You Don't Look Pregnant, Mrs Molly.

[Linear]

Hey all!
 
Now, i'm not sure what's up but my female molly isn't too happy. She's sitting at the bottom (not leaning on the gravel, fins flapping a little) with no laboured breathing, and she really doesn't look pregnant.
 
Any ideas? Seemed to have been photobombed by two actually pregnant guppies.

 

[the_lock_man]

I take it that she's in fresh water?

 

[Linear]

Yup, the others look perfectly fine, like she does, really.

 

[eaglesaquarium]

What are the water parameters?
 
While I'm concerned about the ammonia, nitrite and even nitrate, I'm more interested in the pH and kH?
 
 
Its a fallacy that mollies 'require' salt, but they do much better in 'hard' water than in soft.  If you have guppies, mollies, etc.  adding a bit of crushed coral to the filter to slowly raise the kH and pH.  The mollies will prefer the water in that condition, and the guppies won't mind it either.

 

[Linear]

What are the water parameters?
 
While I'm concerned about the ammonia, nitrite and even nitrate, I'm more interested in the pH and kH?
 
 
Its a fallacy that mollies 'require' salt, but they do much better in 'hard' water than in soft.  If you have guppies, mollies, etc.  adding a bit of crushed coral to the filter to slowly raise the kH and pH.  The mollies will prefer the water in that condition, and the guppies won't mind it either.

Will do another test in around half an hour, hate doing tests on my own, want verifcation of them!
 
Two days ago they were all 0ppm, with nitrate 15ppm.
 
The master test kit has always been weird with my water, as the high/low pH test seems to conflict, seems to be around 7.5 however. I also have no way of testing for the kH.
 
One of the guppies seems to stay very close to her all the time, and the molly will always return to the same front corner of the tank and sit there.

 

[eaglesaquarium]

 

What are the water parameters?
 
While I'm concerned about the ammonia, nitrite and even nitrate, I'm more interested in the pH and kH?
 
 
Its a fallacy that mollies 'require' salt, but they do much better in 'hard' water than in soft.  If you have guppies, mollies, etc.  adding a bit of crushed coral to the filter to slowly raise the kH and pH.  The mollies will prefer the water in that condition, and the guppies won't mind it either.

Will do another test in around half an hour, hate doing tests on my own, want verifcation of them!
 
Two days ago they were all 0ppm, with nitrate 15ppm.
 
The master test kit has always been weird with my water, as the high/low pH test seems to conflict, seems to be around 7.5 however. I also have no way of testing for the kH.
 
One of the guppies seems to stay very close to her all the time, and the molly will always return to the same front corner of the tank and sit there.
 

 
An LFS will test that for you, if you ask.

 

[Linear]

She's just gone absolutely crazy for some food (like the rest of them!), completely normal. Going to give it 10 mins and check on her.

 

[bluesword23516]

Sometimes they have their off days.  As long as nothing show up that is abnormal and she keeps on eating she should be ok.