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uprightandlocked

Alright, glad I got the right product. I stepped out of the house this evening to go to the Pirates game (any Braves fans here? because I've become one after tonight!). Prior to leaving I had performed a 50% water change in the hospital tank to remove some of the built up Melafix and Pimafix. I was hoping this would help to "wake up" Doug. But it didn't. I found her in even worse shape when I got home. Lying absolutely motionless at the bottom of the tank. She won't move. She won't swim. I had to turn the filter off because the current was too strong and it either sucked her up to the intake or pushed her to the glass on the opposite side of the tank. Here come daily water changes! I don't know what more to do for her beyond changing the medication to Ich Attack I am STUMPED.

In the main tank, I removed the carbon portion of my filter (it also has a foam insert and some bio-mass thingies (its an AquaClear system). I treated the main tank this evening with it's first dose of Ich Attack. Hopefully this helps kick the Ich out of my tank! I leave tomorrow for four days, I have a fish-sitter coming over each day to feed and dispense medicine to each tank. I hope Doug makes it until I get back and I hope she's looking better then, too! Any advice you can continue to come up with, please don't hesitate to pass it along.

COBettaCouple

How is her gill movement and gill color? Do you see anything visibly different about her? It seems odd she'd react like that to melafix, being a livebearer, and may have an internal problem that's either the true cause or was 'helped' by the clove oil. But the only thing to do really is try to figure out what's going on from external signs. Hopefully, it's just the clove oil working thru and she'll snap out of it on her own.

mojoman101

look at the discussion in betta about pimafix. It may expalin what is happening.
mojo

uprightandlocked

Her gill movement has always been strong through this entire ordeal and her gills are not miscolored. For a couple seconds at a time on Sunday (the last day I was watching her) she was swimming around normally but she would abruptly stop and just head to the bottom and lie still again. I won't be home until Wednesday night so I will try and get some detailed updates from my fish-sitter. I hope she makes it through this!

COBettaCouple

I hope she pulls thru too. At least she did some normal swimming, even if for short periods. maybe it's a sign that she'll be coming around soon.

mlinden84

Just a little note, clove oil can be used to euthanize fish... by adding it to water it works as an anesthetic for the fish. In order to "wake up" the fish it should be put in completely fresh water (maybe from the community tank). Otherwise, if the fish is not removed from the clove oil water, it will slowly die (although not painfully....it kinda falls asleep and just doesnt wake up). This method is used to euthanize fish who cannot be treated and who are suffering and will die anyway. Maybe this will give you some insight on why your molly was so sluggish.