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.
Marble molly and dalmation molly.
Dalmation vs marble mollies what is the difference between these two.
The female marble molly chases off the other two females if the get close to her.
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The molly can produce fertile hybrids with many poecilia species most.
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.
I also have a male marble molly.
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.
Colorful molly fish for my mini pond duration.
The other two don t look big at all.
Molly fish come in a variety of colors and are easy to care for and breed.
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.
Im wondering because i was going to get a few dalmation mollies to add to my tank but for some reason my local petsmart decided a few months ago that they will use soft water instead of hard water and every single molly tank in their store has shimmies now.
Both species of mollies in order to thrive and grow well should ideally be housed in at least a 29 gallon tank.
The name is the main difference.
Just like the sailfin molly the lyretail stands out because of its fins but this time it s the caudal fin.
Arizona aquatic gardens offers assorted fancy mollies as well as individual colors including dalmation.
I have 3 female mollies marble dalmatian and gold dust.