Live Foods

[dela]

Hi guys.. I'm setting up a 20 gallon (50-75% strength sea water) tank that I'm planning on using to raise mollies in for food. I'll rig up some sort of basket so that the adults are confined to about a 10 gallon area while the babies are free to roam the tank and don't get munched on.

Has anyone else done something similar? Just curious about what other people's experiences were and if it was worth the trouble. I like the idea of having access to fish fry as well as feeder fish that will last longer when they are placed in the display tank.. (Like for when I go out of town!)

 

[JohnD]

Dela,

I cycled a saltwater tank many years ago using mollies. Over the course of a week, I continually raised the salinity of the water. When the tank was fully cycled, I put the mollies into a 10 gallon tank and reversed the salt process. Then the mollies went back to the LFS.

My question to you is, "What are you planning on using the baby mollies for?" I would not plan on using them exclusively to feed saltwater fish, such as lionfish. They do not contain all of the dietary components that saltwater fish need. Over a period of time (which I do not know), your lionfish will starve. Now, if you have some other ideas, then that is different.

While this post did not exactly asnwer your request, I hope it gave you some useful information.