Is this molly a boy or girl?

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VioletThePurple

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If you tell a molly's gender the same way you do platies, I think it's a girl but I'm not certain.
 

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need a picture of the fish from side on with the anal fin extended.
 
Looks like a female but the fin needs to be extended to know for sure
 
It's a bit hard to tell from this picture. If this specimen would stretch out the anal fin, something about the sex can be told. Mind if the tip of the V-shaped anal fin looks sharp (or pointy) and not round edged, it will be a male for sure. If it stays round edged at the tip of the anal fin, it will be a female. So, the V-shape anal fin itself doesn't imply the gender yet. And also when the first finrays of the V-shaped anal fin are a bit thickened, it will be a male. And just know, that with most white colored females, a gravid spot will not be seen anyways.

With mollies the sex can be revealed early or even very late when they've hit adulthood.
 
Looks like a girl. You are overfeeding lol, their poop should be in little pellets, not strings.
I only feed them a pinch of flakes every day, from what I've seen this is just common for livebearers as I've never seen it in any other fish I've owned.
 

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