bottom swimmer molly

[almcloud]

My bk molly Cesar has slightly torn dorsal an coadal fins , therefor he is swimming along the bottom of my 55 gal tank.
Pls help!!!

 

[Donkey Gun]

Does it appear to be fin rot or is he being attacked?

can you upload a photo?

Also, what else is in the tank?

 

[almcloud]

Does it appear to be fin rot or is he being attacked?

can you upload a photo?

Also, what else is in the tank?

Has been in my tank for about 2 months now with 5 Kuhli, 1 swordtail, 1 blue dwarf Gourami, 4 Corries, 1 balloon Ram.
Will upload photo asap (not at home now). Ty

 

[HN1]

Clean water will be the best thing for the fish. Test your water, do whatever changes are needed to keep pristine conditions, and he will heal.

 

[adadkins1]

+1 HN1 The best way to remedy a problem like this is good ole PWC's.

 

[almcloud]

Clean water will be the best thing for the fish. Test your water, do whatever changes are needed to keep pristine conditions, and he will heal.

Water was changed a few days ago.
Yesterday's test results:
PH 7.5 (LA water with Prime)
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 5

Got API Melafix recommended by couple of lfs but it writes on label: REMOVE ACTIVATED CARBON IF POSSIBLE ... my Penguin filer has Carbon inside the Spongy Filter and the bio wheel ... if I remove the spongy filter, nothing wil filter the water anymore. What do i do?
As you can see in the pic it's barely swimming now, mostly hiding

 

[almcloud]

+1 HN1 The best way to remedy a problem like this is good ole PWC's.

Sorry didn't know about it and got API MELAFIX ...

 

[almcloud]

Does it appear to be fin rot or is he being attacked?

can you upload a photo?

Also, what else is in the tank?

pls see picture above ...

 

[almcloud]

i went ahead and added the Melafix ... as you can see in this pic he is fighting to survive

 

[Mumma.of.two]

I would do a PWC everyday. No need for the melifix. It's only good for minor nips and tears that clean water would fix anyway.

 

[ocminpin]

Good luck with your little guy :-(

 

[joyaust]

Sorry what is pws

 

[joyaust]

Maybe I meant pwc sorry

 

[almcloud]

R.i.p. Cesar ...

 

[LyndaB]

+1

All you really need is clean water.

 

[ocminpin]

R.i.p. Cesar ...

I'm sorry :-(

 

[Mumma.of.two]

I'm sorry.

 

[Donkey Gun]

sorry!