balthazaur
New Member
my baby silver lyretail molly is not doing well. after his mom died yesterday, i'm really want him to be okay.
i've had my tank for about 6 months now, and everything has been fine until yesterday.
Tank size: 15 gallons
pH: 7.2
ammonia: n/a my test stuff doesn't do ammonia. i will definitely be buying new test equipment (when i bought this set it was an emergency and this was the only testing stuff available at walmart )
nitrite: 0
nitrate: 10
kH: 170
gH: 75
tank temp: 80.4
Fish Symptoms (include full description including lesion, color, location, fish behavior):
laying at the bottom of the tank, gasping for breath. every once in a while he'll try to swim up to the surface but it's a struggle, and more often than not he's swimming sideways
Volume and Frequency of water changes:
yesterday i did a 70% water change - one of the fish (another molly, an adult) had just died. normally i do 50% every other week, or when it starts to smell
Chemical Additives or Media in your tank:
water conditioner, stress zymes, melafix
Tank inhabitants:
three danios, a snail, and the baby molly. the danios are in perfect health as far as i can tell.
Recent additions to your tank (living or decoration):
the snail is new. adopted him two weeks ago.
Exposure to chemicals:
other than the conditioners, none
Digital photo (include if possible):
i'll try to post a picture later.
please help. i added an air stone to see if he needed more oxygen in the water, and after thirty minutes it doesn't seem to have done much for him, although he did start struggling for the surface after i put the stone in.
i've had my tank for about 6 months now, and everything has been fine until yesterday.
Tank size: 15 gallons
pH: 7.2
ammonia: n/a my test stuff doesn't do ammonia. i will definitely be buying new test equipment (when i bought this set it was an emergency and this was the only testing stuff available at walmart )
nitrite: 0
nitrate: 10
kH: 170
gH: 75
tank temp: 80.4
Fish Symptoms (include full description including lesion, color, location, fish behavior):
laying at the bottom of the tank, gasping for breath. every once in a while he'll try to swim up to the surface but it's a struggle, and more often than not he's swimming sideways
Volume and Frequency of water changes:
yesterday i did a 70% water change - one of the fish (another molly, an adult) had just died. normally i do 50% every other week, or when it starts to smell
Chemical Additives or Media in your tank:
water conditioner, stress zymes, melafix
Tank inhabitants:
three danios, a snail, and the baby molly. the danios are in perfect health as far as i can tell.
Recent additions to your tank (living or decoration):
the snail is new. adopted him two weeks ago.
Exposure to chemicals:
other than the conditioners, none
Digital photo (include if possible):
i'll try to post a picture later.
please help. i added an air stone to see if he needed more oxygen in the water, and after thirty minutes it doesn't seem to have done much for him, although he did start struggling for the surface after i put the stone in.