Really Ill!

[sharky&george]

My marble molly has been really bad the last few days, she has completley lost her bouyoncey(if thats how u spell it ) She is sort of nose down and tail up alot of the time, looks quite stressed out what should i do and what do you think it is? Thanks in advance

 

[WILDER]

Sadly swim bladder and once they start headstanding that it sorry.
What do you feed the fish.

Headstanding, laying flat
Water quality problems, drug side effects, swimbladder infection, intestinal obstruction, late stage of infectious diseases

 

[sharky&george]

I feed them tropical flakes and sinking pellets also sometimes peas and tubifex floating cubes, is it a disease that the others can catch and wot caused it?

Before a couple of days ago she was fine healthy.

 

[WILDER]

Bad water quality and diet can cause swim bladder, i would get some frozen foods into there diet and more veg.

http/www.hv3.7h.com/Swim%20Bladder%20Disease.html

 

[sharky&george]

Thanks so is there nothin i can do 4 her and will the others catch it?


Just read ur link thanks

 

[WILDER]

Well it would be good if you can issolate her as it never good to let other fish peck on a dead body. Never none a fish servive headstanding, but if she still eating try the pea trick.
Do you have a container you can float at the top of the tank.

 

[sharky&george]

yea she in a breeding tank on her own, so i just lay off the food 4 couple days then try her with a pea1 hope she lasts out that long

 

[WILDER]

Good luck, but i doubt it.

 

[sharky&george]

thanks for ur help

 

[sharky&george]

She made it! Kept lights off and she was in breeding tank and after couple of days she was fine swimming about happy now so

 

[Triumph]

She made it! Kept lights off and she was in breeding tank and after couple of days she was fine swimming about happy now so

Nice to hear you have had a happy ending!

 

[sharky&george]

cheers billy the fish i like a happy endin