Baby Mollies

[rhinobabe]

hi ive had my baby mollies in their own tank for 3 or 4 months now but all of a sudden they have started to die one a morning does anyone have any suggestions wats up with them?? also in the tank there is some balls of slime half in half outta the water are they something to do with the snail in there?? each slime circle has white moving dots in them don't know wat they are any suggestions on this too??
rhinobabe xxx

 

[modaz]

yep sounds like newly hatched snails, just remove as much of the slime as you can, check your water stats and do a usual water change to freshen the quality of the water, your nitrate might be high due to the waste off the snails you have.

 

[rhinobabe]

yep sounds like newly hatched snails, just remove as much of the slime as you can, check your water stats and do a usual water change to freshen the quality of the water, your nitrate might be high due to the waste off the snails you have.

thanx for that i'll go test the water now yeah i do a frequent water change with all the rite stuff to put in it ive got another 130 babies to put in the tank so am thinking of putting the big ones in the main tank and starting fresh with the baby tank.. the babies r in a breeding tank in my big tank at the mo should b ok there for a few days more while i re do the baby tank.... ive put 2 of the big babbies in the normal tank and they seem to b doing fine so mite put them all in now then restart.....thanx for the reply xxxxx

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

How many gallons is the tank they are in and are the fry showing any odd symptoms whether behavioral or physical, like clamped fins, flick/rubbing themselves on objects in the tank, cotton wool like growths etc etc?

 

[modaz]

thats a really lot of fry to have in one tank with your larger fish WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! yeah get the fry tank up and running again and find new homes for them quickly you'll have even more very soon as you prob have been experiencing.....good luck

if ive got too many fry which happens a lot i swap them for flake and filter stuff at the LFS

 

[rhinobabe]

hi have done test kit to find very high nitrates i have noticed the fish flicking about but have put treatment in the tanks (large and small) which seems to have worked i was kinda worried it was internal bacterial infections but now am almost certain it's the nitrates so am heading to buy some reverse ozmosis water to set the small tank up again and fingers crossed i wont have any dead oin me in the morning... i have put 2 of the larger babies in with the normal fish and they seem to b loving it so am maybe thinking of putting in the rest so the new fry can have the tank all to themselves.......thanx for all your help guys
rhinobabe xxx

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

Can you answer all the questions/give us more info on your situation though?

 

[rhinobabe]

hi thanx for your response i have done a 60% water change and my tank is crystal clear now and no more dead fish so it's looking like i have cleared the problem ive also done another nitrates test and that has come back with a lot better result
rhinobabe

Can you answer all the questions/give us more info on your situation though?