Male Molly

[paudie22]

iv a 34 gallon tank with 7 mollies 7 swords 4 danios 2 guppies 4 otos and 2 clown loaches. temp 26 nitrates 0.5 nitrites 0 ammonia 0 ph 7. i have a danio wit an ulser so been treating with antibacterial meds to help it but now iv a problem wit a male molly. he is swimming funny wit only his front fins working aand it looks like his dorsal fin dont work please help. i do weekly water changes of 30 liters and wont be doin 1 til i finish treating danio wich is wednesay

 

[paudie22]

ok he sits at the bottom and then swims to top then goes back don the bottom and stay still. he seems to have use his tail more tan ever to get goin and his front fins seem to be working but defo not his back one

 

[kribensis12]

Try Aquarium salt. Also, Nitrite's are very deadly at any level, you will need to do a water change now, or risk losing all your fish. Did you cycle?

 

[paudie22]

Try Aquarium salt. Also, Nitrite's are very deadly at any level, you will need to do a water change now, or risk losing all your fish. Did you cycle?

tank was cyceld wen i got it. got the nitrite and nitrate mixed up nitrate 10 ppm and nitrite 0. i dont add salt to my tank as some of my fish wont tolerate it

 

[backtotropical]

Hi Paudie, the fact that you have a detectable level of nitrite immediately rings alarm bells. Are you cycling at the moment?

If not, this suggests that your filter is not coping with the amount of waste produced by your fish. This is probably the cause of your fish's illness.

It sounds like your molly is more serious, so i would perform a water change now to reduce nitrite to 0.

Let us have an update tomorrow?

BTT

edit: too slow at typing , just to re-iterate, do a water change asap, but i wouldn't consider adding salt, especially before you diagnose the problem.

 

[paudie22]

Hi Paudie, the fact that you have a detectable level of nitrite immediately rings alarm bells. Are you cycling at the moment?

If not, this suggests that your filter is not coping with the amount of waste produced by your fish. This is probably the cause of your fish's illness.

It sounds like your molly is more serious, so i would perform a water change now to reduce nitrite to 0.

Let us have an update tomorrow?

BTT

edit: too slow at typing , just to re-iterate, do a water change asap, but i wouldn't consider adding salt, especially before you diagnose the problem.

done 30 litre change. levels are now ph 6.5 ammonia 0 kh 180 gh 180 nitrates 0 nitrite 20 ppm. he still looks funny but he seems be able swim . he still lying down bottom of tank tho and his top fin jus looks dead