Molly Fish Care and Breeding: Let's Clear up All The Confusion!

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4 жыл бұрын

Hello Everyone,
In this video I talk about how to care for and breed mollies. These are great fish, but there is a lot of confusion on how to keep them. Do they need salt? Are they aggressive? What size tank? What about tank mates? We'll address all that here, plus much more!
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Geophagus tapajos: • Geophagus Tapajos Bree...
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Bristlenose Pleco: • Bristlenose Pleco Care...
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@PrimeTimeAquatics 4 жыл бұрын

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@WorldAquariumSingapore 4 жыл бұрын

Coolest thannks so much for the detail Molly fishes info :D "D cheers

@idrewzy7645 3 жыл бұрын

You look so much like KGTROPICALS

@khusnulblekty3874 3 жыл бұрын

i was wondering why my molly fight i hv lot of common molly and common molly are known as peaceful molly i was wondering why they fight

@MikesAquaticsThings 4 жыл бұрын

No matter what fish I'm into at the moment I have always and will always have black mollies.

@Lazarusthefishboy 4 жыл бұрын

Love your taste @Grumpy Mike's Fish! Mollies are great and always will be great!!!

@dominicborrelli6625 3 жыл бұрын

I barely got mollies this year and one of my favorites is my black balloon female! She has so much personality!

@upsethoneybadger_1577 3 жыл бұрын

Wow! I just cycled my first aquarium. A 29 gallon tall. My first black Molly took my heart lol. He instantly dominated his school of 5 he picks on everyone😂. He doesn't nip them just chases them away when others get near him. I have a water puppy now!

@kkdeveauxgue2784 3 жыл бұрын

I got one black Mollie and he's always on patrol,a silver and brown gold one,and 4 silver ones

@kkdeveauxgue2784 3 жыл бұрын

@@upsethoneybadger_1577 my black Mollie fins pop out and he's chasing everybody

@marce4241 3 жыл бұрын

HOLY that one black molly at 1:00 is HUGE

@ct2368 4 жыл бұрын

The deal with the salt is that many breeders use brackish water to breed them. It's not that they need salt, it's that when they get to the pet store, they have just been moved to freshwater. A lot of them don't survive the changeover. Thats where the whole salt issue started.

@vvltures 6 ай бұрын

I've never had any problem with them surviving but 90% of the time when there bred and raised in brackish water they wont breed in 100% freshwater but when I've bought them as babys they've bred

@davidbowman2501 4 жыл бұрын

I've always found mollies to be very susceptible to ick as well. As long as you keep up with your maintenance and water changes they do fine though.

@kimberlyburdick9666 2 жыл бұрын

I have do many Molly's never had any problems with ick.. I'm just trying to get rid of all of mine and all thier babies please help

@cynthiarodriguez9713 3 жыл бұрын

I was given a balloon molly as a gift for my son’s tank and she just had babies (fry?). I was so shocked! Thank you for this video since I need all the help I can get.

@mpedersen9975 3 жыл бұрын

I love your videos! I really like that you show mostly footage of the fish while you are talking. Ironically, it helps me pay attention to all the info in the video and it is just cool to see different fish that aren't in my tanks.

@kparran79 4 жыл бұрын

Got my molly a year ago, he was white with a few black specks. Now he is almost completely black 😃 and greets me everytime i pass the tank like a dog wagging his tail! He eats out my hand and taught the other fish that came after him how to eat from moms hands too

@PrimeTimeAquatics 4 жыл бұрын

Mine do that too! They are so funny - all bunched up on one side of the tank when they think it's time to eat. :-)

@svenjansen2134 Жыл бұрын

Our mollies too! Dalmatians turn more black also here. And they're so cute and smart and active just lovely 😍

@WhiteCloud746 4 жыл бұрын

Love the mollies! Thanks for drawing attention to them.

@kelogish_is_the_best158 3 жыл бұрын

The best fish to have is the black mollies because whenever it gets ich you can notice it instantly because of the small white dots

@gazzertrn 2 жыл бұрын

When i kept them they always got ich .

@AquaticVisions Жыл бұрын

Also black moors, but I've never had a black moor get ich

@LeSpank1012 26 күн бұрын

Fr, had a beautiful white betta once and I didn’t catch it till it was really bad. Managed to save him tho

@xanelled6810 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! My brother just got a molly ( he is 6 years old ) and I’m doing a bit extra research on them for him!

@kelcritcarroll 2 жыл бұрын

I didn’t realize mollys got six years old….😁😂😂

@kenbiron9035 Жыл бұрын

We are super new to keeping fish, used mollies to set up our 10 gallon tank. Being new the water got bad a couple times during the cycle but the mollies were hardy and survived. Very cool fish, glad I found your channel!

@subhashisdas7199 4 жыл бұрын

Mollies are my favourites. They are very active and indeed are fun watching. But you are right; some do get quite aggressive.

@zippyducky1704 10 ай бұрын

As a long time goldfish owner, I have changed to keeping a few of these guys and by the sounds of this video they will be much easier to keep. Really excited about these guys!

@pattieboy5861 6 ай бұрын

One of my earliest memories is dipping my tiny fingers in the aquarium and the black Millie’s swimming around my fingers. And watching for they only babies! We always had black mollies, and I’m setting up a 20 gallon now and I may just do all kinds of mollies!

@tearsofjoy5416 4 жыл бұрын

By far the most informative fish keeping channel I have found, Because of y’all I have vastly improved the quality of life for my fish and set up some super cool tanks. Keep up the great work!

@PrimeTimeAquatics 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@nikolanojic6861 3 ай бұрын

Black molly is the only fish that survived in my tank , heater bursted and water temp went from 24 to 38 and after that he was in tank with 18C temp because of no heater after i cleaned it and added new water ( he was in a cup for night until the new water stayed) and also survived some soap , he is today pretty happy with new friends 18 of other fish and 1 other new molly, isn't agressive , only defends other fish and is pretty happy guy overall , i love him !

@elvinsworld11 4 жыл бұрын

Lovely, informative video Jason. Keep it up.

@PrimeTimeAquatics 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@sarahwoodring5587 3 жыл бұрын

Your 55g lowboy has inspired me to set up a 55g molly species tank. This video is super helpful while I'm in the planning phases!

@PrimeTimeAquatics 3 жыл бұрын

Hope you enjoy it!

@APOL1000 4 жыл бұрын

that's one beautiful tank. thanks for sharing your experience with us.

@PrimeTimeAquatics 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@aquariumhacksbymarcus5653 4 жыл бұрын

Mollies! Love the info! I FIND keeping them with some salt they seem to fair very well but I AGREE Hard water Alkaline water is a must for success adding coral Texas holey rock seashells is more important than adding salt.Under low p.h. soft water and these fish will fair miserably and quickly succumb to disease. And yes they can become semi aggressive if not kept in a group. Great video!

@jordahnmohammed4259 4 жыл бұрын

These care and breeding videos are my favorite 👌

@PrimeTimeAquatics 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@amandawunstel2 Жыл бұрын

I absolutely love my mollies. I've got some black mollies in a 29 gallon community tank with a betta and a corydora. They are super active and so much fun to watch!

@iplayguitarmain7670 11 ай бұрын

Wow my exact tank setup lol!

@marypaigeflynn4512 4 жыл бұрын

Oh I absolutely love this tank! .. I think that it looks really cool. I love mollies, my husband and I were just talking about guppies,Molly's and swordtails and how we kept them as kids..I always remember going into the pet stores or Kmart and wishing for the black Molly's.. I remember getting some about 15 years ago and not having any luck with them so I never tried them again. Thank you for this video because this is a beautiful fish that I would like to keep again! I hope you all have an amazing day and thank you for sharing! 🐟🌱🌿

@PrimeTimeAquatics 4 жыл бұрын

I was the same way - when I was a kid I loved black mollies!

@svenjansen2134 Жыл бұрын

Dalmatians are pretty too and they always turn more black. I completely adore them!

@mariuszsobieraj1769 4 жыл бұрын

Holy carp!!! You’re in the Chicago area, that’s awesome!!! Good to know there are you tubers in my area!!! I’m currently clearing out a spare bedroom in order to make my own aquarium gallery.

@PrimeTimeAquatics 4 жыл бұрын

Very cool!

@cristykim9612 3 жыл бұрын

Your tank is magically beautiful 🤩

@PrimeTimeAquatics 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@davidsamsell2031 4 жыл бұрын

Very nice video. 📺 I love all live-bearing fish. They are great for my harder well water. 😊. Thanks for all the information. 👍😎

@nathanstout7763 4 ай бұрын

That's exactly true. I have a tank with now 2 mosaic guppy and now 1 black Molly and 1 albino pleco. Used to be very calm with the other 6 mollies but the store I got them from they came with diseases and 6 died. Auquarium salt saved these guys. The single pregnant black Molly chases and nips the guppy fins

@neutronshiva2498 Жыл бұрын

Quite informative.

@Shleeeemp 6 ай бұрын

Major kudos for pointing out that nitrate is not the only cycle! Complete ecosystems mean so much more than simply “no ammonia”

@joshkorb529 3 ай бұрын

There’s a ditch next to my work that has sailfish Mollies in it and the water is nearly acidic. They thrive in there, like to watch them when work is to much lol

@Murray2015 4 жыл бұрын

It's hard to find up-to-date info on Molly fish. Thank you for your video!! :)

@PrimeTimeAquatics 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@Lennartz1 2 жыл бұрын

Great video. An almost 6 inch Molly is something to see!

@raygv1 4 жыл бұрын

I have a friend that had this a really nice large molly swimming around with some clownfish! I did a double take and I couldn’t believe it was totally adapted to saltwater.

@bluerazzleberriespets 2 жыл бұрын

How is that even possible?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

@vvltures 6 ай бұрын

The sailfins kind do especially good in 100% seawater

@Skîes223 4 жыл бұрын

I never expected to be this early, love your videos keep up the good work

@PrimeTimeAquatics 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@Skîes223 4 жыл бұрын

@@PrimeTimeAquatics Your welcome

@MrPaulmilk 4 жыл бұрын

Great video always good tips

@kasieleow4280 Жыл бұрын

My black mollies are healthy when I bought them. And kept them. I've been watching the pet store I got them from and they do a great job with them.

@perez026 4 жыл бұрын

Nice video,, now i want to keek mollies , it been a while since i have keep them, really nice and fun fish..

@joygeiger6890 3 жыл бұрын

I have my 3 Molly’s with my glo fish and a female betta and they all get along great

@johnpots4181 Жыл бұрын

I got my first ever fish, four days ago. One male and three female Molly's. Two days later, I have four babies in my tank. One of my ladies must have come pregnant. Lucky surprise, so glad I picked them.

@Stonedtothebone91 4 жыл бұрын

hey PTA from New Zealand, thank you for all the knowledge you share it helps out greatly as i have been into fish keeping for a number of years now but always love learning new things and also trying the new things i learn along the way. just the the end when you were talking about the fry, i also leave mine in my 2metre long 400l tank with heaps of plants and keeping the fish well fed i have never had an issue with missing fry, just on the odd occasion my angel fish decides its a game to chase em and at them haha

@PrimeTimeAquatics 4 жыл бұрын

Glad it's working out well for you too! Thanks for watching. :-)

@thomaszaccone3960 2 жыл бұрын

How is the hobby doing down there? I live in NJ in the US. Not as popular as it was about 50 years ago in my area.

@ritenour12 2 жыл бұрын

Love the video thanks for the information ❤️

@TheCodytobin Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the comments at 10:55. I have four Mollies in a 20 gal and when I saw we had a pregnancy I was worried. I did all this research to see best practices, and was super stressed out due to conflicting information. One particularly busy weekend, she gave birth and I am not completely sure when it occurred. However, I am grateful that I was not witness to it because by the time I noticed, the fry and parents/other Mollies were co-habitating JUST FINE. The adults hardly even noticed the fry, let alone snack on them. I made sure to gauge behavior though. So I would say don’t trip too much about it - just keep them fed and the fry should be fine. I attempted to count on the day of birth (or following day- unsure) and I counted roughly fifteen fry. Now that they are larger, I count 13 or 14 every time so I don’t think any babies were ever sacrificed to the hunger gods. ;)

@shineOn_75 3 ай бұрын

These are my favorite fish. I have Yellow Lyretail, Golden Panda Lyretail and my ⭐ male, an Albino Platinum Sailfin Lyretail Molly and his mate who is a white Sailfin Molly. I now have four 20 gallon plastic tubs with all their offspring separated by colors. Hoping to start selling them to my LFS and possibly Aquabid. They breed prolifically if your tank is cycled/seasoned correctly. So, be prepared!

@naegwut 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I had them when I was a child 🤓

@cosmoplakat9549 2 жыл бұрын

I've heard from many people that mollies can be a bit aggressive and fin-nippy, but man are they pretty fish. They're a good size for a larger tank (agree with 40-breeder as min size for them). I only have a 20L and intended to get guppies but fell in love with some gorgeous platys at petco. They do have a very similar body/fin shape.

@tararosx 2 жыл бұрын

hi so I need an opinion I got 2 balloon mollys 1 normal molly and 1 platy so if i leave my balloon molly in the same tank and she's given birth are the other fish including her gonna eat the babies? I don't have another fish tank to put her in

@svenjansen2134 Жыл бұрын

@Tara Rose Apply top to bottom water plants for the fry to hide.

@piojsanthosh7009 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@Trains-With-Shane Жыл бұрын

I do love Mollies. My dad actually bought a Molly female from Wal-Mart, back in the 80's. She was fairly plain looking and just gray but she gave birth to three lovely Dalmatians while we were floating her bag in the aquarium after bringing her home, lol. My favorite are the solid black standard tail/fin variety. We kept ours in a 55 gallon community tank way back then. I can't remember all of the other tank mates but there were probably some albino cory's, platies, sword tails, etc.

@PrimeTimeAquatics Жыл бұрын

That is really cool!

@matthewberry9648 Жыл бұрын

4 for the price of 1

@Trains-With-Shane Жыл бұрын

@@matthewberry9648 Yep that's the only time that has ever happened in the bag. I'm sure we've bought pregnant live bearers over the years but yep that one molly was by far the most memorable.

@tallulahmartin6980 3 жыл бұрын

i keep them in with platies and guppies and they all do very well

@texasdirtbikerider3335 4 жыл бұрын

I have 3 Dalmatian mollies and they are super fun to watch anytime they see you they swim up to get food.

@lisaeleanor8559 3 жыл бұрын

My dalmatian molly just gave birth today to 15-30 babies..im excited

@mexi2305 2 жыл бұрын

@@lisaeleanor8559 yeah bought mine like 2 months ago and now I have 8babies Molly’s

@stefanplayngo5430 2 ай бұрын

I've got 4 mollies with a Dwarf Gourami, 6 Rummy nose and 2 Chinese Algae Eaters and they are most behaved community I've seen :)

@LilPinkPoodle7 11 ай бұрын

❤ Love my mollies! ❤ Had them for years. I have a 54 gallon corner tank. I successfully keep my mollies with Platys, neon tetras, long fin tetras, black skirt tetras, corys, aftican dwarf frogs, 3 female bettas and a pleco. I also have a lone goldfish that I'm fattening up before he goes to my pond. I actually don't have any aggressive mollies. It's funny because the each fish sticks with their own species. I'll have a platy fish that will chase other platys and sometimes have an attitude. My mollies are sweet. Maybe its the size tank? They also leave the fry alone. Out of all my fish the mollies are the least likely to try to eat the fry. I feed them twice a day so they are never starving. My African dwarf frog is the biggest fry eater. He sits and waits for them in the heavily planted sections 😅

@ritenour12 2 жыл бұрын

100% agree there a lot more aggressive with one or two in a community of other fish they chased and attacked my others but with just mollies they did way better off

@monaangela4667 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this video, i understand the mollies much better now. 🙏👍👌😍

@PrimeTimeAquatics 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@punittripathi79 4 жыл бұрын

Very informative

@mattkinsella9856 3 жыл бұрын

Mollies are great fish. I have some lyretail mollies that until today were in an outside unheated mini pond. For the last 2 weeks the temperature has fluctuated and sometimes the nighttime temp was down to 50F (10C) and today the daytime temp was only up to about 60F (15C) and finally I had the time to bring them inside and they all look amazing and even the smallest fry from the latest drop were happy and healthy. I can't believe how adaptable these fish are. They are beautiful, really friendly and will eat out of my hand, have fry all the time and after my experience this summer I really think as long as the water isn't frozen they'll live in it and be happy 😅

@PrimeTimeAquatics 3 жыл бұрын

Glad they are working well for you!

@jmdhintz 4 жыл бұрын

I've recently started keeping livebearers (swords, mollies, and Platties) in my community tank, with a Severum, Blue Acara, Apisto, and Ram. They all seem be getting along great! I never paid any attention to these fish, but now I'm way into them.

@PrimeTimeAquatics 4 жыл бұрын

Glad it's all working out well!

@sonofaquack6987 4 жыл бұрын

Wait, so you can keep EBAs with platys? I was thinking one for my 60g along with my platys but I was afraid it was too small.

@elijahblechman8633 2 жыл бұрын

Black Mollies are so striking to me. Beautiful creatures.

@wearefishlover 4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful

@thomaszaccone3960 4 жыл бұрын

My favorite are old black mollies and wild style giant saifin mollirs

@kinglyzard 4 жыл бұрын

Lovin' my Dalmatian Creamsicle Dumbo Sailfins

@fishingaddicts4739 3 жыл бұрын

I have a wild sailfin molly that I caught in Miami,after probably being released by someone who couldn’t take care of it!

@kinglyzard 3 жыл бұрын

@@fishingaddicts4739 Sailfin Mollies are native to Florida. I used to catch them on a regular basis in a nearby water feature on a golf course. They make wonderful freshwater, brackish and even saltwater tankmates.

@fishingaddicts4739 3 жыл бұрын

Yes I have it in a 29 gallon and hoping to move it to a 50 gallon with some blue acaras!

@kinglyzard 3 жыл бұрын

@@fishingaddicts4739 I'm not sure Blue Acaras are the best tank mates. I'm already expecting severe bullying

@DankDaHerbalist 4 жыл бұрын

Last year: with 50 tanks we always got something going on last week: with 70 tanks we always got something going on Today: with 80 tanks we always got something going on! 😂😂👌

@PrimeTimeAquatics 4 жыл бұрын

Pretty soon the only thing going on will be tank cleaning. Haha

@DankDaHerbalist 4 жыл бұрын

@@PrimeTimeAquatics labor of love!

@kinglyzard 4 жыл бұрын

How accurate are hygrometers? I just bought a refractometer and compared to my hygrometer. Marked difference! Hygrometer reads 1.006; refractometer reads 1.002. I use roughly 1/2 cup seasalt to 5 gallons water in a brackish tank. My goal is 1.006 to 1.008 to accommodate Mollies, Figure 8 Puffers and Knight Goby. At the same time, I don't want to off my plants.

@Lazarusthefishboy 4 жыл бұрын

@@DankDaHerbalist WOW!!! What a lot going on there, dude! Great effort! So amazed that you can keep up with 80 TANKS TO THIS DAY! Keep up the amazing work!

@DankDaHerbalist 3 жыл бұрын

@@Lazarusthefishboy im talking prime time they have like 80 tanks hahah I only have 8 tanks 😅

@feltina8878 2 жыл бұрын

I have a 10 gal and i started with a mix of different color Molly of 5 and they have been breeding like crazy. So now i got a lot of babies in my tank so far 3 female Molly's had babies.

@stephaniemurphy865 4 жыл бұрын

About a yr ago I got a tank of mollies from a friend who was looking to rehome them and they were breeding for her and they're still breeding. I have no idea how many there are in the tank but when it's feeding time they all come sworming to the front of the tank, you'd they're starving.LOL. My friend kept them in brackish water, so I do also keep them in the same.

@lynnbonica4342 4 жыл бұрын

I bought some mollies for my son when he was about 3-5 yrs old (35 yrs ago). He liked watching them having babies. I also had guppies and platies. Never had any aggression issues. The only problem they had was ick. Mine never ate their fry. 👍☺

@PrimeTimeAquatics 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing your experience!

@evar5831 3 жыл бұрын

I’ve had yellow Molly’s for a while. I’m thinking about getting a different color as well

@salvolondon 3 жыл бұрын

I have 4 females of different types . They are beautiful . Here in Italy they thrive as our tap water is very alcaline with a high gh and kh

@anotheralt6191 10 ай бұрын

I have gold dust mollies,Black, Dalmatian mollies and I think the coolest are the panda's.I gave the panda mollies a great nickname (Candy Corn mollies)but this fish are fun and they recognize there owners like birds so there pretty smart .As long as your hand is clean just to be safe they will nibble at your hand if you dip it in the tank,and there very playful when there well fed and happy.crushed dry meal worms are what I feed them along with krill and they go crazy for the algae pellets.🐟🐠🦈

@JonGarrood Жыл бұрын

Thanks man! great content! Got 2 males and 6 female in a 20G tank, the fry might go to my red devil not gunna lie;) cheers man

@paulcardoza9880 4 жыл бұрын

Good vid ty!

@shaeskye653 3 жыл бұрын

My black molly and Dalmatian molly do amazing in my community getting more soon

@sofiamorning7200 2 жыл бұрын

I really wanna do breeding i just dont wanna put in work and i realized my friend had mollies and they were breeding like crazy so now im trying to learn everything i can abt mollies and molly breeding before i start.

@amx1820 4 жыл бұрын

Hello Jason, could you do Swordtail Poecillidae fish profile?

@catfishcave379 4 жыл бұрын

I can’t remember seeing this tank... must be my senility. Anyway, it’s a fabulous looking tank!

@PrimeTimeAquatics 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@ironwolph 4 жыл бұрын

I have gold dust molly. I heard of a really cool set up where you do mollies with brackish water and narites snails so the snails eggs hatch into larvae and the mollies eat it. Video looks hilarious with all black mollies they just look like silhouettes

@PrimeTimeAquatics 4 жыл бұрын

That is a cool idea. I know - black mollies are really hard to film. Haha

@Lazarusthefishboy 4 жыл бұрын

WOW!!! gold dust mollies! Beautiful fish!!! Keep up the great work @tom jo

@vivekjkumar5797 2 жыл бұрын

i got gold dust too. their tails are so beautiful.

@soggyfries4347 4 жыл бұрын

Started out with two now I think I'm at fifty plus. They're like the bunny rabbits of the aquatic world.

@PrimeTimeAquatics 4 жыл бұрын

Ya, they can over run a tank with proper conditions! :-)

@KimSie13 3 жыл бұрын

Same. I have no idea what to do with all these Babies!

@lisaalbarras3029 3 жыл бұрын

@@KimSie13 I put all my fry in a 55 gallon barrel drum outside, but I live in S.C. and it doesn't get that cold here. The barrel is sunk in the ground so it has ground heat, it is like a pound. I tried to sell the babies but nobody wants them.

@afnan2665 2 жыл бұрын

how do u breed your mollies? i thought the parents or other mollies will eat the baby?

@lisaalbarras3029 2 жыл бұрын

@@afnan2665 They will eat them if they are hungry and can get to them, I keep them fed and have lots of plants floating and planted for the fry to hide in until they are big enough to not be eaten or until I transfer them to a new tank or my pound.

@fernandodhyver Жыл бұрын

Tiger barbs are great with mollies too

@StaciaHillGoldNuggetAquariums 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this video! Could you make a video about keeping and raising swordtail livebearers (if you haven't already)?

@PrimeTimeAquatics 4 жыл бұрын

Funny you mention that because I am going to start a tank with them soon I hope. :-)

@StaciaHillGoldNuggetAquariums 4 жыл бұрын

Prime Time Aquatics yay! Exciting... I just got my first trio of swordtails a few weeks ago and I’m loving them.

@Vintagee858 2 жыл бұрын

I've had mollies, sailfins and platys. I once had a pair of pearly white sailfins so I want to see if I can get either dalmatian mollies or more white ones.

@andrewarnott2428 5 ай бұрын

There are different subspecies namely velifera Latipina and the short finned molly sphenops as in the video. The former two definitely do better in hard brackish warm water . The latter is happy in cooler more neutral water and don’t need salt

@omgfish8146 3 жыл бұрын

i just love the cyrptss

@jigfordtough7318 3 жыл бұрын

This video made me subscribe! Got my daughter a 20 gallon tank with 3 mollies, 1 red male beta, & 2 cory catfish. I'm surprised how much enjoyment I got from the tank. Going to by a 55 gallon and transfer the fish there. Any recommendations what I should add?

@PrimeTimeAquatics 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you are here! With a 55 gallon I would love to have a big school of a couple different types of smaller tetras - black neons, emperor tetras, black phantom tetras, or something similar. :-)

@catfishcave379 Жыл бұрын

Recently bought my first mollies ever! Black and gold, platy size, 2F and 1M. Heat quarantined (87 degrees) for seven days and then watched for another seven. Now in a 60g. Should be fun!

@PrimeTimeAquatics Жыл бұрын

Hope you enjoy them!

@justinedoehring1372 Жыл бұрын

You want 1 Male to 2-3 females.. the males will be harassing that female and drive her crazy when they want to breed. You want more females to give her a break and allow her to relax so she doesn't lose her fry.

@catfishcave379 Жыл бұрын

@@justinedoehring1372 You're right! That was a typo!!

@tokyokatt75 3 жыл бұрын

I have mine with blue German rams sucker fish amino shrimp neon tetra and a male beta which has now gone into his own tank

@pupperific 2 жыл бұрын

Hi. Thanks for the great video. Could you tell me how to check the ph of the water and how to fix it please? Thanks! Gorgeous tank!!

@PrimeTimeAquatics 2 жыл бұрын

You can use test strips or a pH meter. I usually they to keep fish that do best in the pH I have

@taintedmeat9740 4 жыл бұрын

My local Petco often brings in beautiful livebearers. A few years ago I bought a group of 5 gorgeous golden sailfin mollies but they all had shimmies. I put them into a standard 15 gallon tank with no other fish and added a tbl spoon of salt right away and maybe another teaspoon that night. I lost two of them but by the end of the 2nd day the shimmies were gone and I was able to keep them for over 2 years. I am convinced that adult mollies need some level of salt to stay healthy and I found out that most mollies that are raised in Asia are kept in a brackish mix of seawater and fresh. I have experimented with more mollies of different types and found the young do just fine in fresh water but after becoming adults they get uncomfortable at some point and the fix is some level of salt and the question is how much per gallon and there is lots of opinions on this but I am in the pro salt crowd based on observation in my fish room.

@kinglyzard 4 жыл бұрын

Mollies indeed need some level of salt. I have actually kept a Sailfin in a saltwater tank. Salt will eliminate the scourge of ich and velvet.

@taintedmeat9740 3 жыл бұрын

@Le Baguette My experience is limited to sailfin mollies, here in Florida wild silver sailfins are found in brackish water. I have a wild population that lives nearby.

@nozr1383 4 жыл бұрын

I lucked up and scored a dozen or so black Molly fry for five bucks from someone on Facebook. The plus side is that they were raised in completely fresh water.

@PrimeTimeAquatics 4 жыл бұрын

That's cool!

@MyJam1981 4 жыл бұрын

just got two mollys from the pet store 3 days ago....today there was 13 fry hiding up the top corner of the tank had to learn how to be a fish dad in a few hours today after catching them so they dont get eaten lol fun times ....

@PrimeTimeAquatics 4 жыл бұрын

Congrats! That's always exciting!

@Fathernsonadventures 2 жыл бұрын

In my 20g long I have 2 black mollies with 4 ember tetras, 6 neon tetras, 5 zebra danios, 15ish neocaradena shrimp, 7 ramshorn snails. I do not add salt to the tank. My black molles are even breeding we have 1 black mollie fry which was born about a week or 2 ago. They are very happy, And healthy .

@zarkusminks3211 3 жыл бұрын

For once somebody mostly got it right. I agree with most of what you said, despite what ever your friends have said, I think the salt is still important, keeping the water hard and alkaline is really important, however when it comes to the salinity, I found in over 5 years of experience breeding mollies, it needs to be between 1.3 and 1.6. For certain types like sailfin mollies or golden sailfin mollies, black mollies DONT require salt at all unless you're treating them. As you said mollies tend to suffer more with ich more than other fish, this is where that slight salinity level comes in use, as it prevents it up until extreme cases where the fish have become over stressed from pH spikes or the water becoming too acidic. Thats when they break out ill, when the water parameters shift from that 8 to 8.5. Black mollies prefer a pH of 6.5

@degaresaquatics 2 жыл бұрын

No way black mollies prefer 6.5. That’s too acidic

@roshininaughty 2 жыл бұрын

Hi , I have a Molly which is sitting down of my tank. I change water one day before what can I do to help him feel normal again?

@ricbrunner3880 4 жыл бұрын

I do keep and breed mollies it’s the one consistent fish I’ve been breading for over 40 years. Personally I keep them in show dirt tanks with YoYos and Corys. My opinion on feeding. They are such fast gobblers if you have a slower fish it will starve. When I first started in the 70s nobody said salt. I learned that latter. Ive have never kept them in salt. Their lots of fun. I have about just an estimate but I will say 700 right now my core and fry in different stages of growth If you’re not a breeder they can get out of hand. Lol.

@PrimeTimeAquatics 4 жыл бұрын

Really appreciate you sharing! Great point about feeding. :-)

@MrJooooshBowne 2 жыл бұрын

I added a Dalmatian lyrtail mollie and added him and a snail to my newly cycled 10 gallon and after watching this I’m wondering if that is not going to work out very well.

@ericdonner7199 2 жыл бұрын

As for tank mates i have 3 male guppy's 3 platies , an 3 black molly's . All of the fish are doing fine. Even when i was a kid i keep them together an never had any problems. The ones i have now i haven't noticed the mollies chasing them or nipping. They have been together for about 3 month's. Maybe i am just lucky.

@user-ql4ry2cb8r 9 ай бұрын

Hi I am first time aquarium hobby is molly s a good idea for first fish?

@ikonhero 3 жыл бұрын

I've been watching some of your video's as I'm considering getting an aquarium. I was thinking of getting sailfin mollies to start with. The golden and dalmatian look really amazing. Do you think 9 of them would fit in a 180liter (47Gallon)? Or would 6 be more appropriate? Thanks for the video. Very informative.

@PrimeTimeAquatics 3 жыл бұрын

I might start with six (2M:4F) and let them breed. :-)

@ikonhero 3 жыл бұрын

@@PrimeTimeAquatics ok thank you will keep that in mind.🙂

@dewaquatics312 3 жыл бұрын

I have 3 black mollies, 2 gold dust, and 6 Dalmatian mollies with Freddy The Blue Gourami, a rubber lip pleco, ghost shrimp. They are all in a 40 gallon high and I’ve never had any behavior issues with any of them. They all do their own thing. I really want to upgrade my Goldfish tank to a 90 gallon and put all my fish in my molly tank in my 55 gallon

@svenjansen2134 Жыл бұрын

We have 2 mollies, 2 male bettas, 1 moonfish, 3 neon tetras and 6 guppies in one 80 liter tank with some plants and hiding places and it's one happy family. No nipping, no jumping or window surfing, no territorial behaviour, great colours, active etc. Couldn't be happier 😀 The bettas and mollies swim side by side when feeding, Keith the moonfish goes bottomdwelling and guppies are everywhere lol

@svenjansen2134 Жыл бұрын

Oh, hi Freddy!

@patjesscole2709 3 жыл бұрын

Did you make the 50 gallon lowboy yourself or did you buy it like that what are the dimensions I'm thinking about making one I love the style of it

@patjesscole2709 3 жыл бұрын

You said the dimensions in the video sorry sometimes I'm foolish haha

@peterock1313 4 жыл бұрын

I found all my mollies in a local spring out by lake mead, the PPM's in that water is over 1800, thats right 1800 and it is 80+ year round. i still havnt tested the PH in that water yet.

@PrimeTimeAquatics 4 жыл бұрын

Those are some crazy hardness numbers!

@chrispalmer9802 3 жыл бұрын

Can mollies handle alot of water flow? Such as 2 fx4s on a 125 with the nozzles pointed at the surface? Also what kind of northfin pellet do you feed?

@PrimeTimeAquatics 3 жыл бұрын

They seem to not mind the extra flow. I have been feeding Northfin Community Flake, Cichlid Pellets, Krill Pellets and Bug Pro to them!