swollen eye on molly
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Get proper Aquarium salt from your lfs. On the swollen eye, as a worse case scenario - Popeye, treatable (possibly) with broad spectrum antibiotics from vet. Best thing is to keep a close watch, see if it gets bigger or not.
Popeye is associated with fish TB, which some fishkeepers regard as the worst problem that can affect a tank. However, over the last few years it has been suggested that it may not be the calamatous problem it was first thought to be. A fishes poor health usually coincides with poor tank conditions/husbandry/stress in current tank or, if newly acquired, dealers tanks. Like humans, if a fish is stressed, traumatised or even depressed due to environmental factors then it will become more susceptable to disease. If your fish does turn out to have Popeye, then economic factors like price of medication may seem excessive just for a molly....
If you make sure that water perameters are correct, and check for ammonia, nitrites and nitrates then, if the water perameters are OK then the other fish that you have should be OK too.
With your ill Molly though, move it to a hospital tank if possible because if it should pass away the other fish may attempt to eat it. Fish TB is at its most contageous this way. It is difficult for other fish to contract the disease if in good health but if they eat dead tissue from a contaminated fish then it could spread.
Diseases such as fish TB are most likely always present in dealers and hobbyists tanks so don't get worried too much. A fish in good health and a good environment will resist most ailments.
If adding aquarium salt to your water be sure that all the fish can tolerate it. Softwater fish such as tetras and many catfish and cichlids can be harmed, that is why a hospital tank would be better. Mollys themselves will be fine in slightly brackish water as most are found in such conditions in the wild. I would even go so far as to say this should be so in aquaria as well.
Popeye is associated with fish TB, which some fishkeepers regard as the worst problem that can affect a tank. However, over the last few years it has been suggested that it may not be the calamatous problem it was first thought to be. A fishes poor health usually coincides with poor tank conditions/husbandry/stress in current tank or, if newly acquired, dealers tanks. Like humans, if a fish is stressed, traumatised or even depressed due to environmental factors then it will become more susceptable to disease. If your fish does turn out to have Popeye, then economic factors like price of medication may seem excessive just for a molly....
If you make sure that water perameters are correct, and check for ammonia, nitrites and nitrates then, if the water perameters are OK then the other fish that you have should be OK too.
With your ill Molly though, move it to a hospital tank if possible because if it should pass away the other fish may attempt to eat it. Fish TB is at its most contageous this way. It is difficult for other fish to contract the disease if in good health but if they eat dead tissue from a contaminated fish then it could spread.
Diseases such as fish TB are most likely always present in dealers and hobbyists tanks so don't get worried too much. A fish in good health and a good environment will resist most ailments.
If adding aquarium salt to your water be sure that all the fish can tolerate it. Softwater fish such as tetras and many catfish and cichlids can be harmed, that is why a hospital tank would be better. Mollys themselves will be fine in slightly brackish water as most are found in such conditions in the wild. I would even go so far as to say this should be so in aquaria as well.
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