molly fish

About the Fish

molly fish or (poecilia sphenops) is one of the popular fresh water aquarium fish its also good for beginners coz it easy to care for . molly fish in wild lives in marine and fresh water and the fish origin is Mexico

Description

  

in wild life u can find mollies with silver and black but there is many others types like golder molly and balloon molly and sail fin molly and Yucatan molly , molly grows up to reach 15 cm , Mollie's males have long dorsal fins while female have short one also females rounded anal fins unlike males which the have normal fin

Behavior

mollies are peaceful fishes they are mid water swimmers except black molly fish some times the act aggressive to other fishes and the best tank mates are sword tail fish or platy fish .

Temperature 

the fish prefer temperature from 18 - 27 C 

Tank Size 

for small size molly like Yucatan or sail fin molly 35 litter tanks and larger for other types you should get larger tank ( for adult fishes ) 

Diet

 

 

 

Mollies are omnivorous so they will feeds on vegetables like alga and live foods like blood worms or brine shrimps