molly doing somthing silly ????

[Angel03]

Does anyone know why i have a molly that is gasping for air , she sits at the bottom of tank doing this , i put her in a breeding net to keep an eye on her then i let her out 10 mins later becouse she wasn't doing it anymore , now today she's doing it again , none of my other fish are doing this , i thought it could be somthing to do with lack of oxygen , but none of the other fish are doing this ???

 

[guppygirl]

AHH. Finally. Someone else with this problem. well, I certainly think it is a lack of oxygen. What other fish do you have in the tank?
I have a tank where my poor diseased molly is and the other fish(4 two spot barbs, 3 long finned leopard danios, WAY too many guppies, a pair of dwarf gouramis, 2 otos, 1 clown loach and one leopard cory.) are is happy as could be.
I think mollys are very flow-needing, per se. This guy has been diseased since I put him in my 55 gal. He has some fungal disease that starts out in the eyes, then moves to the body. I'm keeping the body clear of it, but it's hard to keep the eyes clear. This other tank (not the 55) has very poor flow, but it has lots of live plants.
Well, getting back to your question, yes, add like a bubbler or another filter. You didn't say what kind of filtration you have.
oh ya how long have you had this molly, how old do you think she is? she might just be getting old and ready to die. My old guppies do that.
hope I helped! reply soon!
guppy girl

 

[Angel03]

Hello guppygirl the molly i have is very young , don't even think it's fully grown yet, i hope she not going to die the filteration i have is a Fluval plus underwater filter if thats makes any sence , i do have a bubble tube that goes at the back of the tank and makes lots of loverly and impresive bubbles , not realy had the tank that long either , the fish i have are listed in my sig .

 

[Sea_Monster87]

Is your water ok? If something is too high or low that may be why.

 

[Angel03]

I cheaked everything a few days ago and everything was fine .

 

[smb]

How often do you change your water and what percentage?

Oxygen deprivation could possibly be it but it could also be velvet or skin flukes, all of which make fish gasp. High levels of ammonia, nitrite and pH also cause this but you've said you're normal there so this isn't a concern in this case.

Skin flukes cause this as they sometimes attach themselves near the gills. Can you get a closeup look and see if you see anything abnormal?

 

[guppygirl]

Did you add a little bit of salt? I heard mollies like salt(unless you have amazon swords, then don't). But remember, salt doesn't evaporate with the water, you have to take it out with water changes. Salt also helps just about every disease. It replaces electrolytes that fish lose when stressed or diseased(man i'm sounding like an ad!).
Also more water changes help alot.
What size bubbles come out of the tube? You may have to small or too large bubbles to adequately aerate the tank. If so, you can like add another finer airstone to it.
Well, g2g,
guppygirl

 

[mistrymachine]

Ok this sounds crazy but I just read on another board about a girl having the same problem and they did a crushed pea treatment.She was very happy with the results and the mollie recovered immediately.Bad news is, I cant find the method on how to do this I would also really like some info. on this treatment so maybe someone else has heard of this?I originally got this info. from a site called mollyman.com.But I cant seem to post a message there.If I can find anymore information on this I will post it.Definately worth checking into!

 

[smb]

What they were talking about is dropsy. Giving a fish a pea will help clear out ther digestive tract. Dropsy isn't a disease but causes concentration of the fluids in the body tissues or cavities.

You just buy some frozen peas, boil them, unshell it and drop it in. I always recommend peas for dropsy and even feed all of my fish peas a few times a week.

 

[mistrymachine]

Oh,will the pea treatment help for intestinal parasites?