do i have a deformed MOLLY baby?

[[jdm dc2]]

i duno ive noticed that 2 of my molly's fry look like their dead and everytime i come to suck them out of the bowl.. they get up and swim away.. its weird.. they lay sideways and they dont move.. they look like their dead.. only.. well.. their not..

 

[drobbins27]

If its a deformity, some kinda internal problem, you may want to think about Euthenasia

 

[Stacey269]

I've had that happen too. I don't know why they do that. Did you use a net to move them from the main tank? Have you recently moved any gravel around? They could have gotten hurt that way. They are very delicate. I've found that the one fry that acted that way if not hurt, was very lazy, but still stayed alive. The fry once in awhile swam to the top to eat, but most of the time ate the food that sunk to the bottom. Good Luck.

 

[[jdm dc2]]

I've had that happen too. I don't know why they do that. Did you use a net to move them from the main tank? Have you recently moved any gravel around? They could have gotten hurt that way. They are very delicate. I've found that the one fry that acted that way if not hurt, was very lazy, but still stayed alive. The fry once in awhile swam to the top to eat, but most of the time ate the food that sunk to the bottom. Good Luck.

yeah.. im pretty sure he got hurt when he was being pulled out with the net... poor guy...

should i put him out of his misery and feed him to one of my fishes?...

im just going to let him fight for his life.. give him a chance of survival