LyraGuppi
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This is Ebony. She is a black molly, and was one of the first members of the 45gallon molly tank. She had some trouble over the past few days, reclining more and protruding her egg-tube. Today, though, I found her lethargic, with this UFO coming out of her anus.
If you look at the first pic, you can also see little white "pimples" on her tail.
She has little fuzzy spots on her, and a bit of a shimmy.
Her "bulbs" later on grew white.
You can also see the fuzzy mouth fungus..looking stuff in that pic.
Her symptoms sound like columnaris, or a bacterial infection. The rest of the tank is perfect, no flicking, lethargy, or shimmy. Females are dropping fry, and the fry are growing fast.
She is now isolated in a 3/4 Gallon tank, 79 degrees F, with a pinch of salt and an airstone. She has no appetite.
Are the bulbs undeveloped eggs she had to drop? Could the hard labor have weakened her enough to let the infections set in?