Strange Problem With Black Male Molly

[garethfowler]

I've got a few male/female pairs of mollies and when I fed them yesterday morning I found that 1 of the male mollies was swimming on it's side. But when it started feeding it went balistic and was racing around the tank banging against the rocks at the bottom, and acting like it was having a fit.

I turned the lights off, and he calmed down within 5-10mins. When I fed them today he wasn't fitting, but he is still swimming on its side.

I've put some Stress Coat & Stress Zyme in the tank, as I cannot use anything else as I have young fry in the tank.

Any help with curing the side-ways swimming, and what could be the cause of the fitting??

Thanks for your help.

G.

 

[WILDER]

Need tank size and water stats in ammonia,nitrite,nitrate,and ph, is the tummy area swollen, laying to one side and fitting can also be a parasite, so any flicking and rubbing against objects, any laboured breathing.


Darting
Water quality problems, skin parasites, drug side effects, stray voltage in the tank

 

[garethfowler]

Currently 10g tank, but will be changing to 30g tank next week. Water stats unknown as I have ran out of testers, but when it was checked 2 weeks ago, everything was safe. No tummy area isn't swollen, he always been on the thin side and he doesn't normally rub against objects, nor does it seem to be any problem with his breathing. It just happened that when I fed the fish he seemed to be having a 'fit', but after 5-10mins he calmed down, and was back to his normal self other then the fact he's swimming at an angle.

Checked his fins and body, nothing unusual, no signs of fit-rot nor whitespot. Though I did notice just now that the slighly larger female sail-fin molly was chasing him after he tried to mate with her.

Any ideas? Maybe the larger female bullying, maybe the move to the bigger tank may help things so they have more hidding places?

Thanks.

G.

 

[WILDER]

I would do a water change for now to see if that helps, and get water tested, the fish being thin could be internal parasites or fish tb, internal parasite signs are red inflamed anus, or enlarged, long stringy white poo, or worms prutruding from the anus.