Description
Sailfin Mollies hail from various coastal and inland water systems across Mexico and Southeastern USA. Growing up to 12cm in length, Sailfin Mollies are unusual in that in the wild they can live in purely freshwater, purely saltwater or brackish water conditions.
Best kept with one male to every three females since males will consistently chase females to court them, a high female ratio prevents any female fish from being stressed to death.
To mimic their natural environment, consider adding live plants to your aquarium, Sailfin Mollies enjoy dense vegetation and floating plants which offer sources of food as well as shelter. Consider a sandy substrate.
Sailfin Mollies are predominantly herbivores that graze on algae within the tank. At Wirral Aquatics we supplement this with EBO Spirulina tabs, algae wafers an cucumber.
Tank compatibility & care
Compatible tank mates
Hand-picked from the species we stock
Ordering livestock
We strive to ensure that we honour all orders placed online. However, we are a small, busy shop and tracking livestock inventory can be challenging. If we are unable to fulfil your order, we will contact you as soon as possible to discuss options so that you can decide how you would like to proceed.
If livestock are appearing out of stock on our website, it does not necessarily mean that they are not available in store. If there is something that you are looking for, please contact us and we will be happy to discuss what is possible.
If you would like to view footage of the particular fish that you are looking to purchase, please contact us and we will send footage as per your request.