TheChefSLC
Aquarium Advice Regular
I need some advice. My balloon molly is missing its slime coat and appears to be a little dried out.
Here is the background information on this. I am not sure what he was like prior.
a year ago i bought a 5.5 for my daughter, i only did water changes here and there and never payed attention to the water quality. We had 3 guppies, 2 balloon mollies, 2 dwarf frogs and a chinese algae eater. (yes i have always know it to be a bit over stocked).
about 2 or 3 weeks ago, i noticed the algae eater was "eating" one of the frogs. I am really certain this was due to not having enough food since i had learned how to take care of a tank properly. I also started working on a relocation for this fish. I had him re-homed last week.
On Friday, i setup a 20 long to replace the 5 in my daughters room. I did this while she slept. I did this to switch the 3 male guppies with my 4 pregnant guppies in my 36 gallon.
Sunday, i moved the guppies around. After the move was complete, i noticed one of the frogs, the one who was "eaten" by the algae eater had some red sores on it. I then relocated the frog to a goldfish bowl with some prime in the water. He did not make it and died a few hrs later.
After this, I checked the parameters and they were good with the exception of the PH being 8.4 from the normal 8.0, but it is really hard to truly tell since the color chart is too open to interpretation with them.
I also noticed that the molly appears to be missing it's slime coat and it has some red lines going into it's top fin.
I was not able to do much at that time due to other plans, when i got home a few hrs later, I did a 75% water change, added some additional carbon to the filter and added a large bio bag full of peat moss as well. I also added 1.25ml per 4.5 gallons of water of prime. and I also added a couple pinches of some aquarium salt.
I have not been able to look at the fish since doing this 8 hrs ago but wanted to get this posted now since I cannot sleep.
Since I did not really check the fish prior to the move, I cannot rule out that this was there prior. I think the fish could have been "eaten" like the frog, But it is also possible this could be something else.
I will get some pictures in a few hrs when the sun is up.
prior to the water change, my parameters were
PH: 8.2
Ammonia: 0
Nitrite: 0 (maybe .1)
Nitrate: 5
My tap water is very hard and has a PH of 7.6. One of my next aquarium buys is a PH probe tester
but i have to pay for this new tank and light first
Here is the background information on this. I am not sure what he was like prior.
a year ago i bought a 5.5 for my daughter, i only did water changes here and there and never payed attention to the water quality. We had 3 guppies, 2 balloon mollies, 2 dwarf frogs and a chinese algae eater. (yes i have always know it to be a bit over stocked).
about 2 or 3 weeks ago, i noticed the algae eater was "eating" one of the frogs. I am really certain this was due to not having enough food since i had learned how to take care of a tank properly. I also started working on a relocation for this fish. I had him re-homed last week.
On Friday, i setup a 20 long to replace the 5 in my daughters room. I did this while she slept. I did this to switch the 3 male guppies with my 4 pregnant guppies in my 36 gallon.
Sunday, i moved the guppies around. After the move was complete, i noticed one of the frogs, the one who was "eaten" by the algae eater had some red sores on it. I then relocated the frog to a goldfish bowl with some prime in the water. He did not make it and died a few hrs later.
After this, I checked the parameters and they were good with the exception of the PH being 8.4 from the normal 8.0, but it is really hard to truly tell since the color chart is too open to interpretation with them.
I also noticed that the molly appears to be missing it's slime coat and it has some red lines going into it's top fin.
I was not able to do much at that time due to other plans, when i got home a few hrs later, I did a 75% water change, added some additional carbon to the filter and added a large bio bag full of peat moss as well. I also added 1.25ml per 4.5 gallons of water of prime. and I also added a couple pinches of some aquarium salt.
I have not been able to look at the fish since doing this 8 hrs ago but wanted to get this posted now since I cannot sleep.
Since I did not really check the fish prior to the move, I cannot rule out that this was there prior. I think the fish could have been "eaten" like the frog, But it is also possible this could be something else.
I will get some pictures in a few hrs when the sun is up.
prior to the water change, my parameters were
PH: 8.2
Ammonia: 0
Nitrite: 0 (maybe .1)
Nitrate: 5
My tap water is very hard and has a PH of 7.6. One of my next aquarium buys is a PH probe tester
but i have to pay for this new tank and light first
