Black Mollie Help ?!?!?!

[MadMan-JaMeS]

one of my 6 black mollies is lying on the bottom of my tank doing nothing behind a plant ?

its moving its fin but not going nowhere what do u think it is ? its been like it since last night do u think she could be preggers ?

the rest are swimming around but this one hasn't moved at all ?

 

[*Fishkies*]

Well if it's pregnant it would look quite large. Do you use aquarium salt in the tank?

 

[kpintheshed]

it could be gasping for air. sometimes fish stay at the bottom of the tank. they normally have red streaks around gills.

go to this web: tropical fish centre .com and click diseases and look at numbers 4

 

[rob newland]

Well if it's pregnant it would look quite large. Do you use aquarium salt in the tank?

Nooo its not a aquarium salt you need it's marine salt - Aquarium salt does nothing!
Mollies need to be kept in brackish water to stay healthiest, if not they need very good water conditions of they are prone to all sorts of diseases/bacterial problems.
Rob

 

[kpintheshed]

Well if it's pregnant it would look quite large. Do you use aquarium salt in the tank?

Nooo its not a aquarium salt you need it's marine salt - Aquarium salt does nothing!
Mollies need to be kept in brackish water to stay healthiest, if not they need very good water conditions of they are prone to all sorts of diseases/bacterial problems.
Rob

you can have normal tropical water i do. but u have to keep it very clean. every 3-4 days abouta 40% water change

 

[rob newland]

Yeah I said you need brackish or very clean water. If you dont have it brackish then it should be hard, alkaline water as they don't do well in softer water.
Rpb

 

[kpintheshed]

yer true if u stay on tropical water maybe u might have to change ur water more often. i think brakish water would be better but if u have any other fish like guppies,corrys,tetras. u should not use the brakish water.

What other fish do u have?

 

[MadMan-JaMeS]

looking at her closely now she looks fatter than the rest i've put her in one of those floating things on her own and see how she goes over the next few days how long do they stay pregnant for ? and how many fry could she have ? here is a couple of pics....

what u reckon ?