Sudden Death, Death, And More Death

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HotStuffGal

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:-( Okay In My 5 Gallon tank we just introduced 12 Perfectly healthy baby

Guppies. Now I wake up and there are 20 dead Mollies on the bottom. I change

the water and 10 minutes later guess what, 40 more dead ones and they are

dropping like flies and I need help FAST on what I should do and maybe what

caused it!
 
Uhm, maybe I'm not understanding but you mean you really have 20+ mollies and guppy fry in a 5 gal tank?!!! :unsure: That is just way, way too many fish for that size of tank!! :sick: What you've done is overwhelmed the nitrite/nitrate system with too much fishy "stuff" and yes all your fish will perish if you don't remove some...

I would only put in the fry in that tank until they are old enough to go in the big tanks or keep maybe 5 mollies in there. :blink:
 
do you really have 200 fish in a 5 gallon tank? are they the fry? still, way too many!
 
Firstly, sorry to hear of your losses, HotStuffGal and understand how you may feel.
:unsure:

However, I agree with Guppygals' assumption about your tank is overloaded. I've tried and resisted the temptation to overload myself.

Overloading can help infection spread very quickly among your fishes, plus the strain/stress of having too many fishes together can exacerbate/increase the aggression amongst the more territorial fishes.

Solution. If you have a spare tank, use it. Give your fish some more swimming space. Definitely don't introduce these fishes into the other inhabited tanks, because if there is an infection you'll spread it.

Next, find the course of the problem. Ask yourself every question you can think of as to the cause, and keep an eye out for the signs that may have caused it. Usual things like regular fish health and water quality checks need to be maintained. Sometimes, (regular) water changes just won't do.

You can have anything from high ammonia, high nitrites, low aeration, unstable PH, or parasites as the cause of these deaths. I recommend you to get a test done of this tank, and your other tanks, just to be certain.

Lastly, post your findings in the forum. There are plenty of helpful, and experienced guys here who've gone through and learnt from similar 'mistakes' such as yours. You can also go to your local fish store who'll be able to see the afflicted fish/results obtained first-hand, and give you a handle on the situation.

Better still, you can survey the forum and find someone living near you, who you could go to, for further advice....if you so wish. There also some great fish clubs out there. Perhaps you can find something in the paper, Internet or phone book.

Good luck, HotStuffGal.
 
:crazy: Oh no they are ALL new born fry and quite small and I did remove all healty ones to another tank and things are going better. Thanks you ALL for your advice and help ~Scarlett
 

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