Think I've Got A Molly Issue

[basboi85]

I think I've it issues with one of my Molly's

Basically the short story

A week ago I thought I'd quickly clean the gravel in my tank, took out most of my fish that I could catch and pulled all the decor out and gave the gravel a good clean then put everything back and then come to putting the fish back and one of my biggest Molly's decided to do the great escape out the bucket as I was lowering the bucket back into the tank and decided to have a 4 ft free fall on to my wooden flooring.

Needless to say I panicked scooped her back up put her back in the tank and she started to go belly up so I tried helping her along with holding her and moving her so she got oxygen and she swam off but on her side for ages, I went out round te in-laws for a couple hours and come home to her swimming normally.

But today I've noticed her doing back flips and rolling over sideways when she gets in the current of either one of my filters but my other fish aren't doing it which has raised my concern

She's eating happily so there's no worries there.

Could she have damaged her swim bladder in the fall ???

 

[the_lock_man]

She could have damaged all sorts of things in a fall of that far - that'd be roughly akin to someone falling off the top of the Eiffel Tower. All you can do is keep her water as clean as you possibly can, to give her the best chance of recovery.

 

[basboi85]

I'll give the tank a early weekly change tonight when my rug rats are in bed but it's started yesterday and caught her doing it couple times today. I'll be gutted if she dies as she's black with gold and silver scales.

I was hoping she would get preg by one of my different coloured males ( orange,silver,marbled,peppered sailfin ) and come up with some crazy colours.

Hopefully she'll be ok.

And thanks for reply