TheBruce1314
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
- Joined
- Jan 19, 2011
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- 13
Hi all,
I'm hoping someone out there can help! About 3 months ago I bought 3 mollies (1 male 2 females) put them in my community tank and all was great for 3 or 4 weeks. 1 day a noticed 1 of the females was getting quite skinny, I thought she had maybe given birth as she was particularly fat when I got her but as the days past she was getting thinner and thinner and I never found any babies. She was always eating and there was absolutely no other visible signs of illness except the thinning. After a couple of weeks the inevitable happened and she died. A few days later another molly started with the same symptoms and after a couple of weeks, dead! Then it happened to 1 of my guppies, dead, now it has started with a swordtail. I have done lots of research on the Internet but can't seem to pinpoint the problem the only thing I can come up with is some sort of worm!!!
Please if anyone out there can come up with a more definitive answer and help me save my little fishes it would be very much appreciated.
ps. About 7 months ago I discovered my tank had camullanus!!! After weeks of research and losing nearly all of my fish I managed to find medication and rid my poor fish and tank of this so I am almost certain it is not this. Similar signs though but no red worms or any other symptoms except those described above!
100 litre tank running for over 2 years.
9 swordtails
6 adult guppies (about 10 babies)
5 neons
5 silver tip tetra
5 mountain minos
3 platy
1 molly
1 bristle-nose catfish
Ammonia 0
Nitrate 20
Nitrite 0
pH 7.2
Any help welcome, thank you in advance and sorry for writing a book!
I'm hoping someone out there can help! About 3 months ago I bought 3 mollies (1 male 2 females) put them in my community tank and all was great for 3 or 4 weeks. 1 day a noticed 1 of the females was getting quite skinny, I thought she had maybe given birth as she was particularly fat when I got her but as the days past she was getting thinner and thinner and I never found any babies. She was always eating and there was absolutely no other visible signs of illness except the thinning. After a couple of weeks the inevitable happened and she died. A few days later another molly started with the same symptoms and after a couple of weeks, dead! Then it happened to 1 of my guppies, dead, now it has started with a swordtail. I have done lots of research on the Internet but can't seem to pinpoint the problem the only thing I can come up with is some sort of worm!!!
Please if anyone out there can come up with a more definitive answer and help me save my little fishes it would be very much appreciated.
ps. About 7 months ago I discovered my tank had camullanus!!! After weeks of research and losing nearly all of my fish I managed to find medication and rid my poor fish and tank of this so I am almost certain it is not this. Similar signs though but no red worms or any other symptoms except those described above!
100 litre tank running for over 2 years.
9 swordtails
6 adult guppies (about 10 babies)
5 neons
5 silver tip tetra
5 mountain minos
3 platy
1 molly
1 bristle-nose catfish
Ammonia 0
Nitrate 20
Nitrite 0
pH 7.2
Any help welcome, thank you in advance and sorry for writing a book!