Orange Oreo
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
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- Jul 25, 2017
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So I'm New and I've just got some fish and about after a week of having them, my Orange swordtail has developed TINY black dots and she has been going to the bottom of the tank and just staying there. She's been doing this for 4 days, but one day was normal and then she went back to sick the next day.. However when she sees me she greets me, but when I go she goes back to the bottom of the aquarium and lays there. I do see her swimming normally sometimes but usually she will lay on the bottom. She doesn't lay on her side or anything she just lays with her belly on the gravel. She breathes normal and sometimes moves her fins, but usually has them clamped when she lays on the bottom. When she does swim, she swims completly normal. She has also some very stringy, clear waste. I just got her! I really need help.
I have 120 gallon tank. I clean the tank every month and its been set up for years, but then all my fish got sick and sadly died and then my dad cleaned the whole tank out, took out most of the gravel, and all the decorations. After he cleaned it out, he put water back into it and ran it without any fish in it for a year. Alge did grow and covered the whole bottom like a blanket, and it had a very slimy and soft texture to it. I tried to get most of it out. I cleaned the decorations and gravel and put them back in the tank and I have not gotten any new decorations, I only used the ones that I had and they have been left out of water for a year along with the gravel. Ive been feedig them Omega One Flakes that help with their colors supposedly and I accidently used goldfish food the first time because I had a bunch of goldfish before. I've tried to feed them veggies, but none of them will eat it. The other fish are 3 mollies. I have three snails. What is it? What do I do? All the others are fine! Please help me...
I have 120 gallon tank. I clean the tank every month and its been set up for years, but then all my fish got sick and sadly died and then my dad cleaned the whole tank out, took out most of the gravel, and all the decorations. After he cleaned it out, he put water back into it and ran it without any fish in it for a year. Alge did grow and covered the whole bottom like a blanket, and it had a very slimy and soft texture to it. I tried to get most of it out. I cleaned the decorations and gravel and put them back in the tank and I have not gotten any new decorations, I only used the ones that I had and they have been left out of water for a year along with the gravel. Ive been feedig them Omega One Flakes that help with their colors supposedly and I accidently used goldfish food the first time because I had a bunch of goldfish before. I've tried to feed them veggies, but none of them will eat it. The other fish are 3 mollies. I have three snails. What is it? What do I do? All the others are fine! Please help me...