Ich Pregnant Silver Molly

[Jpat82]

I recent had an out brake of ich in my main tank (didn't qruantine two platy). I lost all my fish except my Cory who I moved and treated separately, he isn't showing signs and my silver mollie. I have been treating for over a week and now she looks pregnant. She's fat with the dark spot near her back end. She still stays near the bottom of the tank and has her fins clamped. I can't really see any white spots from the ich which was hard because she is white. Before I could see them in her tail. How can I tell when the ich is gone?

 

[KrystaK]

Honestly? stop treating her and see if the spots develop again. If they don't than she should be fine.
If you want a better answer than that, the forum will need more information; like what size of tank you have, your water paramaters, such as temperature, ppm of Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrate and the pH of the tank. How often do you do water changes? How much water is actually taken from the tank? And how long has the tank been running?

You say her fins are clamped, that suggests she is stressed.​

 

[Jpat82]

I don't know the number on the water parameters because I bought a cheap test kit that just shows me colors indicating where they should be. The temp is at 76 and I change the water once a week about 30% oh and it's a ten gallon tank. Is there anyway to get her distressed? I removed the huge plant(it's fake) from the tank while I was treating . At that time though I had three mollies and two platies. I was looking for the 6 fry that she had had but they all were dead. Should I put the plant back in?
Thank you for taking the time to help me out.

Oops tank has been running for about a month.

 

[akelland]

My black molly had ich turn the temp up slowly to bout 82-83 I did this and by next morning he was alot better and try adding salt a little salt keeps mollies happier.

 

[Jpat82]

Thank you but I ended up losing her

 

[akelland]

shame maybe next time if you plan on having mollies again here some info for them
TANK CONDITION
Mollies are shoaling fish which should be kept in groups. Males will display constantly and may become aggressive towards eaxh other, especially if kept in twos. It is therefore, better to keep either one male with several females, or a group of males with the females. This applies more to sailfin mollies then to sphenops-type varieties. Ample swimming space bordered by plants should be provided, along with good lightning. Close attention needs to be given to water chemistry, since mollies often fare poorly if kept under 'average' community aquarium conditions. The water should be well filtered, alkaline and slightly to moderately hard with about one teaspoonful of salt added to every 4.5-5 literes ( 1 imperial gallon )
TEMPERATURE
Sphenops-type varieties will be comfortable between 23-28'c (73-82f), while for sailfins the range should be between 25-28c (77-82f) or even a little higher.
BREEDING
Sphenops mollies can produce about 80 fry every 5-6 weeks. Sailfin broods are even larger, with mor then 100 fry being produced at intervals of 6-10 weeks depending on temperature and season .
Hooe this helps