Sick Mollie - Dropsy?

[2manyfish]

Hi all-

I hale a female mollie who is now sitting on the bottom of the tank and gasping. I have a hospital tank set up for her but can't seem to easily get her in a net to move her. She sits alot but the minute she sees the net she is on the go. I can pull everyting out of the tank to get her but I dont' want to overly stress her out - any ideas? I have a 29 gallon tank with a few too many fish - frequent water changes and 2 filters to keep the water where it needs to be. Water is pretty OK most of the time. they have an airstone, heater and lots of pump power which is cleaned every week. d

Sherrie

 

[WILDER]

How many gallons is the tank.
How many fish and which type.
Water stats in ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, and ph.

Once scales stick out last stage of dropsy organ failure.
All you can do is epson salt baths to help draw the fluids out. Internal bacterial med.
Not sounding to you i'm afraid.