Ich making my mollie behave strangely??

[Buglet]

Well, I came home yesterday from work, and two of my mollies and my guppy, which all looked great when I left for work, had white spots all over their tails and parts of their body.

I got the malachite green/formalin and am treating per directions, with 50% partial changes daily.

The only thing is, one mollie's behavior seems strange to me. He (or she) is swimming in place without moving....almost as though trying to swim upstream against a hard current. Is this from the Ich? And is it a bad sign?

Thanks!!!

 

[tstenback]

Livebearers do this quite often when stressed and its called shimmy. It is a condition that usually means the fish is stressed due to illness or water conditions and is probably directly related to the ich and the meds.

 

[sunflower]

My Platy acted in exactly the same way when she got White Spot. I treated with King British White Spot control.

In my experience, the key to treating White Spot is patience. Maintain the instructions of your medication and continue treating for a little while even after the spots have disapeared.

It took about 2 weeks for my White Spot to completely clear.

HTH