I'm new to the aquarium hobby so I am not familiar 100% on what I'm doing and after alot of research (too late in the game) I know now we've made alot of errors! We have a 29gal tank and got 5 mollies to start with because we were told no matter what they will die when you first set up your tank.
After about a month they were still going strong so we went back and got an albino rainbow shark, 2 emerald corydoras and a moss ball. At first we couldn't get the amonia under control even with doing partial water changes and using safe start to try and help speed up the cycling process. Finally the guy at the aquarium store told me about a filter packet thing you put in the filter and it is supposed to reduce amonia.
It worked perfectly amonia is at 0 and has been for a few weeks now but 2 of my mollies started acting strange a few days ago. They will primarily stay on the bottom of the tank and not do anything. After looking closely they seem to have a whitish film on their mouths and parts of their body. It's small and barely noticable unless your looking but it's there. They move if prompted or when I feed them but that's it and it's only 2 of them. I did another partial water change tonight and tested the levels I'll post those as well. But my question is how do I lower my nitrites and treat this possible fungus without harming my rainbow shark and my Cory's? Since they cant handle salt or the tetra lifeguard fungal treatment? Help please!
High range ph -7.6
Ammonia- 0
Nitrites - between .25 and .50!!! Had a spike!?
Nitrates - 5.0
After about a month they were still going strong so we went back and got an albino rainbow shark, 2 emerald corydoras and a moss ball. At first we couldn't get the amonia under control even with doing partial water changes and using safe start to try and help speed up the cycling process. Finally the guy at the aquarium store told me about a filter packet thing you put in the filter and it is supposed to reduce amonia.
It worked perfectly amonia is at 0 and has been for a few weeks now but 2 of my mollies started acting strange a few days ago. They will primarily stay on the bottom of the tank and not do anything. After looking closely they seem to have a whitish film on their mouths and parts of their body. It's small and barely noticable unless your looking but it's there. They move if prompted or when I feed them but that's it and it's only 2 of them. I did another partial water change tonight and tested the levels I'll post those as well. But my question is how do I lower my nitrites and treat this possible fungus without harming my rainbow shark and my Cory's? Since they cant handle salt or the tetra lifeguard fungal treatment? Help please!
High range ph -7.6
Ammonia- 0
Nitrites - between .25 and .50!!! Had a spike!?
Nitrates - 5.0
