Posted by AnimalFan on March 16, 2003 at 23:53:11:
A couple of months ago I "adopted" a large male molly, Porky, from my boss to add to my livebearer community. She told me that he was a male gold molly, and since I have only been previously familiar with swordtails, I didn't think anything of it. However, tonight I bought Porky a girlfriend, a gold molly. (I also bought a lonely little gold dust molly). When I brought her home, and saw her compared to the male, I noticed that they look very different. I can tell they are both mollies, because their fin patterns and body shapes look alike, but their colors are different. Porky is very large, I'd say three inches, and a very pale marigold. His fin designs are a bright greenish, and his pupils are black. The female is normal size I'd say, and she is reddish-orange, with reddish pupils, and her fin designs are yellow-orange. Is the male a different type of molly than what my boss had told me?
Thanx for your help!
