water conditions... fish dyeing?

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misscrosson

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Alright.. I went away for 2days.. and I left my family to care for my 70gallon fish tank... while I way away I picked up myself a master test kit...

When I came home... all my fish were hiding... but as soon as they seen me they started to come out... and I noticed that none are acting like themselves... and two of my white mollies you can physically notice something wrong... one has a red thing all around it's eye... and the other has black forming in either side of it...also one of my platies look like it's loosing it's colour...

Right now I have:

two dwarf gouramis
five mollies
two platies
four rasboras
four danios
one cory cat

Here are the results of the tests... which, I don't believe are ANY good at all.. but, I don't really understand them.. so...

Ammonia - 0
pH - 7.6
Nitrite - 1.6
GH - 200
KH - 150

What should I do??... Buy some meds... my local pet store isn't open on Monday's... so.... I could go there tomorrow and see if they have any meds that I might need... or whatever.. and also my local petstore won't take back any fish... blah... so, please help me!!!
 
definitly do a water change, the nitrites are way too high! you should get the fish with visible injuries and illnesses into your quarantine tank (if you have one). color loss isn't too bad but it does mean your fish is stressed in some way or another. Try a 75% water change like kass said and wait about 5 min. to test again for nitrites and observe your fishes reactions to it.
 
Alright... I'll do that!... I can't at the moment because my mom is having a big party.. and blah... too many people here... she'd just yell at me...

I'll do it in an hour or so when everyone is gone though.... I'm just getting home from my little vacation..

So when I do the 75% water change I just leave all the fish in the tank?? Is there anything other then a nitrate kit that I can buy tomorrow for my fish??... I feel really bad right now because they're all so sick... ughh... maybe salt?..
 
Also... my fishes eye isn't red... but around it... it's turning red... and the other white one looks like it's turning green or black...
 
Yeah... I have a gravel vaccum... should I be changing the water like this for afew days?... Or am I just getting way to over my head, and should just wait till after I re-test the water?
 
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