Pregnant Or Dropsy?

Doug62 · May 8, 2006

Here are my two female mollies who i thought where pregnant bu i fear now may just have dropsy. The molly in the first 2 pics has been getting fatter for the past 9 weeks altho only has recently developed slight pineconing. The last pic shows a molly thats been getting fatter for the past 5 weeks and has developed more significant pineconing over the past week. Any help would be massivly appreciated as i am really a novice at this whole thing.
Thanx
Doug

Annastasia · May 8, 2006

The first one could possibly just be pregnant, but she looks a little strange. She could just be very fat though.

The second one definitely appears to have pineconed scales? In which case, it's most likely dropsy.

snowyangel · May 8, 2006

Yeah their scales do look raised/swollen instead of being smooth and glossy.

karen84 · May 9, 2006

I would say dropsy sorry

Sasha · May 9, 2006

I agree. They look like they have dropsy.

One of the symptoms of dropsy is that their scales pop out and look like a pinecone.

aquagirl · May 9, 2006

Another vote for dropsy, I'm afraid.

blitztidus · May 9, 2006

If her scales were not sticking out like that I would say prego, but I have dealt with dropsy myself just a short while ago, she looks exactly like the guppy that had it :-(