Mollies laying on bottom of tank with fins clamped

[Pipsqueakkk]

Three of my Mollies are laying at the bottom of the tank find clamped and barely moving, I'm an overly worried fish owner and would like some advice because I know you can't trust what you read online all the time. The ammonia is a little high but I'm doing another water change now. Please help.


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[howdyheidi]

Is your tank new? Just wondering about the ammonia being high and nitrates low. That might be your issue right there.

Have they improved at all after the water change and how much lower is the ammonia?

 

[Pipsqueakkk]

They seem a little better and the tank is over two months old so I didn't think it would be an issue , I recently added a few Rasboras and I didn't know if that threw everything off


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[Pipsqueakkk]

Also I changed the filter carbon so I may have ruined my cycle -.- it just freaks me out when the filter is so brown


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[Angela1108]

Changing the filter/carbon basically pulls out whatever cycle you have left.


Just keep doing wanted changes until you get it to .25 or less of the ammonia and every time it rises do another watch nitrite too.


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[Pipsqueakkk]

Okay I will thank you


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[Angela1108]

If you have any other questions definitely post


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