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My molly looks like it is bleeding internally. It is near the tail. One of the male mollies was chasing it around so I isolated it in a breeding net. She was trying to hide in the plants and the male kept chasing her. I added some salt to the aquarium. I think it might have an internal parasite...it sometimes has white stringy poo and sometimes red. It still eats like normal. Is there anything I should be doing to help her or is she doomed? PLEASE HELP!!!!

Jamie

P.S. I put the male molly in the breeding net b/c he just kept chasing the other female molly after I took the other one out. Is this bad?

fior what i am guessing, u took the female out of the net, and put the male in it. this should be ok. idk what is going on with the female. just leave ehr alone of a few days. if her condition doesn't improve, then go to a lfs and look for meds that say it can treat, whatever she may have.

Ok- the male is chasing her trying to get her to breed- thats why its recommended that with live bearers you have 1 male for every 2-3 females.

Breeding traps stress out fish- there are really only good for fry

What is your water parameters- its sounds more like water quality than injury- is the blood pooling up or streaking- if its streaking- Id do a large 50% water change.

How long has your tank been running, what size, and how many other fish? What is the ammonia/ nitrite/ nitrate readings on the tank water ( now before a change)

Edit due to poo- Ik if some of the flakes are red/ or color enhcnsing- that can make the poo red- white and stringy can be a bacterial infection OR parasite- but the blood issue is more important right now.

Last edited by hca at 31-Mar-2005 17:59