Pregnant or something else?

[canadiandawn]

Hi all. I have a 20g freshwater tank with some mollies and guppies. One of the mollies has had fry twice now, the last time being 6 weeks ago. We thought she was about to have more but are now thinking maybe something is wrong. I've never seen a molly this big before:



She isn't even swimming right.....it's almost like she waddling.

Anyway, does anybody know by looking if she's about to give birth or sick? I should note that all our other fish are healthy so we're pretty sure it's not sickness.

[Ephraim]

if thats not a balloon molly, there is something wrong. Maybe bloat? Maybe something blocking the intestines?

[justinl]

yeah that doesn't look right at all. I would agree with the blocked intestines diagnosis.

My betta got constipated once and I read somewhere that if you feed it mashed peas (shelled) it helped to clear the blockage... and it worked. Maybe that might work with your fish?

[Ephraim]

i heard that alot of daphina can cuase some diarhea. Maybe that'll blast some nasties out

[canadiandawn]

Thanks for the replies but we've been keeping a close eye on her tonight and she's been pooping so I don't think she has any kind of blockage that way.

Any other suggestions?

[justinl]

does she always stay at the surface? Does she ever even try to go down? Maybe it's a bad bladder problem. How long she been like this?

[canadiandawn]

We've noticed this for the past 2 days now. She does tend to stay at the surface but will go down if scared. Does anybody think this may be dropsy?

[04scoobysti]

Your Molly looks alot like 2 dogs to me, maybe thats the problem?

[Der_Iron_Chef]

Originally Posted by 04scoobysti

Your Molly looks alot like 2 dogs to me, maybe thats the problem?

LOL! What the HELL?!

[justinl]

hahaha looks like the molly tuned into two dogs... wow binary fission as well as metamorphosis. impressive. or maybe the dogs are the offspring?!