Freshwater Fish
Black Molly.
A jet-black livebearer that looks sharp against a planted tank and grazes algae as it goes. Beginner-easy and peaceful; mollies appreciate hard water with a little salt tolerance, and they'll happily breed in a 20-gallon-plus community.
Live fish are priced per supplier batch — prices may vary. Call to confirm current pricing.
- Condition
- new
- Fulfillment
- Local pickup — Erie, PA
Every animal is acclimated and health-checked in-house before it reaches the sales floor. This is a species we carry — it's most likely in the tanks around delivery days, but live stock changes daily. Please call (814) 456-9445 to confirm availability before you drive in.
Care at a glance
What to know before you take one home.
- Care level
- Beginner
- Temperament
- Peaceful
- Community
- Community safe
- Adult size
- 3.5"
- Min tank size
- 20 gallons
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Scientific name
- Poecilia sphenops
Good tank mates
Black mollies are peaceful, community-safe livebearers that mix well with other calm fish of a similar size. Good categories: other livebearers (platies, guppies, swordtails), small peaceful tetras and rasboras, and corydoras catfish. A few real examples: platies, harlequin rasboras, and bronze cory cats. Avoid fin-nippers like tiger barbs, aggressive cichlids, and any fish big enough to eat a molly. Because mollies like hard water with a little salt tolerance, pick tankmates comfortable in those same conditions.
Good to know
Black mollies are livebearers, meaning they give birth to free-swimming young rather than laying eggs.
Stock and individual temperament vary — call (814) 456-9445 for pairing advice before you buy.
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660 East 14th Street,
Erie, PA.
Mon–Fri 12–6 · Sat 11–4 · Sun closed. Call ahead on livestock — what's on the floor rotates.