My Determined Molly Gal! She's Been Fighting Off Swim Bladder

[wendyngd]

My molly has amazed me lately. As I've mentioned, I lost a few in the past few months to what looked like swim bladder disease. They both ended up weakly breathing--laying on their backs..

But this gal is amazing me! She is like this little acrobat! Even if she gets thrown off her path a bit or ends up on her back while chasing her boyfriend/brother? around, she uses her tail and her fins? (up front) to right herself--to flip herself over!! I've never seen anything like it. She has a strong life force!!

I have tried everything to help her. She simply wouldn't eat any cooked peas (which I thought would help if she was constipated) so, as hard as it was, yesterday, I didn't feed her and her bro and our silly catfish most of the day and then gave them lots of crushed peas--I think she might have taken a small bite! And it might have been my imagination, but today she seemed like she was a little bit more stable in her swimming.

They are in a 10 gallon tank. I constantly tested the water--first with the dipsticks and then with the whole testing kit (like being back in high school lab)! And all the stats were normal. Only the ph was a little low like 6.6--so I put a little ph up in. And, for all who mentioned it a a few weeks ago, my nitrates and nitrites were just fine--so I assume that that means my ammonia level is down.

I'd love to hear any pointers or other stories about brave, hearty fish!

Happy summer to many of us in world!

Warmly,
Wendy

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[lilfishie]

well you've probably seen about my betta Blaze, he has had it twice in 16 days, he did love the peas now he is getting fed up with them, he would just lie there until he saw you looking at him then go mad and swim around and do a little wiggle dance as if to say 'look i'm better you can feed me proper food now'. maybe try fasting her for 3 days then try the pea again she should be hungry by then and willing to eat anything. hope she recovers, shame you've lost a lot to it, hope this lil gal fights it which it sounds like she is

 

[modaz]

sounds like shes doing better

I had a young betta who must have had a big problem, if anything was to happen, he got it everytime, swim bladder that got him bad, fin rot got him too, fungus, he even choked on food and i had to hold him by the tail and gently shake him until he threw it all up, real fighter he was, was only 14 weeks old, but went on holiday and the person who was suppose to be looking after my fish killed him off together with half of my other fish in my 6 tanks

 

[fourthtimelucky]

How is your Molly? Fingers crossed for her!

 

[wendyngd]

How is your Molly? Fingers crossed for her!

I'm at work so can't write much--She's still hangin' in there! Though this morning she looked like she was doing somersaults again---she still was using her "muscles" to right and propell herself--God bless her! Maybe I'll try some more peas tonight. Thanks for all your support re my miraculous molly!


Love,
Wendy

 

[lilfishie]

hope she pulls though, hopefully peas will help if she eats them

 

[fourthtimelucky]

She sounds like a real tough cookie! Good luck with the peas.

 

[wendyngd]

Hi-

She's still "hanging" in there--though seems to be spinning a little more again today. Modaz, sorry about your loss. YOu are all so sweet. I appreciate the support.

I've done some "fasting" but 1) I feel bad 'because there are 2 other fish in the tank (little male molly, I call "Horny"--because he's humped every fish that ever came through that tank--so cute, though) and my silly orange catfish. and 2) because I'm a "Jewish Mother," Literally and figuratively, so depriving "my kids" of food is difficult for me. I'm a pushover for those little faces...

But I did do a few meals of fasting and then feeding only peas for 2 sequential meals. It's hard to tell if my gal had any. She still looks kind of bloated--and as I said earlier, she was spinining a bit today. I hope she pulls through. ALL OF YOUR SHARES GAVE ME HOPE. tHANKS!

I need to clean the tank this weekend and change the water (10 gallons). Hope this doesn't upset her too much--maybe it'll even help.

Love to all,
Wendy 8)

 

[wendyngd]

Hi-

She's still "hanging" in there--though seems to be spinning a little more again today. Modaz, sorry about your loss. YOu are all so sweet. I appreciate the support.

I've done some "fasting" but 1) I feel bad 'because there are 2 other fish in the tank (little male molly, I call "Horny"--because he's humped every fish that ever came through that tank--so cute, though) and my silly orange catfish. and 2) because I'm a "Jewish Mother," Literally and figuratively, so depriving "my kids" of food is difficult for me. I'm a pushover for those little faces...

But I did do a few meals of fasting and then feeding only peas for 2 sequential meals. It's hard to tell if my gal had any. She still looks kind of bloated--and as I said earlier, she was spinining a bit today. I hope she pulls through. ALL OF YOUR SHARES GAVE ME HOPE. tHANKS!

I need to clean the tank this weekend and change the water (10 gallons). Hope this doesn't upset her too much--maybe it'll even help.

Love to all,
Wendy 8)

Good News! Returned home last night from family barbecue to find my little girl molly swimming normally, like her old self again! Yayyyy--Hope I can help her maintain this. -wendy