Run Of Bad Luck

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Why is it that when something goes wrong, everything does!!

Am feeling a bit down hearted at the moment.

I recently lost my favourite mollie to swim bladder last which I was really upset about as she was beautiful, and watching her go through it was fairly distressing as I did everything I could, but it didnt work.

Then early last week I opened the lid of the tank and the amonia that left the tank was literaly eye watering. So I fasted the fish for a day and made sure from then on, the food that went in was reduced and I told my other half exactly how much to feed when I was at work. Problem solved...so you'd think.

At the end of last week, I noticed my cory has bad fin rot, and at the weekend the other 2 had started with it. I went into the lfs yesterday and after an all clear with the water, and a bag of salt in hand, I came home and added it. Everything ok? No. An hour after I salted the tank, I saw wormy parasites (loads of the little b****rs) at the top of the tank. Off I trooped back to the lfs to buy some parazin. I threw in the req amount and alls good.

I have come home today, and thought the 2 big corys with fin rot seemed to look a little better, only to find the small one that has it fairly bad has mouth fungus.

Arrghhh! Can anything else go wrong? Just when I thought everything was fine and dandy too. How wrong could I be.
 
Did you cycle your tank?

What are you water stats? Ammonia, NitrIte, NitrAte and pH?

LFS test your water with strip test kits, which are very inaccurate.

You should buy a liquid test kit, like the API Freshwater Master Test Kit.

-FHM
 
Did you cycle your tank?

Yeah - the tank isnt a new one, was cycled.

What are you water stats? Ammonia, NitrIte, NitrAte and pH?

LFS test your water with strip test kits, which are very inaccurate.

You should buy a liquid test kit, like the API Freshwater Master Test Kit.



Cant remember what they are, lfs use the liquid test kit and always have - theyve let me know before when ive had water problems so when they said this time that everything is fine, I couldnt understand why I am having so many problems
 
Agree^^

Go get the water tested again, and ask to see the test after the water has been tested, and so you know what the water stats are, (numbers)

-FHM
 
I will do, am just so disheartened by it all. I know the parazin takes a while to work and I hope it does the trick soon.

On a slightly lighter note, the corys mouth fungus appears to have disapeared - dont want to speak to soon though
 

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