Pregnant Or Dropsy?

[Doug62]

Here are my two female mollies who i thought where pregnant bu i fear now may just have dropsy. The molly in the first 2 pics has been getting fatter for the past 9 weeks altho only has recently developed slight pineconing. The last pic shows a molly thats been getting fatter for the past 5 weeks and has developed more significant pineconing over the past week. Any help would be massivly appreciated as i am really a novice at this whole thing.
Thanx
Doug

 

[Annastasia]

The first one could possibly just be pregnant, but she looks a little strange. She could just be very fat though.

The second one definitely appears to have pineconed scales? In which case, it's most likely dropsy.

 

[snowyangel]

Yeah their scales do look raised/swollen instead of being smooth and glossy.

 

[karen84]

I would say dropsy sorry

 

[Sasha]

I agree. They look like they have dropsy.

One of the symptoms of dropsy is that their scales pop out and look like a pinecone.

 

[aquagirl]

Another vote for dropsy, I'm afraid.

 

[blitztidus]

If her scales were not sticking out like that I would say prego, but I have dealt with dropsy myself just a short while ago, she looks exactly like the guppy that had it

 

[guppymommy]

Yep, I just had a male guppy die from dropsy last Friday. It looks like dropsy to me, too. Sorry!