I think my silver male molly is sick and knows it

[1 LARA]

I have a silver male
dalmation female
2 black females
The male was alwase energetic and very aggressive toward females, waning to breed that is.
Now he sits at the bottom in a corner of one of my decores. I saw him shivering a couple of times?
Anyone have any advice?

 

[Somethingclever]

What temp is your tank? I had the same problem with some of mine right before i noticed they had ick. As far as not mating with the females, that's normal i think. I have a black male that doesn't bother mating with any of my females.

 

[1 LARA]

about 72f
I did my normal pwc today and it was a few houres after that

 

[Somethingclever]

Hm, have you tested your water lately?

 

[1 LARA]

az for the mating I thik he mated w/all 3

 

[1 LARA]

water perfect purameters
tested before pwc today
nitrate was a bit high but, did about 50% wc after

 

[1 LARA]

now hez moin around but, not aggressivly az usual

 

[Somethingclever]

Maybe he is just tired? Hopefully someone who knows more about this will chime in.

 

[Cichildlife]

I had the same thing happen to my green sailfin male, anyway, id turn the temp up tlo 80 n see wat happends.

 

[GuppyLover]

water perfect purameters
tested before pwc today
nitrate was a bit high but, did about 50% wc after

What were the exact readings??

 

[1 LARA]

ammonia .25
nitrite 0
nitrate about 100
pH alwas aroung 76
now he iz swimmin/floating virticly lookin up at the top of the tank

 

[1 LARA]

saw him going in a u shap like wn they get stuck to the filter,
then he laid in the plants and not moving

 

[1 LARA]

now he iz verticly lookin down!
anyone?

 

[Somethingclever]

He could have swim bladder disease.

 

[Somethingclever]

Does he do that after he stops swimming and looks like he can't control it?

 

[1 LARA]

will epsom salt help

 

[Somethingclever]

that acts as a laxative, it could if he is constipated. However i had a goldfish that was doing the same thing. You are supposed to feed them peas (without the shell) and it should help a lot.

 

[1 LARA]

Does he do that after he stops swimming and looks like he can't control it?

yup looks like hez trying

 

[1 LARA]

think he'll make it through the night

 

[Somethingclever]

It all depends on what's wrong with him. Mine lasted a while with it, if it is swim bladder disease.