Black molly fin and tail color change? Normal?

[thedavinator]

My all black male molly that I've had for about 4 months now has started to look rather peculiar lately. His tail has started to gradually turn a bright gold color, and his top fin has done the same, almost like he has highlights. I'm not really too concerned about this, but I just wanted to confirm that this is normal. I hope so, because it is very pretty. I don't have any clear pics of him, but I could get some if necessary.

 

[Cichlid Kid]

Pics are always nice. It sounds like your molly may have some golddust molly in him and now that he's matured the color has come out.

 

[thedavinator]

Pics are always nice. It sounds like your molly may have some golddust molly in him and now that he's matured the color has come out.

Here are some pictures.

 

[ieroglif]

Hi there. Has the fish survived the colour change ok?

My black male Molly has recently changed the colour of the tail and top fin to bright orange. I'm a bit worried.

 

[ktomminello]

From my experience this color change is quite normal once they settle in and mature... It may even be a desired characteristic

what am I doing?

 

[wildroseofky]

Black mollies seem to be prone to getting a bit of gold highlights on them. I have had black mollies with a gold tint to the edge of their black scales, with gold on their fins, and have had dalmatian mollies go black with silver highlights. I had some offspring from my line of black and gold mollies turn into wild type. As they get older their coloring can change quite a lot.