Lynne Posted November 27, 2005 Report Share Posted November 27, 2005 My white sailfin mollie had babies last week. She ate most of them! She was absolutely humungously fat and now she is super thin, compared to my orange female who had babies on the weekend. The white one also looks like she is developing a blood like (pinkish/red) appearance under her skin near her eye. I wouldn't have paid too much attention to this if my other white sailfin mollie (I had 2) hadn't had the same thing earlier this week, she died on Saturday. The first white female also went super thin after having babies, but, in addition to this her body ended up with a bent look, she had a kink and looked like her sides were sucked in, more so on one side than the other giving her the kinked/bent look. I'm worried that my remaining white female is going down the same track. Does anyone know what this might be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faran Posted November 27, 2005 Report Share Posted November 27, 2005 Wow, that's a lot of symptoms. Do you still have the molly that died? It might pay to take a look at her gills under a microscope or magnifying glass to check for gill flukes - would explain the redness behind the eye (inflammation of gills) and the lack of oxygen would also result in wasting away and dying. Other than that, malnutrition and lack of rest after birthing causes 'saddleback'ing which is the deformity of the spine and wasting away until possible rest. No matter what, when you have a fish showing signs of duress as described it is very important to quarantine/hospitalize the fish. You can do this by either getting a breeding net and popping the fish in there or you can set up a tank for them. This is to give you a chance to observe the fish under controlled conditions, give it time/space to rest and recover. Fish keeping is a constant learning experience, so try and learn something with every sick/dying fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynne Posted November 27, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2005 I don't have the dead mollie anymore. My sick mollie still has an appetite and is eating well and is active. I'm wondering if it could be worms? Perhaps sucking the life out of her. Is there anything I can give her for worms that won't hurt my other fish she is communing with? She is in with 5 neons, 1 hatchet, 2 whiptails, 2 orange sail fin mollies, 4 discus (5 to 6cm in diameter) More importantly, if it is worms can my other discus or whiptails catch them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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