Help! Molly Babies & Snails?

[hollymolly]

So i have this community tank, which consists of 8 mollies, 2 bumblebee gobies, and a chinese sucker fish (i had 2, but i cant find the other one!). when i first got my tank, they had 4 babies, the next day one molly died. a week later, two mollies passed away the same day, and then today i find myself 13 new baby mollies. while i was looking at my tank, i noticed a small baby snail with a sea shell kinda body sticking against the tank, and then two more! are they parasites? and are they causing the other mollies to die? or did they stick from the live plants i bought, which also all died? and when i came home just now, another molly (i think the one that just had the babies) is dying, spinning and falling onto the ground. is it cause of exhaustian? or the snails? i dont know what to do. this is my first time getting a fish, and its so hard. .. the water temp is 75-8o & i used this aquasafe liquid to clean out the cholorine + some aquariam salt. =(

 

[Seidge]

Have you cycled the tank before adding fish, also i would definately not add all those fish at once, you are supposed to introduce them gradually. If not cycled the fish probably died from poisoning. Please have a look on google at the Nitrogen Cycle or search this forum for information on tank cycling.

The tiny snails probably came in on the live plants, they are no harm at all to your new fish but they do rapidly reproduce so pick them out and chuck them in the bin if you dont want to keep them.

Also make sure you have got the right equipment for your tank i.e heater, filter etc...

Do some more research about setting up a new tank as i believe you may have made many errors, fishkeeping can be a difficult task at first until you get to know your stuff. Good Luck! I hope your remaining fish survive. P.S Plants are just as hard to care for in a new tank i would leave these until your tank is more established.

 

[hollymolly]

thanks a lot! i was really worried about the snails, & i think i`ll take out all the plants & reclean my tank. thanks a lot =]