Never saw this

[ssminnow81]

My lfs said they put it in cuz it was dying. Now it's been in there a month

 

[n3hihz]

is that a parrot? LOL

 

[BKLYNREEF123]

I have heard a few stories like this over the past week. Can anyone chime in on how this is possible? I heard Mollies can live in salt water. I was under the impression there is a fundamental difference between saltwater and freshwater fish and how they consume and excrete water.

 

[Gabe]

Low salinity water in lfs, it's kind of an easy transition for fish that require a little bit of salinity in their water.

 

[KurtL]

If i remember correctly people in japan put goldfish and clowns together.

 

[ssminnow81]

I think it's at 1.016

 

[n3hihz]

Well Blood Parrot Cichlid is not a natural fish. It was genetically altered and created, it would be possible something in it changed. Plus there are nature fish that goes from Fresh to Salt. Salmon is one of those, so it's not unheard of.

 

[ssminnow81]

I know
It's not unheard of but I was a lil surprised

 

[trinimaddness]

You think its reef safe? :shhh:

 

[Sharkbait420]

http://fishlaboratory.com/news/freshwater-fish-vs-saltwater-fish

That's cool.
As for fresh vs saltwater fish.

 

[n3hihz]

That's pretty cool, if that thing will last. If it does let me know where to pick that up.

 

[ssminnow81]

They told me they also had a red devil in there and someone bought it

 

[n3hihz]

They told me they also had a red devil in there and someone bought it

That's awesome, maybe someone will start a fresh/salt mix tank lol

 

[Gabe]

If i remember correctly people in japan put goldfish and clowns together.

Maybe we'll have a gold-clown fish...jk:bablefish

 

[grandmasterhash]

Many freshwater fish can survive in salt water for a period of time. However, they won't thrive and all will die of kidney failure eventually as they struggle to osmoregulate.
I found a website that explains it fairly well:
http://kidneys-are-us.weebly.com/fish.html

 

[EddieSage]

Brackish water fish can go from fresh water to saltwater but it's a slow acclimation. I have done this successfully with Venustus Cichlids. There is a Petland Discounts right near Pace University(where the swap will be this weekend) that actually did this with Mollies successfully and were selling them. The best place imo to get saltwater Mollies is from garf.org. SallieJoe has been doing it for a long time and has Mollies that have been in saltwater for generations. Mollies are reef safe and breed like crazy. They give birth to live guppies which depending on the other inhabitants may end up providing a continuous supply snacks.

 

[TRIGGERMAN]

Brackish water fish can go from fresh water to saltwater but it's a slow acclimation. I have done this successfully with Venustus Cichlids. There is a Petland Discounts right near Pace University(where the swap will be this weekend) that actually did this with Mollies successfully and were selling them. The best place imo to get saltwater Mollies is from garf.org. SallieJoe has been doing it for a long time and has Mollies that have been in saltwater for generations. Mollies are reef safe and breed like crazy. They give birth to live guppies which depending on the other inhabitants may end up providing a continuous supply snacks.

Mollies do not give birth to guppies..guppies are a completely different fish. Saltwater adapted mollies are pretty widespread right now and sold in every petco. They are good algae eaters.

 

[BKLYNREEF123]

How many of you actually want freshwater fish in a saltwater system? I may be alone, but I didn't start a reef tank to put mollies or any other freshwater fish in it.

 

[QueensRob]

I do the same with freshwater mollies and put them in the refugium to eat hair algae, they wont mess with the pods or other creatures but love hair algae.

 

[Ariel110G]

what store is that?