My balloon belly mollie is swimming on its side what do i do!?!?

[omgitzmollie]

My mollie just started this

 

[Chronos313]

Could be a bladder issue, possible bloat or constipation. Water parameters? And what kind if feeding habits? Also what type of food?

 

[omgitzmollie]

Twice a day omaga one coloe flakes 4 trop fish and perfect water

 

[Ezimmer1990]

Could be a bladder issue, possible bloat or constipation. Water parameters? And what kind if feeding habits? Also what type of food?

It might be swim bladder!

 

[omgitzmollie]

How do i treat it

 

[Ezimmer1990]

Well I think you feed it little bits of peas with no skin on them. Once they eat it you don't feed it for I think one or two days. I could be wrong but I think that's how I cured it once.

 

[Chronos313]

After I had issues with my dwarf gourami's I switched to food that has spiraluna as a main ingredient, and so far no issues in 5 months

 

[torres]

Twice a day omaga one coloe flakes 4 trop fish and perfect water

twice a day is alot, i recommend every other day

 

[Scouser]

twice a day is alot, i recommend every other day

Well it depends on how much is fed, you can't say it's a lot if it's only small amounts lol

I use hikari pellets and give a pinch twice a day, simply because I don't have time to feed em the full amount at once.

Small amounts I can see they are eating and then head out.

 

[omgitzmollie]

twice a day is alot, i recommend every other day

Well i also have 3 black skirt tetras 2 buenos aires tetras 3 red lamp tetras and 3 other mollies

 

[cheeky_monkey]

The general advice given is to blanch a pea, take the shell off and squash it up to feed to the fish. Then don't feed it for 2 days.

 

[Mumma.of.two]

Balloon mollies can suffer from digestive issues because of their deformed bodies. Fancy goldfish suffer from the same issues. Try pre soaking the food or switching to a sinking pellet to avoid the fish gulping air as it eats. As said above add a blanched, deshelled, crushed pea to the fishes diet once a week to help it pass food.