So I just picked up half a dozen wild mollies from a nasty, turbid, eutrophic ditch at the edge of a construction site, and they have a terrible case of ich. I'm fairly surprised they're still alive. I'm not sure what happened in the ditch, but I threw back one that had algae growing from a wound in the back of its head. These fish are worse off than most feeders I've seen.
Somehow they're all acting happy now though.
Since they were only living in 3-5 inches of water on a sunny day in South Carolina I was able to get them on the heat plan quickly. Their water is now a toasty 87 F. Problem is the water that comes out of my tap is only about 50 F, and my house is a shade under 70. I only have one heater, which complicates the process of temperature matching. What is the recommended procedure for changing water in a case like this?
Somehow they're all acting happy now though.
Since they were only living in 3-5 inches of water on a sunny day in South Carolina I was able to get them on the heat plan quickly. Their water is now a toasty 87 F. Problem is the water that comes out of my tap is only about 50 F, and my house is a shade under 70. I only have one heater, which complicates the process of temperature matching. What is the recommended procedure for changing water in a case like this?
