swim bladder not getting better

[shay1012]

Well it's officially been a week now of fasting my Dalmatian Molly. He is in a bare bottom tank. Temp is 82° because our room runs hot. Water change has been 50% every other day and I've been dosing with salt too. Now I tried to give him as skinned boiled pea on the third day and He wasn't interested at all. I tried again today (day 7) and He still wasn't having it. As far as I can tell He hasn't pooped at all in the past week. What can I do? Am I doing something wrong? Guy

 

[kdrpeirce]

I am not sure. I had similar issues with all my roseline sharks. I was overfeeding. I cut back on their food. In about five days they were back to normal. I'm guessing yours has a blockage and may need medication. I would ask the professionals. Is it just one Molly?

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[shay1012]

Yup just the one Molly all .the others are fine.

 

[anteatergoanna]

I would feed him nothing but only de-shelled peas, at some point he will eat them. Have you seen him poop? Or any signs of him pooping?

 

[shay1012]

That's what I've been doing for the past week. At first I thought it was because they sink and He floats so He couldn't get to the pea. But I tried hand feeding and He wasn't having that either.