Exploding silver molly!

[mr.waffles1842]

Hello everyone, plz excuse me for not being very polite now, but i have a major problem. I have a silver molly that wa being very reclusive, and i didnt think much of it til now. i was plannig on taking the molly and my black molly to my friends tank today, but when i went to take my slver out, it was spitting a glass green goo, and the water had a pinkish tinge around her... i put her in the qt, PLEASE HELP!!!!

 

[mr.waffles1842]

Never mind. She, along with my other molly, died.

 

[maddybrat]

D:

 

[New]

thats odd

 

[HalfMoon B]

Wow, that is very strange!
What are your water parameters, tank, stocking?
let's see if we can find the culprit to prevent it from happening again!

 

[mr.waffles1842]

20 high, 0 ammonia nitrite and nitrate, 7.2 pH i believe the problem was a fish disease. this fish's mother and father was bought at petsmart and my petsmart is disgusting... Maybe she inherited a disease? I didnt want her all that much, or my late black molly,but my uncle gave me them and i grew attatched to them...

 

[HalfMoon B]

Having 0nitrAte is curious, especially if your tank was cycled beforehand.
Is your tank heavily heavily planted? What is your PWC.

 

[mr.waffles1842]

my tank has 2 plants. whats PWC and sorry i never put my nitrate on 10 ppm

 

[HalfMoon B]

Partial water change..

 

[mr.waffles1842]

2 gallons every other week

 

[HalfMoon B]

Honestly, we recommend at least a 20% once a week. It helps to keep all water parameters and nutrients stable and level.
On my 20 I change 5 gallons minimum once a week.

 

[mr.waffles1842]

Do you think thats my mollies' problem? Uh oh!

 

[mr.waffles1842]

ive never seen anything like what my mollies did. never

 

[HalfMoon B]

Your water parameters were normal, and it doesn't sound like they had ammonia or nitrite poisoning.
If your water was clear, I don't think that that is the culprit. It sounds like you did right by them.
How often do you feed?
Overfeeding can cause constipation and problems are downhill from there...

 

[mr.waffles1842]

once a day 3 flakes/crisps/assorted other foods. except for the corys 1 sinking pellet for every cory...

 

[mr.waffles1842]

Could it be just a disease? if so, i cant think why it didnt kill it before...

 

[HalfMoon B]

Sound like it. Nothing seems out of the normal range from what you have said so far.
Random fish death is hard, but it does happen

 

[mr.waffles1842]

ok thanks for all ur help

 

[HalfMoon B]

No problem! Do you have other fish in the tank?
If not, you could theoretically stock it again right away.
If you do, it would be advisable to quarantine any new fish for a few weeks before introducing them to your 20 gallon tank.

 

[mr.waffles1842]

4 others. 2 platys 2 cories.