Not very buoyant molly

Gill Passman wrote:
"Nikki Casali" wrote in message
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After having got over a problem in which all of my white mollies were
too buoyant, I now have the complete opposite problem with one of those
mollies. This particular molly has no buoyancy whatsoever and has to
battle gravity to reach the water surface. She has lost her well rounded
figure to the point that she looks underfed, although she is eating
whatever is given to her. It's as if the swimming bladder has been
damaged during the period of her being over buoyant.

I presume nothing can "fix" the problem. I've never been able to cure
internal physical problems before. At the moment she can do nothing but
rest on the substrate when she's worn out of swimming.

Nikki


Hi Nikki,
Sounds similar to the symptoms my Mollies had - see posting "Sick Mollie" -
sadly I lost her and another one afterwards...

The molly isn't in any obvious apparent pain. Did your molly look anorexic?

Out of curiousity do you add salt?

I used to add 1 gm per litre of salt before I had live plants. I think
adding salt will disturb the equilibrium I have got going there. I'm not
sure whether placing the fish in a quarantine tank would help. The only
QT I have now is a 12 litre, a bit smaller than the 330l tank she's in
now. And she's got her friends with her, or adversaries. Yes, she's
still chasing the younger mollies around!

Actually, I've been looking for a nice QT recently. Maybe one of at
least 20 litres. But I think it needs to be of acrylic so it's easily
put away in storage. I'm wondering whether Maidenhead does something
suitable. Maybe a hex tank. I'll need to pop down to check out what
they've got. Any ideas?

Nikki