Posted by mollymom on February 20, 2003 at 13:14:41:
In Reply to: Re: molly acting weird posted by PHSplendens on February 20, 2003 at 11:33:18:
::I have a speckled molly that is undoubtedly pregnant and is acting weird, she is curving her tail to the side and then darts aroung real fast and bumps into the heater. Is this signs of labor? Another question: One of my black mollies had babies 8 were fully formed but dead when I found them, I put her in a breeding net and she gave birth to 2 more fully formed with egg sacks still attached one dead the other swam around for about an hour then died, she then had 7 more that were not completely form and looked like eggs with eyes. Any ideas?
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:We need more info since what your are describing sounds like poor water quality and/or poor nutrition. What size tank are they in? How many and what types of fish are in this tank? What are your ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate levels? How often do you clean the tank? How much and how often do you feed them? What type of foods are you feeding them? How long has the tank been setup? How long have you had these fish?
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It is a 10 gallon with 5 mollies, 3 female and 2 male, it has been set up for about 3 months and have had the mollies for about 2 months, I feed them TetraMin flakes twice daily, dried bloodworms a couple times weekly, change about 20% water weekly. Ammonia levels are 0, nitrite levels are less then .03, ph is 7.5, don't have test kit for nitrate. Today she is rubbing her tummy against the heater. She is eating fine and swimming around and then she curls her tail again and then she sits still for a while. She looks fine except for this weird behavior. Please help!!!!!
