Is my molly sick or pregnant

[Kerneels]

Hi, I’m new to this I’ve had my 2 black mollies (with other fish) for about 2 weeks but now my female molly isn’t moving around much, I’m not sure if she’s pregnant but I did put ich stuff in the tank so that if she’s maybe sick this will help so please give me your advice because i have no idea what to do
(Sorry for the poor photo quality)

 

[PheonixKingZ]

Hello and welcome to the forum!

I believe that is a long-finned black molly... What are your water parameters?

Did the tank have ich, and that's why you added the medication?

 

[Kerneels]

I don’t know my water stuff because I don’t have a kit yet I’m getting one Monday but I did obviously use the water conditioner.
I’m not sure if the tank had ich but I suspected it so I put the medication in because I’m afraid she might have a bladder disease

 

[AdoraBelle Dearheart]

Can you do a 75% water change as soon as possible please, making sure to temperature match the new water to the tank temperature, and use the right amount of water conditioner. Can't see any signs of ich on the fish in the photos, and we don't want to add chemicals to a tank without good reason to, medicines do cause some amount of stress to the fish, which we don't want, especially since the medicine you added doesn't treat the current problem.
Fresh clean water is the best first line treatment for any problems, especially when you're not able to test the water for ammonia or nitrites yet.

Once you've done the water change, please come back and answer some more questions so we can try to figure out what's going with your fish. If you can take a short video of her behaviour, that could also help. The video upload link doesn't work, but if you upload to youtube and copy paste the link here, people can see it then.

Then copy paste this template and fill in whatever you can The more information you can give us, the better we can help. If you can't take a video, can you describe her swimming behaviour as clearer as possible please?


Tank size:
tank age:
pH:
ammonia:
nitrite:
nitrate:
kH:
gH:
tank temp:


Fish Symptoms (include full description including lesion, color, location, fish behavior):

Volume and Frequency of water changes:

Chemical Additives or Media in your tank:

Tank inhabitants:

Recent additions to your tank (living or decoration):

Exposure to chemicals:

Digital photo (include if possible):

 

[Kerneels]

Can you do a 75% water change as soon as possible please, making sure to temperature match the new water to the tank temperature, and use the right amount of water conditioner. Can't see any signs of ich on the fish in the photos, and we don't want to add chemicals to a tank without good reason to, medicines do cause some amount of stress to the fish, which we don't want, especially since the medicine you added doesn't treat the current problem.
Fresh clean water is the best first line treatment for any problems, especially when you're not able to test the water for ammonia or nitrites yet.

Once you've done the water change, please come back and answer some more questions so we can try to figure out what's going with your fish. If you can take a short video of her behaviour, that could also help. The video upload link doesn't work, but if you upload to youtube and copy paste the link here, people can see it then.

Then copy paste this template and fill in whatever you can The more information you can give us, the better we can help. If you can't take a video, can you describe her swimming behaviour as clearer as possible please?


Tank size:
tank age:
pH:
ammonia:
nitrite:
nitrate:
kH:
gH:
tank temp:


Fish Symptoms (include full description including lesion, color, location, fish behavior):

Volume and Frequency of water changes:

Chemical Additives or Media in your tank:

Tank inhabitants:

Recent additions to your tank (living or decoration):

Exposure to chemicals:

Digital photo (include if possible):

I will do so, thank you so much

 

[Kerneels]

I took a good photo today she looks pregnant but I’m not sure please help me she’s very swollen

 

[Colin_T]

it's a balloon molly, which are shorter and fatter than normal mollies to begin with, but she is probably carrying babies.

 

[Kerneels]

it's a balloon molly, which are shorter and fatter than normal mollies to begin with, but she is probably carrying babies.

Do you have any idea when her due date may be?

 

[Colin_T]

nope, but they carry developing young for about 4 weeks, so any time in the next 4 weeks, probably sooner.

 

[Kerneels]

nope, but they carry developing young for about 4 weeks, so any time in the next 4 weeks, probably sooner.

Okay thank you so much