Molly fish tank size the first item to check off on your quest to raise molly fish will be to determine a tank size.
Marble molly and dalmation molly.
The female marble molly chases off the other two females if the get close to her.
Molly fish come in a variety of colors and are easy to care for and breed.
Some mollies have a more swirly marbled pattern and some have a more spotted pattern but a lot are in between and i wouldn t be surprised if the same gene even turns out to be responsible for both color patterns.
The marble molly looks pregnant and i m sure she s the one that dropped the two fry i have in my tank.
It is a handsome black and white fish that makes a peaceful addition to most aquariums.
To distinguish it from its congeners it is sometimes called short finned molly or common molly they inhabit fresh water streams and coastal brackish and marine waters of mexico the wild type fishes are dull silvery in color.
The molly can produce fertile hybrids with many poecilia species most.
I have 3 female mollies marble dalmatian and gold dust.
It s most distinctive feature is the large dorsal fin which is taller and runs from behind the head to just before the caudal fin.
Just like the sailfin molly the lyretail stands out because of its fins but this time it s the caudal fin.
I also have a male marble molly.
Arizona aquatic gardens offers assorted fancy mollies as well as individual colors including dalmation.
Dalmation vs marble mollies what is the difference between these two.
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Minimum quantity for molly dalmation molly is 3.
Poecilia sphenops is a species of fish of the genus poecilia known under the common name molly.
Both species of mollies in order to thrive and grow well should ideally be housed in at least a 29 gallon tank.
The other two don t look big at all.
The marble lyretail molly also called the mexican lyretail molly giant lyretail molly yucatan molly and sometimes simply lyretail molly is a color variety of the poecilia sphenops lyretail molly.
Colorful molly fish for my mini pond duration.