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Mini_Madness
12-27-2007, 5:54 PM
These fry where about a little over a week old. All doing great, eating swimming great. Christmas eve night i noticed some swimming on the bottom like they were eating, but they were straight up and down. And when they would try and turn they would bend completely over and not really go anywhere. They were still eating, so i didn't know what to think. Christmas day those i had noticed were dead or close to dying on the bottom so i removed them from the tank. Later that afternoon about 10 more were doing the same thing. So i changed their filter, and did a 20% water change (its a 1 gallon, i change 10% with fresh water, and 10% with cycled water from the parents tank since the fry tank was not yet cycled) I found those 10 dead that night, and most if not all the rest acting the same way. I couldn't go anywhere with everything closed on Christmas, and turned their light off and hoped they would be ok. Wednesday morning. All dead. I don't know what happened. Actually i have raised molly fry before. But always in the net breeders so the water conditions where very constant. Did i do domething horribly wrong? Was there something genetically wrong with them? Was this something that i could have treated if i had caught it earlier Christmas eve? The parents are fine and also got a water change with the same fresh water and new filter. Help?!?

Reefscape
12-27-2007, 6:04 PM
Hey there Mini-Madness..i would post all the above in the freshwater section to get lots more coverage and answers than in here mate...

Welcome to Aquaria Central...

Niko

Lupin
12-28-2007, 4:39 AM
:welcome: to AC!

Rbishop
12-28-2007, 6:19 AM
Welcome to AC!

I agree with Niko...make a thread in the FW forums for more visibility to your issue.

jm1212
12-28-2007, 10:33 AM
Welcome to AC!

the fact that the tank is uncycled may be the issue. fry are very sensative to ammoina. the old tank water holds very little bacteria, so it probably isnt helping along the cycle that much.

also, 10 fry in a 1 gallon tank is a bit much, even if they are only little fry.

jpappy789
12-28-2007, 12:22 PM
welcome!

Mgamer20o0
12-28-2007, 10:41 PM
Welcome to AC.

H3D
01-01-2008, 11:03 AM
Hi Mini_Madness! Welcome to AC!