Overview
Molly Assorted Lyre Tail is a colorful freshwater livebearer suited for peaceful community aquariums. It does best in stable, fully cycled water with peaceful tankmates, plant cover, and a varied diet of flakes, small pellets, and occasional frozen or vegetable-based foods.
Molly Assorted Lyre Tail is freshwater aquarium livestock suited for a stable, fully cycled aquarium with compatible tankmates, clean water, and proper acclimation.
Common Name: Molly Assorted Lyre Tail
Scientific Name: Poecilia latipinna
Care Notes: Match tankmates by adult size, temperament, and water needs. Feed an appropriate diet and acclimate carefully on arrival.
Shipping & Arrival: Most in-stock livestock generally ships in 1–2 business days when weather, livestock condition, and carrier timing are safe. Open the package promptly, keep lights low, and acclimate before release.
- Type: Freshwater Fish
- Subtype: Livebearer
- Adult size: Plan for adult size, not just size at purchase.
- Minimum tank: Best in stable, cycled community aquariums with peaceful tankmates.
- Temperament: Peaceful livebearer.
- Care level: Beginner-friendly when kept in clean, stable water.
- Temperature: Keep temperature steady and matched to peaceful tropical community fish.
- pH: Stable freshwater parameters matter more than constant correction.
- Diet: Flakes, small pellets, and occasional frozen or vegetable-based foods.
- Best kept: Peaceful groups with plant cover and compatible tankmates.
- Best tankmates: Other peaceful livebearers, small community fish, Corydoras, peaceful snails, and live plants.
- Avoid with: Aggressive cichlids, fin nippers, large predators, and goldfish.
