Possible pregnant Molly fitting/spasming

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Please help.

My pregnant ( I'm assuming) Holden nugget mmollir keeps having a fit,
Now I've been looking it up. She doesn't have clamped find it's like her tail is cramping up and she's trying to do what does do and chase her tail.

She has one black spot above her anal hole thing

HELP 😭😭
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Any pics?
If she’s pregnant she may be trying to give birth, livebearers can do some weird things when giving birth, shimmying/hiding/flicking against stuff etc
The black spot by her anal fin could be her gravid spot and it will be either the eggs or eyes of the fry she is carrying.
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It's like a black lump sticking out just above
She's struggling to swim now I'm so worried
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Hm - pregnant & constipated? Try feeding blanched and shelled peas.
Or unable to give birth? In which case a large water change might help, sometimes fresh water helps to trigger spawning/giving birth.
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She has a large water change so I'm stuck for ideas on that. She's definitely pregnant I can see little dots on the inside like little eyes she's that big!
The lump has been there for a couple of days but I've also seen her poo in that time, albeit not as much as she did. Those things were massive!
She's just really struggling and I'm so upset :(
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Unfortunately this can happen with livebearers that they can have a difficult birth and may not pull through. All I can suggest is maybe trying daphnia now that might help and just have to wait and see.
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Is this her first drop of fry?
If so, she'll probably not know what to do, or if she's old she may just be worn out and not able to drop as normal.
These are the two main scenarios for losing livebearer females.
She doesn't look overfed, just very gravid (pregnant).
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Sorry, didn't see this post!
She had one drop but only dropped one.
I'm on another forum and I'm getting slated for my large tank having fish in ( I don't think there is alot in there and I don't really know the size of the tank to be fair. )
Someone on there said it's a death spiral? She's been doing it for over 24 hours now on and off.
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Sound like a knowledgeable and helpful bunch..... :dodgy:
Are you sure she only dropped one fry? If thats the case it may be that any follow up fry may have got stuck, which would cause her some irritation.
I’m not sure what you can do for it, although i think the peas thing might still help but dont quote me on that.
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Very helpful haha.
She's just sitting near bottom of tank so. Hoping that it's just her dropping tbh. Be gutted if she goes. I've been meaning to get another female so he doesn't pester her like he does
I'm just hoping this spiraling thing stoops I'm at a loss on how to help when everyone else is fine and that,
How do I do the pea thing? It's worth a shot
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