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What's wrong with my fish??

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Accipiter22

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I have a male & a female black molly, and I noticed them swimming very closely the other day for extended periods of time. Today the female black molly looks like she is struggling to swim, she's DOING it fine, just looks labored. She's actually been chilling sitting on the bottom of the tank as you can see in this picture:
Pic of Fish

what's wrong with her?


edit: Not ich, no symptoms of it





best response so far:
Originally posted by: krunchykrome
They're probably going blind because of the light reflecting off of your pale a$$.

You might want to consider tanning.
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edit 2: fish was better today earlier, but is doing it again...maybe it's something about night.
 
Originally posted by: krunchykrome
They're probably going blind because of the light reflecting off of your pale a$$.

You might want to consider tanning.
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LMAO. That's going to be the best response all night. putting it in the OP
 
It's been a while since I've kept fish, but don't mollies prefer slightly brackish (salty) water?
 
Originally posted by: Leros
It's been a while since I've kept fish, but don't mollies prefer slightly brackish (salty) water?
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Bingo!

Try listing some info on your setup.

What size tank?

Do you do water changes?

Any new additions? Do you quarantine?

Temp? Filtration? Food?

Stock list?

Do you know what you are doing? With the blue gravel and all it looks like you are walmart fishkeeper...

Just kidding
 
Originally posted by: homercles337
Drunken buddy take a leak in the tank?
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Psh, yeah I wish it was urine.🙁


I'm suddenly reminded of Eric Cartman declaring himself leader of the Sea People.
:laugh:
 
a) That is not a molly, it is a platy.

b) There could be any number of reasons for the behavior. Best general course of action is to make the temperature is constant at around 80F (~26C) and the tank is well aerated.
 
Originally posted by: Oceandevi
Originally posted by: Leros
It's been a while since I've kept fish, but don't mollies prefer slightly brackish (salty) water?
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Bingo!

Try listing some info on your setup.

What size tank?

Do you do water changes?

Any new additions? Do you quarantine?

Temp? Filtration? Food?

Stock list?

Do you know what you are doing? With the blue gravel and all it looks like you are walmart fishkeeper...

Just kidding
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27 gallon (the gravel is about 15 years old, actually from my first tank originally). No new additions, water was changed (about 15%) several days ago. No new additions ( I don't quarntine when I do though). I have 2 harlequin rasboras, 2 cardinal tetras, 3 rummy noses, 2 algae suckers, 2 black mollies, 1 sunburst platty (had 2, but the other actually died 4 days ago for no reason. It had no symptoms what so ever, just keeled). 1 sunburst gourami.
 
Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy
Maybe they got a divorce and agreed to split the tank top/bottom?
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LMAO

Originally posted by: rahul
a) That is not a molly, it is a platy.
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I've always seen them sold as mollies, so I call it a molly

b) There could be any number of reasons for the behavior. Best general course of action is to make the temperature is constant at around 80F (~26C) and the tank is well aerated.
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yup, been the same since I got em.
 
What is your tank's temperature right now?

What is the PH?

Do you ever add any aquarium salt?

Is the male bothering her at all?
 
Originally posted by: rahul
a) That is not a molly, it is a platy.

b) There could be any number of reasons for the behavior. Best general course of action is to make the temperature is constant at around 80F (~26C) and the tank is well aerated.
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Thats a black molly.

Text
 
Originally posted by: SagaLore
What is your tank's temperature right now?

What is the PH?

Do you ever add any aquarium salt?

Is the male bothering her at all?
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Won't aquarium salt bother the tetras?
 
My guess is that its some kind of parasite making its body swell like that ... I suggest adding something like Mardel Copper-Safe to kill it off before it infects another fish... bad news is that its most likely too late to save the sick one.
 
Originally posted by: Leros
Originally posted by: SagaLore
What is your tank's temperature right now?

What is the PH?

Do you ever add any aquarium salt?

Is the male bothering her at all?
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Won't aquarium salt bother the tetras?
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It's not a salt-water tank, so I've never added salt. The PH is fine as of several days ago. Not sure why it would swing wildly suddenly, I guess I'll check it tomorrow. The male is leaving her alone at this point
 
Pop-Eye
This condition may lead to blindness and loss of the affected eye(s). Pop-eye does not spread easily to other fish so unless you are medicating with a wide-spectrum antibiotic, there is not really a need to separate them. It cannot be treated unless you know the cause, of which there could be many. It could be excess gases in the blood caused by super-saturation in water from high-pressure mains. This is a condition much like the bends in divers. Are there any bubbles in the eye? Is the guppy acting like it is in distress or moving/swimming strangely? Is it acting nervous? If so, assume this is the problem, and lower the temperature as far as you can within reason to help increase the solubility of the gas (nitrogen) and cut off all aeration. Pop-eye could also occur in relation to infrequent water changes, dropsy, ich, bacterial infection, parasitic fungus, internal metabolic disorders, TB, or even a hormonal imbalance. Treatments with several different medications may be required before a cure is found; however, usually all you can do is hope that the pop-eye goes away.

 
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