Mollies tale looks damaged - pse help

[pspickett]

Hi guys - could you tell me whats with the mollies tale. It was fine this morning. The molly is lively and does not show any other signs of sickness or any other blemishes on its body. Is it fin rot? Also how do I treat it with a betta also in the tank (his fins are fine). The white rings are water marks on the outside of the glass.
Other fish are swordtails, platies, black & albino widow tetras, redfin sharks, phantom tetras.

Thanks in advance

 

[tricksterpup]

Hey what size is the tank? just kinda curious here, Your molly could be a little stressed. They love lots of room to move around in, I normally keep them in big tanks like a 55 gal.
But I would do some regular water changes, possibly a couple times a week and see if that helps his condition. I am not one to do medication. If your other fish are not bothered by this ailment, I would just do the water changes and keep an eye on your molly.

 

[pspickett]

Thanks for the info so far - appears that you were right. Nothing has changed. the tail looks the same, no worse, no better and the other fish are fine. The tank is a 30 gal.

 

[tricksterpup]

Thanks for the info so far - appears that you were right. Nothing has changed. the tail looks the same, no worse, no better and the other fish are fine. The tank is a 30 gal.

How many fish do you have in that tank? It does sound like she is a little stresed. Could be a red tail shark bulling her. They are at times an aggressive fish. But keep up with water changes, this should help the tank anyway.

 

[pspickett]

Thanks again - the fish are:
30 gal
3 mollies (2 males - maybe thats the problem?)
2 swortails
2 albino and 2 black widow tetras
2 phantom tetras
2 red fin sharks
2 platies
1 betta
I am thinking of getting rid of the red fin sharks as the one is bullying the other but he is leaving the other fish alone.
Maybe replace the sharks with peaceful plecos rather.
Oh yes and one baby swordtail - will have to get rid of him when he is grown as I think the tank has reached its stocking limit.

 

[tricksterpup]

Thanks again - the fish are:
30 gal
3 mollies (2 males - maybe thats the problem?)
2 swortails
2 albino and 2 black widow tetras
2 phantom tetras
2 red fin sharks
2 platies
1 betta
I am thinking of getting rid of the red fin sharks as the one is bullying the other but he is leaving the other fish alone.
Maybe replace the sharks with peaceful plecos rather.
Oh yes and one baby swordtail - will have to get rid of him when he is grown as I think the tank has reached its stocking limit.

IF you take the sharks back, i probably wouldnt get anything else, pretty much stocked there for a 30. Mollies and Swords get pretty big. So I would just leave it as is, once you trade in your sharks.