Belladona Posted September 25, 2012 Report Share Posted September 25, 2012 I have a Mollie and rather than the normal fishy swim with just the fins she seems to have started swimming with her whole body , you could liken it to a snake or lizard swim style I suppose - she is active - it just looks not as relaxed, and not my first to do this - and in the longer term ones that I have noticed starting to do this seem to die, any ideas what is causing this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted September 25, 2012 Report Share Posted September 25, 2012 swim bladder problem or just old age? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belladona Posted September 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2012 ta for the response, out of the two would think it would have to be swim bladder, we have had them since tiny and I gather they would live ??? over 5 years - ?yes If so anything to be done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted September 25, 2012 Report Share Posted September 25, 2012 is this happening regularly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belladona Posted September 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2012 last one about a month ago, and before that - it would be months ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F15hguy Posted September 25, 2012 Report Share Posted September 25, 2012 known as the "shimmies" adding a little salt can help, also checking your nitrates (mollies are really sensitive to nitrates, keep them below 10ppm) also increase the amount of vegetable matter in their diet, algae rocks, pleco chips, softened pumpkin blanched lettuce etc... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belladona Posted September 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2012 the 'shimmies' describes it well. How much salt for 200 L tank would you use and is it ok for ALL fish. Pumpkin - do you cook it first? We add algae disks at the moment and the odd pea which some of the fish seem to enjoy. Thanks for the info - this is great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F15hguy Posted September 26, 2012 Report Share Posted September 26, 2012 just a small bit of salt, its more to lessen the nitrate toxicity, and to promote the mucus layer, try about 1 tablespoon per 20-40L pmupkin, nuke it for about 10 seconds or until soft, the put it fridge until cold try this http://www.aquarium-pond-answers.com/2007/10/mollies-in-aquariums.html good bit of info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F15hguy Posted September 26, 2012 Report Share Posted September 26, 2012 oooh, forgot to ask, what other fish are in therE???, bristlenose and many loaches do not like salt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belladona Posted September 26, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2012 Oh, we have 2 reticulated cory's and 3 peppered cory's, bottom feeders wise we also have 2 flying foxes and 1 Chinese algae eater So maybe we just try some veges, pumpkin sounds good. All tank tests were satis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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