Marble Molly Mating

A female sailfin molly fish will give birth to 10 to 140 live young molly fish but not at the same time.

Marble molly mating.

Any molly fish can breed with another breed of molly. They follow each other around and then begin to mate. Having a group of floating plants in the corner of your aquarium will promote rearing outside of the breeding tank. The aquarium should be planted densely as possible or have a thick algae mat.

Female sailfin molly fish are larger than her male counterpart and just like their cousins they do not lay eggs. After owning molly fish or any livebearer for some time you will quickly find out how much they breed. Just like the sailfin molly the lyretail stands out because of its fins but this time it s the caudal fin. Any female can hookup with any male.

She will commonly gestate throughout a period of a year giving birth multiple times. They start to actually begin to mate at 0 39. 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. This makes for a crazy successful breeding platform.

The marble lyretail molly is a livebearer that requires a spawning box in a 25 gallon or larger breeding tank. One of the many options for keeping the fry safe from adults is to keep a breeding box in your fish tank. If you plan on raising the molly babies to adulthood then you will have to choose from a couple of options to prevent the female molly from eating the newly born fry.