LED drivers that accepts either 5V or 10V PWM input controls, such as Meanwell LED Driver (10V input PWM) or Buckpuck LED Driver (5V input PWM). Attachments:
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Post by foggman on Apr 18, 2014 20:13:00 GMT -5
Could this be put onto a pre built led light? Typhon LED Controller Our Price: $54.99 Sale Price: $49.99 Typhon LED controller allows you to control 4 LED channels independently. Perfect for LED drivers that accepts either 5V or 10V PWM input controls, such as Meanwell LED Driver (10V input PWM) or Buckpuck LED Driver (5V input PWM). I'm not sure if it will worK, once I get mine hooked up I will let you know if it works. It defiantly isn't a direct hook up. The drivers in the green sun LEDs use analog dimming and all controllers use digital dimming, I am fairly sure i have a work around hopefully buy the end of the weekend |
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Post by jasonandsarah on Apr 18, 2014 20:18:28 GMT -5
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couple weeks I think?
