Asap need a response fish dying

[Mcnomnom]

PLEASE HELP! I have a dalmation lyretail mollie and just resently he has been laying in a rainbow shape (or an upside down U) at the bottom of the tank....hes not dead but looks like he is. When he tries to swim he swimms in a barrel roll type way or faces down but his tail sticks up and he tries to swim. All his fins are out when hes at the bottom and breaths slowly. WHATS WRONG WITH HIM?? Im scared hes going to die. I have a 10 gallon tank two mollies two guppies all male i feed them once a day 4tropical fish flakes total that goes into the tank. Ive had my tank set up for a month and a half about at a month i had to treat the tank for ich and cotton wool i did its all gone (yes i know for sure it is) i am a beginner my levels arenitrate: 10 nitrite 1.0 (yes i now thats high but a couple weeks ago it was 10 so its a big change) hardness:150 chlorine: 0 alkalinity: 60 ph: 7.1 ammonia: 0 temp. : 80

 

[boadams87]

PLEASE HELP! I have a dalmation lyretail mollie and just resently he has been laying in a rainbow shape (or an upside down U) at the bottom of the tank....hes not dead but looks like he is. When he tries to swim he swimms in a barrel roll type way or faces down but his tail sticks up and he tries to swim. All his fins are out when hes at the bottom and breaths slowly. WHATS WRONG WITH HIM?? Im scared hes going to die. I have a 10 gallon tank two mollies two guppies all male i feed them once a day 4tropical fish flakes total that goes into the tank. Ive had my tank set up for a month and a half about at a month i had to treat the tank for ich and cotton wool i did its all gone (yes i know for sure it is) i am a beginner my levels arenitrate: 10 nitrite 1.0 (yes i now thats high but a couple weeks ago it was 10 so its a big change) hardness:150 chlorine: 0 alkalinity: 60 ph: 7.1 ammonia: 0 temp. : 80

Sounds like swim bladder. U need to do a wc with trites that high

 

[joy13]

Your tank isn't cycled and is really overstocked. There probably be won't be much you can do except for keep up with the water changes and hope for the best. Don't get discouraged just keep up with the water changes and look for a great deal on a larger tank.

 

[Hholly]

I would do 3, 50% water changes to get the nitrites down ASAP.

 

[Mcnomnom]

I have been doing 50 precent changes every week. And is swim bladder treatable? And i realized my tank was overstocked too late....the pet store people just wanted me to buy the fish not actually keep them alive...i relized later after it was to late to take them back that it was overstocked...ive done tons of reasearch but it seems everything i do nothing gets better

 

[Hholly]

You have to keep doing one water change after another till the levels get in the safe zone.

 

[Mcnomnom]

Thanks. I will. But with swim bladder disease what can i do about it?

 

[joy13]

Try to get it to eat a pea, (frozen pea par boiled and skinned) it might help relieve some of the symptoms of swim bladder problems

 

[Mumma.of.two]

Daily water changes are needed in a cycling tank.
http://www.aquariumadvice.com/artic...-to-Starting-a-Freshwater-Aquarium/Page1.html