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03-30-2008, 09:12 AM
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Clowns Galore!
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Chuck Co, Mo
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Black Mollys for Algae
Who has tried this and were you successful?
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03-30-2008, 09:14 AM
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BIG SMELLY MOD
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Livingston Parish, Denham Springs, Louisiana
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Mollies? the fish
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Vince aka VINNIE
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03-30-2008, 09:19 AM
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Clowns Galore!
Join Date: Oct 2005
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Quote:
Originally Posted by VWD
Mollies? the fish
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Yep! They are brackish and can be acclimated to SW. They love algae in FW. I assume and have heard they are great for clearing up hard to clear patches.
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03-30-2008, 09:28 AM
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BIG SMELLY MOD
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Livingston Parish, Denham Springs, Louisiana
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I didn't realize they liked algae,
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03-30-2008, 09:31 AM
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They call me EC
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: central Florida
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I haven't tried to slowly acclimate them myself. I know people that have been sucessful though. The only bad thing that I know of is that they don't seem to know to stay away from anemones and elegance corals like SW fish do. I have fed them to elegance corals just by dropping them in the tank. They'll swim right into the tentacles.
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03-30-2008, 09:31 AM
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Clowns Galore!
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Chuck Co, Mo
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The Black Molly is omnivorous and that prefers both meaty foods as well as algae. Provide these fish with an algae-based flake food, as well as freeze-dried bloodworms, tubifex, and brine shrimp.
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03-30-2008, 09:33 AM
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Clowns Galore!
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Chuck Co, Mo
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Elegance Coral
I haven't tried to slowly acclimate them myself. I know people that have been sucessful though. The only bad thing that I know of is that they don't seem to know to stay away from anemones and elegance corals like SW fish do. I have fed them to elegance corals just by dropping them in the tank. They'll swim right into the tentacles.
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I mostly have sps now. I got rid of my last anemone because it started moving around a lot and killing corals. My clownfish are not real happy about it. The now host a large monti cap.
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03-30-2008, 10:20 AM
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Enjoy it now
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Chattanooga, TN
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I put a black mollie in my tank once and she had a hundred babies LOL
problem is, none of them attacked my hair algae  They all just stayed in the upper corners of my tank |
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03-30-2008, 11:22 AM
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BIG SMELLY MOD
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Livingston Parish, Denham Springs, Louisiana
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DarthOcellaris
I put a black mollie in my tank once and she had a hundred babies LOL
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Food for the other fish,
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03-30-2008, 11:25 AM
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Enjoy it now
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Chattanooga, TN
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LOL
16K posts! congrats!
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03-30-2008, 12:14 PM
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Duper Mod !
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Illinois
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That would be cool if it worked Eric that would be a perfect Nano herbavore
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03-30-2008, 12:33 PM
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Clowns Galore!
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dobejazz
That would be cool if it worked Eric that would be a perfect Nano herbavore
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I'll let you know my experience. I have two acclimating right now.
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03-30-2008, 05:44 PM
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Quo vadis, Domini.
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Texas, USA
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Might put a dent in the pod population....
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03-30-2008, 06:18 PM
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Mommy Mod
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Eric
2 of our local club guys have done it.
The one that acclimated in a day - lost his
the one that took a a few days to do it - still has it in his tank a year later
and yes it is eating algea
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03-30-2008, 06:30 PM
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Clowns Galore!
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Chuck Co, Mo
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Originally Posted by YLChik
Eric
2 of our local club guys have done it.
The one that acclimated in a day - lost his
the one that took a a few days to do it - still has it in his tank a year later
and yes it is eating algea
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I acclimated mine in about 2 hours. Lets hope they make it.
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