subsea Posted April 27, 2013 Share Posted April 27, 2013 I really like the simplicity of this tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Planeden Posted April 27, 2013 Share Posted April 27, 2013 I was just watching the videos of this at the aquafarms website. Very nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Capt. Obvious Posted April 27, 2013 Share Posted April 27, 2013 I was out at Patrick's place Friday afternoon. The rock he has out there currently has SO much biodiversity it is astonishing: crabs, snails, starfish, pods, clams, scallops, gorgonians, sponges of every color imaginable, colorful rock anemones, and of course...macro. I even found a red squat lobster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Dustin Blevins Posted April 27, 2013 Share Posted April 27, 2013 Your lagoon looks great! I love seeing Molly's in something other than freshwater tanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subsea Posted April 27, 2013 Author Share Posted April 27, 2013 Your lagoon looks great! I love seeing Molly's in something other than freshwater tanks! Thanks for the compliment. I find these lagoon biothemes to be almost self maintaining. For that same reason, I use fish that are inexpensive and peaceful as community schooling fish. These Creamcycle Lyretail Mollies were purchased from Petsmart for $1.19 each. They are good grazers of micro and macro algae. While I have had the Common Black Mollie breed in full strength saltwater, the hybrids not so. These Creamcycles have tripled in size since introduced 6 months ago. The baby mollies actually are high protein after the second generation and provide nutrition for marine predators. Sea Robin enjoys the chase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Planeden Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 Your lagoon looks great! I love seeing Molly's in something other than freshwater tanks! Thanks for the compliment. I find these lagoon biothemes to be almost self maintaining. For that same reason, I use fish that are inexpensive and peaceful as community schooling fish. These Creamcycle Lyretail Mollies were purchased from Petsmart for $1.19 each. They are good grazers of micro and macro algae. While I have had the Common Black Mollie breed in full strength saltwater, the hybrids not so. These Creamcycles have tripled in size since introduced 6 months ago. The baby mollies actually are high protein after the second generation and provide nutrition for marine predators. Sea Robin enjoys the chase. We do so poorly with mollies here it is almost comical. The current one is coming up on 2 months old and that may set a record. We've had fish live more than five years, but the hearty Molly, nah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibnzmonkey Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 Nice lagoon. I'm going to be starting mine hopefully in the next few months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subsea Posted April 30, 2013 Author Share Posted April 30, 2013 Nice lagoon. I'm going to be starting mine hopefully in the next few months. Come back and visit or come out to the facility and see some lagoons up close. Patrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted May 1, 2013 Share Posted May 1, 2013 How do you acclimate your mollies? Tank looks great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subsea Posted May 2, 2013 Author Share Posted May 2, 2013 Four hour drip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subsea Posted May 2, 2013 Author Share Posted May 2, 2013 How do you acclimate your mollies? Tank looks great! Thank you on the tank compliment. In the case of the lagoon, it seems that the less that I intervene, the better the tank looks. My aquarium husbandry can be summed up as "a minimalist method". I have found a 4 hour drip to be appropriate. I normally lose 10% within the first 24 hours. Most of the fish that die can be identified during the drip. I buy these mollies on sale for $1.19. While almost all mollie types can be adjusted to full strength salt, I have found only the Black Mollies to reproduce in salt water. In the wild, I caught numerous Green Mollies along with Grass Shrimp in both fresh and brackish waters. These mollies have proven to be great herbivores as well as hi protein feed for marine predators. Patrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Planeden Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 do you do anything special to get little mollies? Everytime ours breed they are all eaten by the time we notice the finished pregnancy. Although, now they are in a planted aquarium with a grass bed, so we may end up getting some that can hide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subsea Posted May 4, 2013 Author Share Posted May 4, 2013 Feed more. Always provide hiding places for the fry. Patrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibnzmonkey Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 I am going to have to try and experiment with mollies. I really like how odd they look in a reef tank. Plus their fry can be food for the other inhabitants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subsea Posted May 8, 2013 Author Share Posted May 8, 2013 Mollies make perfect dither fish. They stay in the open and encourage other fish to come out. They are good herbivores and multiply rapidly. After the second generation in saltwater, the nutritional value of mollies is enhanced enough to feed marine predators. They grow three times the size in normal fresh water tanks. Patrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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