Breeding Mollies to feed the display-

chicagophil

chicagophil

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I just saw this somwhere- but I am interested in Breeding mollies in an attached tank - it would drain into the return area of my sump to fill the display with primo food for the inhabitants. Apparently Mollies breed like ... faster than rabbits. if acclimated Mollies do well in Saltwater environments.
Thoughts?
Just need the molly tank to be pretty enough for a ton of mollies to do their "thang". 20 Gal long should work. I would like a dragonet in my display so I think this would be a good thing to supplement my sump - and all the inhabitants of my tank. would Seahorses eat the fry too? That is another option aswell.

Fresh water specimens - where do I buy some fetile Molly Fish? Do the larger Variety spawn larger fry?

Has anyone here Acclimated mollies to fully SW? the fresh water forums seem to be in the know on having the fry feed community tanks etc.
 
I've tried this a few times, with different types of mollies, from my experience the larger bodied (diamond/dalmation/white/black they have a few names) do decently. The balloon mollies don't do as well. Do a slow drip acclimation over several hours and they'll be fine, they do breed really well and will eat hair algae.

That being said they do produce a lot of waste and mine never lasted very long, would die after about a month. Good idea is one male to three females.
 
I could bring them to 1.024 over a much longer period - like week<s> to a month and go from there and give it a go. I would like them to be a baby making factory though, time for some investigation!
 
I tried that the first time around I had them in my BW set up for about a month before raising them up to full salt, same results. It doesn't hurt to try.
 
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