ChanEKC
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
Okay so I'm fairly new to owning an aquarium. We got our tank and our fish a little over two months ago. We started with 5 Molly's and I told the kids when the tank finished cycling that we could get a couple more. After 5 weeks our black molly died and I'm not really sure why. But we kept an eye on the other 4 and they didn't show any signs of illness. So two days ago I went to test my water at the store (PetSmart) the day before my weekly water change and everything was in normal range. So I told the kids that we could get more fish. And this is where I messed up
I was really tired when we went to the store. (I'm a single mom of two and a few months ago my mom passed now I care for my 2 little sisters to so sometimes I'm not all there) so when I heard that everything was normal even without a water change I told the kids we could get more fish. And we left the store with 4 Guppy's and one new molly (after I got some sleep I realized that I was only supposed to add one or 2 new fish at a time) when I woke up 2 guppys had already died. So I changed out 50% of the water because all of the other fish were acting really stressed. And then a few hours later another guppy died. So I did another 50% water change, but this time I did a deeper clean, grabbed a large mixing bowl and put the tank water in it and then put the fish in and took all of the plants out and kicked all the rocks up to loosen as much debris as possible and siphoned out 90% of the water. I also had a spare filter that I put in (while keeping the old filter in there as well) to try and help put more air in the water. Then I put clean treated water back in the tank and added some of new water to the bowl before returning the fish to their home. And they started to act like everything was normal again for a little bit and then all of the Molly's started laying in the bottom corner and the remaining guppy stayed next to the surface (this is what they looked like in the morning)
None of them are really moving. So I went and bought a "hospital tank" and put 2 of the Molly's in there and did a 25% water change in the main tank. The two Molly's in the hospital tank are still at the bottom practically laying on the gravel and the ones in the main tank have changed positions from the bottom of the tank to the top of the tank. Its strange they seem to take turns. One of them will swim around at a time, and then after a few rounds trade places with another that is acting strange. I went and bought some tests for the water and everything is in normal range for the tank.
I have no idea what is going on and I talked to a couple friends who have some knowledge of owing aquariums and they have no idea. So now I'm here
Does anyone know what is going on with my fish??
I was really tired when we went to the store. (I'm a single mom of two and a few months ago my mom passed now I care for my 2 little sisters to so sometimes I'm not all there) so when I heard that everything was normal even without a water change I told the kids we could get more fish. And we left the store with 4 Guppy's and one new molly (after I got some sleep I realized that I was only supposed to add one or 2 new fish at a time) when I woke up 2 guppys had already died. So I changed out 50% of the water because all of the other fish were acting really stressed. And then a few hours later another guppy died. So I did another 50% water change, but this time I did a deeper clean, grabbed a large mixing bowl and put the tank water in it and then put the fish in and took all of the plants out and kicked all the rocks up to loosen as much debris as possible and siphoned out 90% of the water. I also had a spare filter that I put in (while keeping the old filter in there as well) to try and help put more air in the water. Then I put clean treated water back in the tank and added some of new water to the bowl before returning the fish to their home. And they started to act like everything was normal again for a little bit and then all of the Molly's started laying in the bottom corner and the remaining guppy stayed next to the surface (this is what they looked like in the morning)
None of them are really moving. So I went and bought a "hospital tank" and put 2 of the Molly's in there and did a 25% water change in the main tank. The two Molly's in the hospital tank are still at the bottom practically laying on the gravel and the ones in the main tank have changed positions from the bottom of the tank to the top of the tank. Its strange they seem to take turns. One of them will swim around at a time, and then after a few rounds trade places with another that is acting strange. I went and bought some tests for the water and everything is in normal range for the tank.
I have no idea what is going on and I talked to a couple friends who have some knowledge of owing aquariums and they have no idea. So now I'm here
Does anyone know what is going on with my fish??