Marble Molly Mating

Just like the sailfin molly the lyretail stands out because of its fins but this time it s the caudal fin.

Marble molly mating.

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. Having a group of floating plants in the corner of your aquarium will promote rearing outside of the breeding tank. Dalmatian lyretail mollies breeding. This variety is bred in lots of different colors and patterns.

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. After owning molly fish or any livebearer for some time you will quickly find out how much they breed. Being livebearers they do give live birth to their babies. Female sailfin molly fish are larger than her male counterpart and just like their cousins they do not lay eggs.

One of the many options for keeping the fry safe from adults is to keep a breeding box in your fish tank. They follow each other around and then begin to mate. She will commonly gestate throughout a period of a year giving birth multiple times. The marble lyretail molly is a livebearer that requires a spawning box in a 25 gallon or larger breeding tank.

This makes for a crazy successful breeding platform. The aquarium should be planted densely as possible or have a thick algae mat. Any molly fish can breed with another breed of molly.