Hi everyone.
20 gallong tank. 78-80 degrees.
ph 8.3 (noramlly always 8.2, comes out of the tap that way)
amonia and nitrite are both zero
nitrate 10-20 (hard to tell with the api freshwater master kit)
I do weekely waterchanges, adding stress zyme and stresscoat. I keep the temperature the same gonig in as it was when it came out (using a thermometer) I do vaccuming as needed.
tanks been running for at least 6 months.... NOTHING new been added or changed.
Tanks houses corydoras, and mollies.
Every couple days theres another death. There are fry about a month old and up, all the way to adult fish. Some babies have died and some adults have died. Its hard to tell on the babies but on the older fish, some look completely normal, maybe clamped fins, the others dont look well at all. Clamped fins, the last half of the fish is hanging low.
ICK, there was some flashing going on about a month or two ago, so we tried the heat method. a couple weeks after no more signs we slowly turned the heat back down. About a week ago noticed flashing starting back up maybe the odd ick spot ( but most of the mollies are a marbled color so its really hard to tell) so I started adding ick fizz tabs, at 1/2 strength because of the corys and baby fry. Then with the deaths, I felt I had to do somethign else so ive been treating with some sulfathiazole that I baught awhile back for some worms my other tank had, but never used.... after first dose the fish actually looked a little better, we thaught, but now, there back to looking not too great.
This is my daughters tank, there were a few too many fish in to begin with, but now therers hardly anything left... please help what should I do now, what could it be???
We baught some driftwook a couple months ago that now has some fuzzy/hair like brownish algae growing off of it... I dont think its anything to be concerned about, the same type driftwood and fuzz/agae are in the other two tanks in the house and fish are doing fine...
Thanks for your help.
20 gallong tank. 78-80 degrees.
ph 8.3 (noramlly always 8.2, comes out of the tap that way)
amonia and nitrite are both zero
nitrate 10-20 (hard to tell with the api freshwater master kit)
I do weekely waterchanges, adding stress zyme and stresscoat. I keep the temperature the same gonig in as it was when it came out (using a thermometer) I do vaccuming as needed.
tanks been running for at least 6 months.... NOTHING new been added or changed.
Tanks houses corydoras, and mollies.
Every couple days theres another death. There are fry about a month old and up, all the way to adult fish. Some babies have died and some adults have died. Its hard to tell on the babies but on the older fish, some look completely normal, maybe clamped fins, the others dont look well at all. Clamped fins, the last half of the fish is hanging low.
ICK, there was some flashing going on about a month or two ago, so we tried the heat method. a couple weeks after no more signs we slowly turned the heat back down. About a week ago noticed flashing starting back up maybe the odd ick spot ( but most of the mollies are a marbled color so its really hard to tell) so I started adding ick fizz tabs, at 1/2 strength because of the corys and baby fry. Then with the deaths, I felt I had to do somethign else so ive been treating with some sulfathiazole that I baught awhile back for some worms my other tank had, but never used.... after first dose the fish actually looked a little better, we thaught, but now, there back to looking not too great.
This is my daughters tank, there were a few too many fish in to begin with, but now therers hardly anything left... please help what should I do now, what could it be???
We baught some driftwook a couple months ago that now has some fuzzy/hair like brownish algae growing off of it... I dont think its anything to be concerned about, the same type driftwood and fuzz/agae are in the other two tanks in the house and fish are doing fine...
Thanks for your help.