I asked a question last night about my new Silver molly that had a red area under her skin that had slightly spread in the one day that I had her.
I separated her in a aerated tank but found her dead this morning:(
She was pregnant and the babies were expelled I suppose after her death. Some were not even formed yet, it's doubtful that they will even live but some are swimming around. Some are silver and some are light black colored, the silver ones you can see red so I suppose whatever she had affected her babies.
My question is, what can I use to treat the tank since I was forced to put the babies in my smaller tank which houses 3 other mollies. Will my 3 other mollies get it? Will it be safe to treat the tank even though some dont have it? what about medicated food? I've never had to deal with sick fish, any help greatly appreciated!
Update:No no this wasnt the red of her embryos it was red around her head area.
It started around her mouth and moved up towards her eye in one day.
Then she was dead this morning leaving me a few expelled fry that were alive, but too small to have been ready to be born yet.
I got the only thing they had for internal parisites, it is from Jungle: Parasite Cure. cures internal and external parisites but I didnt see anything listed that might have caused the redness.
Update 3:I know how to keep my gravel and fish clean I just bought the fish yesterday..
Humph.
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yes get an anti internal bacteria treatment made by interpet in england it costs£ 4.09 even tho some dont have it its better to treat the whole tank just incase or the 1`s that do have it will eventually spread the infection to yr healthy ones hope this helps u out sorry bout yr molly
Liquid mediacations that handle the water are no longer very nearly as powerful for treating inner parasites as they're for suffering with exterior ones. There are medicated ingredients that are attainable for this particular purpose or you ought to use some drugs in conjucntion with the ingredients you already are feeding. of course this would possibly not help if the fish isn't eating so which you will ought to objective to handle the water too. this could be a annoying concern to treatment becuase the fish isn't eating. If I have been in the time of this occasion, i might use Metronidazole made via Seachem. this is focused and is powerful at treating inner parasites. you ought to have the means to get some at a fish shop or on line in case you ought to reserve it. stable success.
First make sure that that sore wasn't just an ammonia burn, caused by poor water conditions. Also ,the act of netting and moving female live-bearers within two weeks before their delivery time can cause them to abort the "prenancy" and die. The red color you are seeing in the new fry is just their internal organs showing through. Don't go throwing a bunch of weird chemicals in your fry tank,you will most likely kill the fry also. Internal parasites are rare in fish that live in clean, frequently refreshed water. Learn how to keep the gravel and water clean and your "parasite" problem will go away.