Saying Hi ..and Need Some Help Please.

[xpeterpx]

Firstly I just want to say hello but unfortunetly I do need some advice.

I've lost a couple of fish over the last few days and both seem to have had the same symptoms.
For quite a while I had a tank with just 2 plecos in and decided after a water check that it was time to add some more..

So now I have 3 mollies and 2 Gouramis
The tank was cycled months ago when I had danios.
My cleaning regime is the usual 10% water change weekly and a full cleanout every 12 weeks approx.
Feed 3 times a day a few pinches of flakes
The 2 fish I lost seem to have got quite lethargic initially and developed pale skin patches -more noticably on their tummies which turned white.
I've now spotted a mollie starting to display the same symptoms and am becoming quite worried.It also seems to hover right by the filter most times.
I regularly check the water quality and all seems well.The temp remains at around 74-78
Sorry about the vague description!I'm a very inexperienced keeper and I need some advice on what this might be please.

Many thanks for all the help and advice you can offer
Pete

 

[SimoUK]

Hi There And Welcome To TTFF,

To make it easier the girls and guys will also need to know:

Tank Size: Navigating to the calculator here: http/www.fishforums.net/aquarium-calculator.htm you can input the size in inches and it will give you a size in gallons.

Also they need to know your water stats,

Nitrite
Nitrate
Ammonia
Ph

You can get these using a liquid test kit sold at any local fish shop, dont bother with the strips they are useless.

Thanks, Simo

 

[xpeterpx]

Hi There And Welcome To TTFF,

To make it easier the girls and guys will also need to know:

Tank Size: Navigating to the calculator here: http/www.fishforums.net/aquarium-calculator.htm you can input the size in inches and it will give you a size in gallons.

Also they need to know your water stats,

Nitrite
Nitrate
Ammonia
Ph

You can get these using a liquid test kit sold at any local fish shop, dont bother with the strips they are useless.

Thanks, Simo

Hi Simo and thanks for the fast reply.Its a 57 litre tank
Ok,heres the stats using a Nutrifin Mini Master kit:
NH3 Ammonia -0 mg/L
NO3 Nitrate- 5 mg/L
NO2 Nitrite- 0 mg/L
PH- 8

The mollie now seems very disorientated and is swimming 'unbalanced' so may euthanize but I'll keep an eye on it.
Forgot to mention that i'm running my filter with just a carbon pad
Appreciate the ongoing advice

 

[xpeterpx]

Hi There And Welcome To TTFF,

To make it easier the girls and guys will also need to know:

Tank Size: Navigating to the calculator here: http/www.fishforums.net/aquarium-calculator.htm you can input the size in inches and it will give you a size in gallons.

Also they need to know your water stats,

Nitrite
Nitrate
Ammonia
Ph

You can get these using a liquid test kit sold at any local fish shop, dont bother with the strips they are useless.

Thanks, Simo

Hi Simo and thanks for the fast reply.Its a 57 litre tank
Ok,heres the stats using a Nutrifin Mini Master kit:
NH3 Ammonia -0 mg/L
NO3 Nitrate- 5 mg/L
NO2 Nitrite- 0 mg/L
PH- 8

The mollie now seems very disorientated and is swimming 'unbalanced' so may euthanize but I'll keep an eye on it.
Forgot to mention that i'm running my filter with just a carbon pad
Appreciate the ongoing advice

Quick update guys-just lost another fish.This one even looked perfectly healthy with no visible signs of stress or disease.
Any ideas based on the stats as above?

Cheers all
Pete

 

[SimoUK]

I really dont know what to say sorry,

I'm not that good with all this fish health stuff, if there were some obvious symptoms i may have an idea.

Hopefully someone who knows their health stuff should come along soon,

Sorry about another loss.

Simo