Got A Couple Stunt Fish

[Eversurf]

I went to the LFS tonight and bought a few black mollies trying to test the water. So far they are doing fine, it's been an hour. I threw a little food in there, they seem to lick it and no eat it. They take the food in their mouth and then spit it out.

Did I get the wrong food? I got something I could keep for the real fish i'm gonna get. Nutrafin Max is what I got.

Thanx

 

[xd2-david]

Just by personal opinion but I think what you are doing is out of order no fish deserves to die just so you can acheive the fish you want faster.

Anyway like I said just my opinion.

David

 

[Eversurf]

I'm not killing the fish. I'm going to return them to the LFS when I'm done with them. I just rather spend 2.99 for a fish than 30$ to find out there is something wrong with my tank that my test didn't revealed. Sorry if the word sacrifice was too harsh for you.

To let you know they seem to be doing very well.

Edit: I changed my title

 

[SkiFletch]

From what I've read and heard, mollies can be used in saltwater environments, however usually they do best if you slowly acclimate them to the environment. They may be a little shocked and not used to the food yet. What did you try and feed them?

 

[bunjiweb]

Why dont you try a better food, I find tetra prima tends to get accepted by new fish, or maybe bloodworm / brineshrimp?

Ben

 

[Eversurf]

I went to my cousin and he has some fresh water tropical fish. I stole some of that food and it worked great. they are now eating. I guess they didn't like the first stuff I got, but they seem to love the flakes.

thanx guys

 

[Lynden]

Mollies are incredibly hardy fish - they can withstand enormous variations in all aspects of water quality. Using them for cycling does very little to harm them.

For instance, I bought a molly for my tank several months ago, and I told the guy at the pet store that it was for my saltwater tank. So what does he do? Huck the molly into a bag with full strenght seawater.

Next, the molly went into my tank, that I thought was cycled and that I wanted to be stable. Wrong! It wasn't cycled. The ammonia and nitrite levels skyrocketed to levels exceeding 7 ppm and 4 ppm respectively. Meanwhile, the tank had an algal (phytoplankton) bloom.

While these were ocurring, and lasting more than a week, the Molly not only survived, but ate the food I gave her.

She continued to survive and have a few batches of fry. She did well until a few weeks ago - when she was eaten by a hungry Trigger.

-Lynden

 

[crazyelece]

Most lfs with saltwater fish (especially predators like lions and eels) already have mollies adapted to saltwater and use them as feeders. They will typically sell them as feeders as well for a much cheaper price than the freshwater displays. At least I have found that the case in my area.

 

[Eversurf]

They seem to be really hardy fish. I just checked my water and amonia is good, nitrite and nitrate are perfect but ph was at like 7.4. I just threw some PH stabilizer in there to bring it to 8.3. Hopefully it will not be too much of a shock for the mollies.

 

[Lynden]

They seem to be really hardy fish. I just checked my water and amonia is good, nitrite and nitrate are perfect but ph was at like 7.4. I just threw some PH stabilizer in there to bring it to 8.3. Hopefully it will not be too much of a shock for the mollies.

I highly doubt that it will be for the mollies, but don't try it with anything else.

-Lynden

 

[Eversurf]

It think it was pretty shocking for them because they had a baby. What should I do with it? Do I need to put it by himself?