Gold Sailfin Molly

Gold sailfin mollies have a bright orange to gold body with reflective scales and red eyes. These are large livebearers but passive in the community tank. In a planted aquarium or with a dark background, these fish almost glow.

Quick Facts

Care Guide

Tank setup: Give sailfins hard, alkaline water with plants, open swimming space and good filtration. Aquarium salt is optional; they also do well in brackish tanks.

Feeding: Mollies graze on algae, so feed a quality flake that includes vegetable matter once or twice a day. They also enjoy algae wafers and frozen brine shrimp.

Tankmates: Mollies get along with most peaceful community fish that like similar hard water, such as platies, swordtails, guppies, danios, rainbowfish, corydoras and plecos. Avoid fin-nippers and soft-water specialists. Keeping more females than males keeps any one female from being harassed.

Good to know: Male sailfins raise their tall dorsal fin to show off to females and rival males. Their sails grow fuller as they mature, so juveniles may not show a full sail yet.