Very sick Molly help please.

Aqua John

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Hi all while emptying a bucket today my 8cm very pregnant Molly jumped out of my tank. I came back into the room but didn't notice it for a good 5 minutes. When I picked her up she was dry (room heated) but alive.i got her back into the tank and kept an eye on her. Sh seemed to recover and she was swimming well. A few hours later I noticed she had signs of fin rott and a fungal disease covering half her body on one side. I have her in an isolation tank and am treating her with pet brand multi cure (active constituents) methylene blue, malachite green and acriflavine. My question is: Is there anything else I can or should be doing to help her. I thought about a salt bath possibly but I have never done that before. Any help greatly appreciated.
 
Post pictures of the fish to confirm fungus

She won't have fungus that quickly after being injured. The creamy white film over her body is excess mucous produced by her to help protect the injured body.

Clean water and salt is all she needs.

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SALT
You can add rock salt (often sold as aquarium salt), swimming pool salt, or any non iodised salt (sodium chloride) to the aquarium at the dose rate of 1 heaped tablespoon per 20 litres of water. If there is no improvement after 48 hours you can double that dose rate so there is 2 heaped tablespoons of salt per 20 litres.

Keep the salt level like this for at least 2 weeks but no longer than 4 weeks otherwise kidney damage can occur. Kidney damage is more likely to occur in fish from soft water (tetras, Corydoras, angelfish, Bettas & gouramis, loaches) that are exposed to high levels of salt for an extended period of time, and is not an issue with livebearers, rainbowfish or other salt tolerant species.

The salt will not affect the beneficial filter bacteria, fish, plants, shrimp or snails.

After you use salt and the fish have recovered, you do a 10% water change each day for a week using only fresh water that has been dechlorinated. Then do a 20% water change each day for a week. Then you can do bigger water changes after that. This dilutes the salt out of the tank slowly so it doesn't harm the fish.

If you do water changes while using salt, you need to treat the new water with salt before adding it to the tank. This will keep the salt level stable in the tank and minimise stress on the fish.

When you first add salt, add the salt to a small bucket of tank water and dissolve the salt. Then slowly pour the salt water into the tank near the filter outlet. Add the salt over a couple of minutes.
 
Post pictures of the fish to confirm fungus

She won't have fungus that quickly after being injured. The creamy white film over her body is excess mucous produced by her to help protect the injured body.

Clean water and salt is all she needs.

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SALT
You can add rock salt (often sold as aquarium salt), swimming pool salt, or any non iodised salt (sodium chloride) to the aquarium at the dose rate of 1 heaped tablespoon per 20 litres of water. If there is no improvement after 48 hours you can double that dose rate so there is 2 heaped tablespoons of salt per 20 litres.

Keep the salt level like this for at least 2 weeks but no longer than 4 weeks otherwise kidney damage can occur. Kidney damage is more likely to occur in fish from soft water (tetras, Corydoras, angelfish, Bettas & gouramis, loaches) that are exposed to high levels of salt for an extended period of time, and is not an issue with livebearers, rainbowfish or other salt tolerant species.

The salt will not affect the beneficial filter bacteria, fish, plants, shrimp or snails.

After you use salt and the fish have recovered, you do a 10% water change each day for a week using only fresh water that has been dechlorinated. Then do a 20% water change each day for a week. Then you can do bigger water changes after that. This dilutes the salt out of the tank slowly so it doesn't harm the fish.

If you do water changes while using salt, you need to treat the new water with salt before adding it to the tank. This will keep the salt level stable in the tank and minimise stress on the fish.

When you first add salt, add the salt to a small bucket of tank water and dissolve the salt. Then slowly pour the salt water into the tank near the filter outlet. Add the salt over a couple of minutes.
Thanks Colin here are some pics. I also have just noticed her eye is affected too. Most of the "fungus" has now fallen off it is green due to the meds I put her in. I will follow your directions for the salt though.
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I was going to ask what colour form of molly it was (black & green is cool), but then you mentioned medication :)

The eye might be permanently damaged. If it remains white and doesn't improve over a few weeks, it could be blind in that eye. The fish should be able to function ok with one eye as long as nobody is aggressive towards it. And don't rearrange the tank because they need a familiar place without change s they don't swim into things, due to the damaged eye.
 
I was going to ask what colour form of molly it was (black & green is cool), but then you mentioned medication :)

The eye might be permanently damaged. If it remains white and doesn't improve over a few weeks, it could be blind in that eye. The fish should be able to function ok with one eye as long as nobody is aggressive towards it. And don't rearrange the tank because they need a familiar place without change s they don't swim into things, due to the damaged eye.
Thanks Colin she is eating ok and seems to be doing well. Actually about to drop any day now.
 

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