Why is my fish wiggling

If you suspect that your current container is too small or crowded, feel free to check my recommendations for aquarium kits. The parameters mentioned earlier are more likely to fluctuate in small tanks.

And as you know by now, fish require stability in their environment. That is the desired range of molly fish. However, within that range, the temperature should remain stable. For example, if today the temperature is 77 degrees F, but tomorrow it drops to 72 degrees F, it is a bad sign. That is where you should check your heater. The device should be strong enough to keep the temperature stable. That is the only device that actually keeps my water stable. I also reviewed it here.

Water changes are a little tricky. A molly fish that is shaking is already stressed, and a water change can add to that stress, making things far worse. Therefore, it would be best to replace the water as gently as possible. I suggest performing daily water changes of roughly ten percent. Continue to do these water changes for the next several days. The objective is to improve the conditions in the tank gradually. I highly recommend keeping the tank clean.

Make sure that you use a filter to keep pollutants out of the water. Also, vacuum the substrate to eliminate fish waste and leftovers. You should also remove any dead organic matter you find.

That will prevent ammonia and nitrate levels from spiking. If the concentration of these toxins rises, use small water changes to bring them under control. Mollies living in a clean tank are less likely to struggle with shimmying. On that matter, if you are struggling with ammonia spikes, here is an article where I discussed why ammonia remains high after water changes. I made sure to list all the possible techniques to lower ammonia concentrations as fast as possible.

As I mentioned before, stress is a significant cause for shimmies in mollies. If you deal with its causes, your molly fish will likely behave normally and might even live longer. There are several ways to combat stress in a molly fish tank: [7]. The GH and pH. Ammonia was mentioned, and mollies are especially sensitive to ammonia so that likely added to the issue. You must log in or register to reply here. Most reactions Latest Discussions K.

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The tank has been cycled for almost two years. These current fish have been happy and healthy for about 8 months. One of our platies has started doing a very strange behaviour in the past day. The fish stayes at the top of the tank and wiggles. It's like he is trying to move forward but isn't.

It is almost an eel-like action. The fish doesn't seem to be gasping for air. It also has no white marks or anything. It does appear to have lost some color in its body. The other two fish are fine and seem to be ignoring the odd behaving fish. There has been no change to the tank that we can tell. What is going on? Is this fish going to die? Is there anything we can do to help it? Fish now flipping onto side! The fish is now randomly flipping onto its side for a second or so and then righting itself.

No problems with water chemistry, we tested today. Any ideas? Our fish is getting sicker and we really want to help her!!! Since you said the water chemistry was ok, I assume you have 0 ammonia and 0 nitrite