Elizabeth Armstrong
September 16th 04, 10:39 PM
I couldn't view your picture, but I wonder if yours is a silver molly?
Once a long time ago my mom got a silver molly that developed black dots.
We were really worried about it and felt pretty stupid when it turned out to
be a dalmatian molly.
~Elizabeth
"Dave__" > wrote in message
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>
>
> Howdy,
>
> I am hoping someone has an answer to this question...
>
> I have a molly who over the last 3 months has developed black dots.
> Not just one or two but all over its body. These dots are not moving
> and I have other mollys in the tank and none of them have these dots.
> Now, the Molly seems just fine, it eats everything i toss into the
> tank, it acts just like a molly should. I thought maybe it was
> pregnant, but 3 months have gone by and nothing... It's not mold, at
> least i don't think it is.. One person at my local fish mart said that
> if you feed exotic food to some species of fish they can grow spot...
> Now i feed my tank some myosis shrimp and blood worms a couple of
> times a week and just the standard flake the rest of the time...
>
> Ive attached a picture, its not a very good one as I can not get it to
> stand still long enough to get a good picture...
>
> Any ideas????
>
> Cheers,
>
> Dave___
Once a long time ago my mom got a silver molly that developed black dots.
We were really worried about it and felt pretty stupid when it turned out to
be a dalmatian molly.
~Elizabeth
"Dave__" > wrote in message
...
>
>
> Howdy,
>
> I am hoping someone has an answer to this question...
>
> I have a molly who over the last 3 months has developed black dots.
> Not just one or two but all over its body. These dots are not moving
> and I have other mollys in the tank and none of them have these dots.
> Now, the Molly seems just fine, it eats everything i toss into the
> tank, it acts just like a molly should. I thought maybe it was
> pregnant, but 3 months have gone by and nothing... It's not mold, at
> least i don't think it is.. One person at my local fish mart said that
> if you feed exotic food to some species of fish they can grow spot...
> Now i feed my tank some myosis shrimp and blood worms a couple of
> times a week and just the standard flake the rest of the time...
>
> Ive attached a picture, its not a very good one as I can not get it to
> stand still long enough to get a good picture...
>
> Any ideas????
>
> Cheers,
>
> Dave___