ok first off water parameters : Api freshwater liquid test kit:
ph: 7.2
ammonia:20
nitrite: 0
nitrate: 40
I almost forgot the temperature, it stays at 80 F
I also have java ferns, 2 amazon swords, water sprite, java moss and 2 "dead rocks"
My 29 gallon tank is fairly new, had it about 2 months now. It is nearing the end of the initial cycling process. I have managed, during the cycling, to save all but 2 fish after reading the forums here. Thanks a million to all of you!
I was one of the "uneducated" people who listened when I bought my tank to the lady who said "if you use start right you can buy fish today"...ugh!! I should have went with instinct.
I have 2 orange mollies, 2 silver mollies, 3 black mollies all about an inch and a half to 2 inches long. An angelfish that is about 2 inches long, a pleco about 3 inches and 3 itty bitty cardinal neons (they are under an inch long).
I have an undergravel filter with the 2 uptakes and also an aeon 30 (i think). I change the carbon once a month in both UW intakes and also in the top filter. I water change weekly 1/3 of the tank. I do have the aquarium salt added due to an ich problem I had a few weeks back.
Now for the question on my male silver molly. He was doing great. I bought some freeze dried bloodowrms and gave them to the fish. They liked them, however they are not getting anymore. The same day i noticed him trying to stay straight up and down, he was wobbling from side to side. I isolated immediately. Now he is sitting in the tank in a corner with his head down on the gravel and his tail straight up in the air. He is still eating, has no anal protrusions, still is a beautiful silver color. Very bloated looking. I fed him a shelled pea and I am treating the tank he is in with a broad spectrum treatment called Lifeguard all in one. I dont know what else to do. I just started the treatment today since it has been 3 days with the pea's as was mentioned somewhere. Is there anything else I can do for him?
ph: 7.2
ammonia:20
nitrite: 0
nitrate: 40
I almost forgot the temperature, it stays at 80 F
I also have java ferns, 2 amazon swords, water sprite, java moss and 2 "dead rocks"
My 29 gallon tank is fairly new, had it about 2 months now. It is nearing the end of the initial cycling process. I have managed, during the cycling, to save all but 2 fish after reading the forums here. Thanks a million to all of you!
I was one of the "uneducated" people who listened when I bought my tank to the lady who said "if you use start right you can buy fish today"...ugh!! I should have went with instinct.
I have 2 orange mollies, 2 silver mollies, 3 black mollies all about an inch and a half to 2 inches long. An angelfish that is about 2 inches long, a pleco about 3 inches and 3 itty bitty cardinal neons (they are under an inch long).
I have an undergravel filter with the 2 uptakes and also an aeon 30 (i think). I change the carbon once a month in both UW intakes and also in the top filter. I water change weekly 1/3 of the tank. I do have the aquarium salt added due to an ich problem I had a few weeks back.
Now for the question on my male silver molly. He was doing great. I bought some freeze dried bloodowrms and gave them to the fish. They liked them, however they are not getting anymore. The same day i noticed him trying to stay straight up and down, he was wobbling from side to side. I isolated immediately. Now he is sitting in the tank in a corner with his head down on the gravel and his tail straight up in the air. He is still eating, has no anal protrusions, still is a beautiful silver color. Very bloated looking. I fed him a shelled pea and I am treating the tank he is in with a broad spectrum treatment called Lifeguard all in one. I dont know what else to do. I just started the treatment today since it has been 3 days with the pea's as was mentioned somewhere. Is there anything else I can do for him?
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