Lavendera1975
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
1~What type of fish is afflicted?
Dalmatian Mollies. I have two of them, and I don’t know if they are boys/girls, obese or maybe pregnant! They do clean of all the decor all the time looking for food. But I’m concerned about their obesity. They don’t hide a lot, and there’s no semi aggression. They just wiggle their bodies when their fat little bodies swim side to side. If they are pregnant, I’d like to know so that I can prepare ahead of time. Could it be they are both bloated?
2~What are your tank parameters (ammonia, nitrites, nitrates, temp, pH)?
PH is 7.6, High Range is 8.2,
Ammonia is: 0.25 ppm, Nitrites is: 0.25 ppm, Nitrates is: 0 ppm, Temp is at: 81 degrees.
3~ How large is the tank? The tank is a 75 gallon and has been set up for 3 weeks now.
4~What type of filtration are you using? Filtration using is Marineland Emperor 400, Fluval Sky 35 watt light Heater Eheim 79 Tetra Whisper Air-pump.
5~How many fish are in the tank? What kinds of fish are they and what are their current sizes? There are currently all mid size to babies. They include: 2 Dalmatian mollies
2 Three spotted gouramis
4 Silver Dollars
1 Mustard Half moon Betta
2 Black skirt tetras
7 Cardinal tetras
5 Black neon tetras
7 Tetra GloFish
2 Red eye tetras
1 L397 Alenquer Tiger Pleco
2 Nerite snails
2 African Dwarf Frogs
6~When is the last time you did a water change and vacuum the gravel? Haven’t done this yet as I hav
E just started to accumulate good bacteria in the tank. I plan to do my first water change this week of 25%.
7~How long have you had the fish? They are two weeks new and we’re acclimated at least 30 minutes floating in my aquarium.
8~Have you added anything new to the tank--decor, new dechlorinator, new substrate, etc.? Yes, I recently added a procured, soaked piece of driftwood from Petco last week, and 2 moss soaked moss balls that I washed out with my aquarium water before adding them in.
9~What kind of food have you been feeding your fish? I feed them flakes, freezer dried blood worms, frozen blood worms, Tropical granules, Mysis, Daphnia,(for betta),color enhancing pellets, algae wafers (for silver dollars), & Aquatic Frog & tadpole food micro pellets (for frogs). Of course I don’t feed them all of these at once! I will occasionally add baby spinach & tiny dozen carrots for the silver dollars as well maybe once a week. I will feed all the fish 2 times a day a very small amount in the 30 second window. I have included a photo of my mollies. Could they be both females? Darn it, I am trying to upload the photos but it’s timing out. I’ve tried 4 times already. I apologize!
Dalmatian Mollies. I have two of them, and I don’t know if they are boys/girls, obese or maybe pregnant! They do clean of all the decor all the time looking for food. But I’m concerned about their obesity. They don’t hide a lot, and there’s no semi aggression. They just wiggle their bodies when their fat little bodies swim side to side. If they are pregnant, I’d like to know so that I can prepare ahead of time. Could it be they are both bloated?
2~What are your tank parameters (ammonia, nitrites, nitrates, temp, pH)?
PH is 7.6, High Range is 8.2,
Ammonia is: 0.25 ppm, Nitrites is: 0.25 ppm, Nitrates is: 0 ppm, Temp is at: 81 degrees.
3~ How large is the tank? The tank is a 75 gallon and has been set up for 3 weeks now.
4~What type of filtration are you using? Filtration using is Marineland Emperor 400, Fluval Sky 35 watt light Heater Eheim 79 Tetra Whisper Air-pump.
5~How many fish are in the tank? What kinds of fish are they and what are their current sizes? There are currently all mid size to babies. They include: 2 Dalmatian mollies
2 Three spotted gouramis
4 Silver Dollars
1 Mustard Half moon Betta
2 Black skirt tetras
7 Cardinal tetras
5 Black neon tetras
7 Tetra GloFish
2 Red eye tetras
1 L397 Alenquer Tiger Pleco
2 Nerite snails
2 African Dwarf Frogs
6~When is the last time you did a water change and vacuum the gravel? Haven’t done this yet as I hav
E just started to accumulate good bacteria in the tank. I plan to do my first water change this week of 25%.
7~How long have you had the fish? They are two weeks new and we’re acclimated at least 30 minutes floating in my aquarium.
8~Have you added anything new to the tank--decor, new dechlorinator, new substrate, etc.? Yes, I recently added a procured, soaked piece of driftwood from Petco last week, and 2 moss soaked moss balls that I washed out with my aquarium water before adding them in.
9~What kind of food have you been feeding your fish? I feed them flakes, freezer dried blood worms, frozen blood worms, Tropical granules, Mysis, Daphnia,(for betta),color enhancing pellets, algae wafers (for silver dollars), & Aquatic Frog & tadpole food micro pellets (for frogs). Of course I don’t feed them all of these at once! I will occasionally add baby spinach & tiny dozen carrots for the silver dollars as well maybe once a week. I will feed all the fish 2 times a day a very small amount in the 30 second window. I have included a photo of my mollies. Could they be both females? Darn it, I am trying to upload the photos but it’s timing out. I’ve tried 4 times already. I apologize!