Re: NANFA-- South Carolina Sailfins

Bob Bock (bockhouse_at_earthlink.net)
Sat, 9 Feb 2002 12:08:06 -0500

Thanks for the report, Doug. If you ever get a chance to check the hardness
of your freshwater mollie spot, could you let me know what it is? I suspect
the spring that feeds it is high in CaCO3.

Although there may be exceptions, brackish and salt water mollies are
usually larger than freshwater mollies, but, as many people have seen, they
do live in freshwater. (I'd be quite surprised, though, if anyone found
them consistently at a pH under 7.0. (Not to say, though, that that
couldn't happen.)

Oh--I live in Maryland, so I meant an 8 hour drive from here, not from FL.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Dame" <dameda_at_shands.ufl.edu>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 7:47 PM
Subject: Re: NANFA-- South Carolina Sailfins

Sailfin Bob wrote:

>> As the Scharpfmeister mention, I'm really into sailfin mollies.
>> Any of you know of any good brackish water locals for collecting
>> them? Like maybe a salt marsh inside a State Park?
>>
>> Would anyone know how Soutch Carolina sailfins might compare
>> in color and size to the Florida variety? Would it be worth an eight
> > hour drive to get some to cross with my domestic stock?

I know mollies thrive in brackish water, but hereabouts in north central
Florida I also routinely catch them in water with essentially zero salt
content. For example, two week ago I got a bunch just off Orange Lake, which
is perhaps 50 miles as the crow flies from the Gulf and 70 miles from the
Atlantic (right by Interstate-75, between Gainesville and Ocala.) And
they're even as common as Gambusia in some of the little streams that run
right though downtown Gainesville (even in places where the natural stream
has been made into a concrete chute). They're in the Sante Fe River. They're
in the pristine Itchnetucknee River, 3 miles from the headspring. They're
.... well, everywhere ( I want to be !)

I wasn't sure where you are ... were you talking about an 8-hr drive from
S.C. to Florida, or vice versa ?

Doug Dame
Interlachen FL

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