AquaAngelfish
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
Hi everyone, I really hope someone can help me out with this!
I'll start with the basics as follows:
I have a 36 Gal. Freshwater Tank.
1 Marble Angelfish
2 Lyretail Mollies (I'll get into why later in this)
6 Panda Corydoras
2 Nerite Snails
(Keep in mind: This tank was started earlier this year in late February/March, tank was fully cycled for over 6 weeks before adding fish. I do water testing weekly using the API test kit, and 40%-50% water changes weekly).
Tank History;
I used to have another angelfish as well, but unfortunately he died to which I assume was dropsy. This was only 2 weeks after getting him, but afterwards everything in the tank seemed just fine. I haven't had any more problems until now just this last week and it's freaking me out about what's happening today...
Last Week's Problems:
I lost 2 of my 4 mollies, both within about a month of each other. (The first one died unexpectedly but was a big bully in the tank to my Angelfish, so I'm guessing something between them happened? Idk. However, I just lost the second Molly about 2 days ago, weird thing is that I couldn't even find her body. Did and entire cleaning of the tank, can't find her at all, but I saw her acting weird the day before her death but didn't think much of it because I had to leave in a hurry that day). But, I did do a quick water test with my API master test kit and everything seemed normal, so I didn't think too much of it, until she unexpectedly died.
Today, one of my female panda corries was acting abnormal, digging her head into driftwood and constantly hurting herself, I've been doing water testing for everything everyday since the molly died, and everything is fine. Today, I did 2 tests, because I thought for sure I had ammonia poisoning, but everything, including ammonia, nitrate, nitrite, etc, is 100% normal. The only reason I'm worried is because all the symptoms I was seeing in both the molly and the panda were pointing to ammonia poisoning/spike, and tests were normal. The chemicals weren't even expired either, I got the test kit in March.
What I've done:
-Corydora is in a little breeding net in my tank, in hopes she won't get as hurt.
-Used melafix just for good measure to help her injuries
I honestly don't know what's going on or what to do. If anyone needs more info on something or can help, I'd be very grateful!
(I just realized how long this was, so thank you for reading all the way through)
I'll start with the basics as follows:
I have a 36 Gal. Freshwater Tank.
1 Marble Angelfish
2 Lyretail Mollies (I'll get into why later in this)
6 Panda Corydoras
2 Nerite Snails
(Keep in mind: This tank was started earlier this year in late February/March, tank was fully cycled for over 6 weeks before adding fish. I do water testing weekly using the API test kit, and 40%-50% water changes weekly).
Tank History;
I used to have another angelfish as well, but unfortunately he died to which I assume was dropsy. This was only 2 weeks after getting him, but afterwards everything in the tank seemed just fine. I haven't had any more problems until now just this last week and it's freaking me out about what's happening today...
Last Week's Problems:
I lost 2 of my 4 mollies, both within about a month of each other. (The first one died unexpectedly but was a big bully in the tank to my Angelfish, so I'm guessing something between them happened? Idk. However, I just lost the second Molly about 2 days ago, weird thing is that I couldn't even find her body. Did and entire cleaning of the tank, can't find her at all, but I saw her acting weird the day before her death but didn't think much of it because I had to leave in a hurry that day). But, I did do a quick water test with my API master test kit and everything seemed normal, so I didn't think too much of it, until she unexpectedly died.
Today, one of my female panda corries was acting abnormal, digging her head into driftwood and constantly hurting herself, I've been doing water testing for everything everyday since the molly died, and everything is fine. Today, I did 2 tests, because I thought for sure I had ammonia poisoning, but everything, including ammonia, nitrate, nitrite, etc, is 100% normal. The only reason I'm worried is because all the symptoms I was seeing in both the molly and the panda were pointing to ammonia poisoning/spike, and tests were normal. The chemicals weren't even expired either, I got the test kit in March.
What I've done:
-Corydora is in a little breeding net in my tank, in hopes she won't get as hurt.
-Used melafix just for good measure to help her injuries
I honestly don't know what's going on or what to do. If anyone needs more info on something or can help, I'd be very grateful!
(I just realized how long this was, so thank you for reading all the way through)