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Thread: Guppies in saltwater?
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03-13-2012, 09:15 PM #1
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Guppies in saltwater?
I know guppies can live in brakish water, if I acclimated some in their own tank over, say, a month, would they do alright in saltwater? I'd probably do females, as the long tails on the males would slow them down in the feeding rush.
I hate hearing people say "it's only a $3/$5/$1 fish/shrimp, so it's ok if it dies, I can just get another." It's still an animal! All animals should be treated like they're worth $10,000.
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03-13-2012, 09:17 PM #2
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It is possible but they would need to be properly conditioned and acclimated over a period of time.
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03-13-2012, 09:26 PM #3
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Even if it is possible, what possible reason would you have for wanting to do that?
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03-13-2012, 09:58 PM #4
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I had a Molly acclimated to full saltwater holding the cycle in a qt tank for a few months, but it didn't make it one day when we moved it to the display, I think it got into one of our anemones and got eaten or our clowns fed it to one of the nems. No sign of it at all.
Imo, I think Mollies and guppies do well in saltwater, but I don't think they are tough enough to survive some of the dangers in a reef (like aggressive fish and stinging coral and anemones, or high current).
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03-13-2012, 10:55 PM #5
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I just think having a couple of guppies in my saltwater tank would be nice. How long would you say I need to acclimate them? I was also considering mollies.
I hate hearing people say "it's only a $3/$5/$1 fish/shrimp, so it's ok if it dies, I can just get another." It's still an animal! All animals should be treated like they're worth $10,000.
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29 fw: Chili rasboras, pygmy cories, P. Gertrudae
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03-14-2012, 11:16 AM #6
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You can do a slow drip for several hours and they will be good, but I would recommend 24 hours or so. I took a month but I was a little lazy at the time, but they don't need nearly that long to acclimate
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03-14-2012, 05:14 PM #7
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Mollies are quite capable of living in full salt indefinitely, they just get eaten rather quickly when washed out to sea.
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03-14-2012, 06:35 PM #8
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Do you think being in saltwater would make guppies not breed?
I hate hearing people say "it's only a $3/$5/$1 fish/shrimp, so it's ok if it dies, I can just get another." It's still an animal! All animals should be treated like they're worth $10,000.
29 sw: Damsel, shrimpgoby, pistol shrimp, waspfish
65 fw: Rummies, glowlight tetras, pencilfish, darters, ottos, f betta, goby, dwarf gourami, ninjas
29 fw: Chili rasboras, pygmy cories, P. Gertrudae
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03-14-2012, 07:12 PM #9
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I don't think a vascetomy could keep guppies from breeding.
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03-15-2012, 12:10 PM #10
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I wanna try this now. Can someone msg me some specific needs for transferring guppies to salt water?
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