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Hi, Here's updates of our Elly-molly. He's better. It looks that he's combatted the worms. His poop is normal, he chases the girls and looks generally more happy. However, he still keeps sitting close to the bottom and wobbles a bit. He didn't do this before the worms. We were wondering if it's...

Thank you Zagz. I received a reply from the manufacturer of the Sterazin anti parasite treatment. The active ingredient is Piperazine. I read some things in the internet about it and hopefully it will be good enough to treat the parasites. I think the fish looks better: swimming more, chasing...

Thank you Zagz. You've been a great help here. We've put Waterlife's Sterazin treatment (for gill and body flukes and internal worms). It's pretty much the only one we could find for any internal worms. I don't know if there are other internal parasites, but worms, but if there are, it does not...

Thank you very much Zagz!!! He's eating normally. Unfortunately they do not sell the medicated food for parasites in the UK so we cannot use this option, but it would be a good one. With the last fish we used Mardel's Maracyn-Two as we thought it was internal bacteria. We also have Interpet's...

The molly is now trying not to use his tail even more. The last fish that died in the tank had a similar thing, but he also got really thin. We gave him internal bacteria treatment, but he passed away. I'm thinking of trying internal parasite treatment this time. The treatment we have is...

Thank you for your reply Zagz, He's not looking bloated and I cannot see him tilting to the side. It's just wobbling. I've seen him take a very thin little poop and also a thicker brown one. It doesn't seem like swim bladder to me. He can control the height he's in the water, swimming up or...

Hi, We have a male silver molly who's started swimming a bit funnily recently. He seems to use more of his body to move forwards, but he still uses his tail as well. We cannot see anything else wrong with him. Here are our tank details: Ammonia 0 Nitrite 0 Nitrate 5 PH 7.8 Temperature 25.5C...

Hi, Regarding the lump above in the discussion: our cory still has it on the fin, but it's about 1/3 the size it is in the photos above. The problem is that it seems to have got stuck in that size and is not going away completely and the more worrying thing is that now she has a second one on...

Hi, I know what you're going through with your fish. It's awful. I'm not familiar with Pimafix, but if it says it's a medication for internal bacteria, I would think it should work. I got this answer on another forum saying that with livebearers (I'm not familiar with yellow lab) these kind of...

I'm sorry to hear you're fishy is going through the same. I hope you'll be able to help your fish. At least you've seen here the advise we received. Hope it'll help.

Thank you very much for your nice words.

Thank you Zagz for all your help. It was very much appreciated. I'll keep your advice in case we get something similar in the future. Unfortunately we were not able to save our dear fish. He will stay in our hearts.

Our fish is even worse. He's just laying on his side on the bottom of the tank and didn't even come for dinner. Could someone please advise what we should do. Should we change for internal parasites medication as maracyn 2 has not helped? Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.

Thank you for your reply Zagz. We are still giving the Maracyn II. Tomorrow is the last day of the 5 day course. So we've given the medication for 3 days + today, but he doesn't seem too well still. Should this medication be the best for bacterial infection? Or should we try the internal...

Hi, Just an update of the situation. Today the molly is mostly sitting on the bottom of the tank and it looks like breathing is difficult for him. He breathes slower than the other fish and then suddenly he (I think consciously) breathes faster for a short moment and then again slower. I don't...

Hi, I just wanted to update the details. The fish has been swimming today more, but seems to be struggling a lot to do it. He has to move his whole body to swim. He doesn't open his tail at all when swimming. Also the rear part of the body has started drooping down a bit. I found something...

Hi, There's been a change in the molly's (above) health. We went on holiday for 2 weeks and had an electric automated feeder for the fish and a person who kept checking on them. When we came back the dalmatian molly was laying on his side on the bottom of the tank. We moved him separate...

Thank you all for your help. The lump is now almost gone and the cory is still fine. So thank you again. Your advise made things so much better. We didn't give any medicine.

Thank you for your reply. She's acting, swimming and eating normally. The only abnormal thing is the lump. We spoke with someone from a fish shop as well and she said it could be a cyst or a tumor as well. We changed some water and put a bit of salt in the tank, but we haven't treated it with...

Hi, We have our female cory with an unknown white lump. Have looked at tons of pictures and text but nothing really fits the discription. Pictures attached as it is the easiest way to describe the problem. The lump is not like cotton wool or anything, it looks fairly smooth. Tank details as...

Thank you very much for your help. We've stopped the medication and I'll do a water change now. We'll keep an eye on the fish and if anything changes, we'll start treating it again. I received Maracyn-Two today for dropsy so this should be good if needed. Thank you.

Thank you for your reply. The dropsy went away very quickly, but the lump's been there for a week without changing to better or worse. The photo is not very good. You can't really see the lump too well. And it's only on the right side of the fish. Thanks.

Thank you for your replies. I've attached a picture here of the fish with an arrow pointing to the swelling stomach. The stomach is much better than it was originally, but has not gone away completely. The fish eats normally, is normal color and hangs and swims around as always. He behaves...

Hi and thank you for your reply. We used Interpet Anti Internal Bacteria treatment no.9. We gave one dose and another dose 4 days later as in the instructions. We will put the carbon back in on Thursday if the treatment is not continued. We did not treat in a hospital tank. Our current water...

Hi, We have a 60 liter tank with 2 corydoras, 2 balloon mollies and two normal mollies. The water quality was tested and is fine. One of the normal mollies, an under 1/2 year old dalmatian has his stomach swollen on only one side. Exactly a week ago he had dropsy and his stomach was very...