Mollie Tropical Fish
All the species in this genus are mollies except for the endler s livebearer.
Mollie tropical fish. The dalmatian lyretail molly is a color variation of the sailfin molly and has white black patterned scales that give a marbled effect. Mollies are mostly found from southern united states down into central america. The native habitat of these fish extends from the southern united states to the yucatan peninsula in mexico and they thrive mainly in freshwater environments sometimes venturing into brackish estuaries.
These fish are native to the americas but their habitat can vary significantly. What makes these fish super cool is they come in so many different color variants. You should provide them coverage in the form of live plants.
If you re looking for something other than fish to add to your molly fish tank snails are a good choice. Because it s doesn t scatter its eggs there is usually a high survival rate among its fry as long as the tank doesn t have any large predators. Feeding this is an omnivorous fish that eats all types of live frozen or artificial food.
Molly fish or just mollies are freshwater fish from the genus poecilia in the poeciliidae family. There are currently 40 species in this genus so 39 of them are mollies. These fish are known as livebearers similar to guppies and platies.
The molly is a very attractive tropical fish that comes in many different colors such as orange green and black. The molly fish is a live bearer which means that its eggs are internally gestated until highly developed fry are born. Mollies get along well with peaceful and small fishes like dwarf gourami bristlenose pleco white cloud mountain minnow harlequin rasbora cherry barb guppy and platy.
Its diet is that of an omnivorous fish feeding on flake frozen and freeze dried foods. Some of the more popular varieties include the sailfin balloon and the dalmation. Molly fish are some of the coolest aquarium fish on the planet.
You can include nerite snails rabbit snails trumpet snails and ramshorn snails.