I have no idea what's wrong with my male dalmatian molly, Lycaon, and can't find any information on what is wrong with him and how to fix him. I've had fish all my life and just can't find an answer to this one. Any help is appreciated.
When I first got Lycaon, he was a normal Dalmatian molly, though he had a bit over average black, and then over the course of a few weeks, he's turned completely black, but all his offspring are bright, with little black.
He's gotten much less active, he used to chase and mate the females constantly, but he's stopped completely. He just lays on the gravel, moving only when another of the community fish brush against him or its feeding time. Feeding time is the only time he goes to the top. His body looks normal except that the scales seem to be overgrown and are beginning to seem choppy like dropsy, but this didn't start till after I noticed he can't see out of his one eye any more, and the other eye is nearly covered as well, in his scales. His scales have grown over his eyes and he can barely see any more.
Once his scanned began looking like dropsy I moved him to the hospital tank, and treated him as such. It hasn't done anything so I've begun thinking that's not what is wrong. Since the eye became covered, he's also swimming at an angle instead of a normal gait...
Is there who knows what is wrong with him and how to fix him? Having so many fry gets annoying but I love him and don't want to lose him, as he seems to be giving up now.
When I first got Lycaon, he was a normal Dalmatian molly, though he had a bit over average black, and then over the course of a few weeks, he's turned completely black, but all his offspring are bright, with little black.
He's gotten much less active, he used to chase and mate the females constantly, but he's stopped completely. He just lays on the gravel, moving only when another of the community fish brush against him or its feeding time. Feeding time is the only time he goes to the top. His body looks normal except that the scales seem to be overgrown and are beginning to seem choppy like dropsy, but this didn't start till after I noticed he can't see out of his one eye any more, and the other eye is nearly covered as well, in his scales. His scales have grown over his eyes and he can barely see any more.
Once his scanned began looking like dropsy I moved him to the hospital tank, and treated him as such. It hasn't done anything so I've begun thinking that's not what is wrong. Since the eye became covered, he's also swimming at an angle instead of a normal gait...
Is there who knows what is wrong with him and how to fix him? Having so many fry gets annoying but I love him and don't want to lose him, as he seems to be giving up now.