Jackpjake Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 Hey all, first time on this forum, i have a pregnant molly who just passed 7 weeks since her last batch of fry, she has been fat for about 4 weeks and is currently super swollen, she has had a white spot near her anal fin for at least a week and a half now. Was wondering if I should be concerned at this point and what to do going forward. She is in a 30 gallon community tank with 6 Cory catfish, two male and two other female golden panda female mollies: water is 78 degrees, ph fluctuates between 7.5 and 8 but is always between those. Ammonia and nitrite at 0 and nitrates are currently about 30 ppm an i try to keep them between 20-40. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 Sorry to hear... Photos might be helpful. You might also try posting this under the heading about fish sickness and disease. It is possible she has bloat / dropsy. We have lost a few fish to that. A combination of factors can cause the bacterial infection. Mollys of the balloon variety can be hard to diagnose. If you have before and current photos to compare, that might help. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackpjake Posted December 23, 2020 Author Share Posted December 23, 2020 I don’t have any before pictures of her up close, it is not a balloon molly. She is acting normal other than being fat, eating extremely well, more than everyone except my other pregnant molly, and no pineconing to indicate dropsy. I know livebearers can withhold fry if they are stressed, i have a 10 gallon with nothing in it I could move her too, but I’m worried moving her would just stress her more. Thanks again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 Hmm. Very pretty fish! Is her poop looking white and stringy, or otherwise noticeably abnormal? I'd yield to others here . . . if she were mine, I'd probably decide if she's worth investing medicine into or not. API E. M. Ethromycin and API General Cure can be helpful -- though they treat different causes. A lot of people treat sick fish with salt. Cory has some videos and discussions on using salt to treat a lot of fish illness. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingman12r Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 Is she pooping at all? Might be constipation. You may want to bump the temperature a bit ant treat with a little salt or an epsom salt dip. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackpjake Posted December 24, 2020 Author Share Posted December 24, 2020 (edited) Thanks all for the replies! She is pooping well, had a white poop yesterday but it was very solid and i had just fed them their weekly peas. Spent all day in front of the tank investigating. I think she is just stressed, One of my males has been super aggressive today, had noticed a slight increase lately but hadn’t spent enough time observing not at feeding time. Sadly, I may have to move my honey gourami out. Not sure why but they seem to be stressing him out and he has been going after them and the female especially hard today. Edited December 24, 2020 by Jackpjake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 6 hours ago, Jackpjake said: he has been going after them and the female especially hard today. We resolved this by putting our aggressive lyretail molly in a floating fry container for 24 hrs. Curbed aggression fairly well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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