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rickA6

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I am after a bit of advice for my brother. He has 3 mollys is his OVERSTOCKED tank.. When I had a look at them today I noticed that the female is losing her colour. I looked closer at all 3:-

Female- Losing her colour and what i could i only describe as dry skin.

Female 2:- Dry skin and a big sliver patch on top of her head

Male- just dry skin

I know it sounds strange to say dry skin but thats what it looks like sort of flaky.

Any ideas.
 
The "dry skin" is likely dropsy (google it; it is ugly). Your brother has some sick fish; sounds mostly bacterial. I have found that Melafix and Pimafix liquids are the most effective against bacterial and fungal infections; any LFS should have them.

My guess is that he is not doing water changes and, possibly, underfiltering his tank; either by not having enough filtration or by having an inefficient or misused filter.
 
I have 8gallon tank with 1 ballon molly do you think it might be wise to move the mollys in there to treat.

I must say they do look a bit like the pictures but they do not show any of the other signs.

THanks
 
Just spoken to my brother and he said female 2 had the silver patch on her head when he brought her???

If it was dropsy how long does it take to kill the fish?
 
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