Fresh Water Molly Help

[reeftankdude]

The fish has been acclimated to salt water for two weeks. The fish is in a small quarantine tank. Using API General Cure, CopperSafe, and adding garlic extract to the food cured long white poop disease. However, it's bloated stomach wont go away. What should I do? Really want to put it in my display tank. thanks all

 

[Larry isaak]

The fish has been acclimated to salt water for two weeks. The fish is in a small quarantine tank. Using API General Cure, CopperSafe, and adding garlic extract to the food cured long white poop disease. However, it's bloated stomach wont go away. What should I do? Really want to put it in my display tank. thanks all

 

[Larry isaak]

When acclimating a fish from fresh to salt no medication is required as the freshwater parasites can not transition to salt.

 

[Larry isaak]

Can you post a picture of the Molly

 

[collins.jason.k]

The fish has been acclimated to salt water for two weeks. The fish is in a small quarantine tank. Using API General Cure, CopperSafe, and adding garlic extract to the food cured long white poop disease. However, it's bloated stomach wont go away. What should I do? Really want to put it in my display tank. thanks all

Picture? What kind of Molly is it? The bloated belly might be normal if it's a balloon molly...

 

[reeftankdude]

Picture? What kind of Molly is it? The bloated belly might be normal if it's a balloon molly...

Black Molly

 

[reeftankdude]

Can you post a picture of the Molly

Just tried but the fish is constantly moving.

 

[reeftankdude]

Here is a video which i should have done at the start. thanks all

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/zdvUZ874Rlw

 

[Cheese Griller]

since the other molly in there is male what bloating you're seeing is likely due to pregnancy, although I couldn't see any cause for concern due to bloating from the video. Fish looks very healthy

 

[Pridedcloth3]

since the other molly in there is male what bloating you're seeing is likely due to pregnancy, although I couldn't see any cause for concern due to bloating from the video. Fish looks very healthy

Agreed, mollies breed like nothing else.

 

[reeftankdude]

since the other molly in there is male what bloating you're seeing is likely due to pregnancy, although I couldn't see any cause for concern due to bloating from the video. Fish looks very healthy

Cool, but she was bloated before I put the other Molly in the tank.

 

[Cheese Griller]

Cool, but she was bloated before I put the other Molly in the tank.

I just rewatched the video and didn't see anything that looked alarming in terms of bloating. She could have already been pregnant as well, since both genders are often kept in the same tank at the store and livebearers can store sperm for quite some time. Unless the fish is acting strangely I wouldn't worry about it.