Calico Lyretail Molly
Calico Lyretail Molly
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We do not take backorders on live fish, invertebrates or plants. Livestock arrives on the shipping schedule our suppliers and the weather allow, so we will not promise a date we cannot keep.
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The calico lyretail molly is a mottled black, orange and white form of Poecilia latipinna with the long-rayed lyre tail that gives the variety its name. Males are slimmer, with a modified anal fin called a gonopodium and often a taller dorsal; females are deeper-bodied and plainer. That difference matters more than it sounds, because mollies are livebearers and a mixed group will breed whether or not you planned on it.
Aquarium care
- Adults reach roughly 8 to 10 cm.
- Females give birth to free-swimming young rather than laying eggs, often every four to six weeks.
- Adults will eat their own fry, so provide dense planting or a separate tank if you want to raise them.
- Wants hard, alkaline water and steady temperatures.
- Omnivorous, with vegetable matter and algae forming a genuine part of the diet.
- Keep two or three females per male to spread out breeding pressure.
A good fit for a hard-water community with platies, swordtails, corydoras and peaceful barbs. Have a plan for the fry before you buy a mixed group. Aquarium fish must never be released into ponds or local waterways.
Stock rotates with each shipment, and livestock is available for local pickup at our Lethbridge store. See the molly collection.
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