Any One Know Whats Up With My Fish?

paul1989

New Member
Joined
Sep 1, 2012
Messages
10
Reaction score
0
hi we have just come home to find one of our black molly fish dead also it looks like our fighter fish has some faded sort of mark on it help please?

here the fighter fish
 

Attachments

  • f.jpg
    f.jpg
    30 KB · Views: 34
  • fish.jpg
    fish.jpg
    92.8 KB · Views: 35
R.I.P.

Size of tank in gallons, or litres?
How many fish and which type?
Water stats in ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, and ph.

Can you describe what you are seeing, as the pics are blurry.
The faded mark does it look fluffy like cotton wool.

Just one more question.
Could the betta of killed the molly
 
i have no idea at the moment a member of family is coming round tomorrow to check

we have only just got the fish like 2days ago but i have not seen the betta attacking anything to be fair it looks low on energy
 
Immediate water change.

Is the betta showing any of these signs.
Darting. Laboured breathing, or gasping as surface of tank. Clamped fins.
 
its like letting the air bubbles blow it around then going to the top for air back down to the bottom for a while then back up to the top

the black fish at the top id say it looks as if the scales have been sucked off it or maybe its faded scales id say more faded than sucked also its eyes dont seem there

i did a full water change before i put the fish in put some tap safe in also just added more when i got home to find the dead one
 
Is this a new tank, which has only been set up 2 days.

Isolate the fish from the fighter fish, it could be attacking them.
Have the eyes of the fish been sucked out?

How many fish are in the tank.
What type of fish are they?
 
we got the tank given to us and it only had 1 pleco in at the time this was like 5days ago i cleaned the full tank then put the pleco back in then 2days later we got some baby molly's then the day after we went to the fish shop and got the betta 3 molly's and some other fish let me find what it is

the dead fish i have just been messing near its eyes and the eye ball seems twisted inside

the other new fish looks like a tetra white with a blue kind of belly
 
we got the tank given to us and it only had 1 pleco in at the time this was like 5days ago i cleaned the full tank then put the pleco back in then 2days later we got some baby molly's then the day after we went to the fish shop and got the betta 3 molly's and some other fish let me find what it is

the dead fish i have just been messing near its eyes and the eye ball seems twisted inside

the other new fish looks like a tetra white with a blue kind of belly


Plecs have also been known to suck fish eyes out.

Get your water tested as soon as possible.
Invest in some liquid test kits.
Do some research on the fish you keep.
Find out the name of the plec.


How many gallons is the tank?
 
its 40litre tank its a common pleco

all the fish i have are supposed to be friendly fish
none seem aggressive i will have the reading of the tank tomorrow
 
If you go the lfs pick a bacterial med up just incase.
I used to buy esha 2000. Myxazin by waterlfe.

Don't know anything about common pleco. As I never kept them.
Ask about them in the plec section of the forum.
 
i'll see what happens with the readings tomorrow and go from there thanks for your help
 
this spot thing on the betta is getting bigger by the minute it seems to be going onto its tail now :S

its fin at the back seems to be getting stringy also

just read somewhere about a sick betta might spit its food out and thats what he had been doing

if i take this fish out and put it in a bowl of some sort how am i going to heat the bowl up for it i only have one heater should i just leave it in the tank till morning or get it out now?
 
40Lt isnt that big a tank, from what i understand you have about 8 or so fish, yes? how big is your plec, the chances are your tank is too small, you also said the tank was given to you with the plec in, then you cleaned the full tank, how did you do this and did you clean the filter?
 
1 plec 2 molly's about 2cm's tetra about 2cm's and loads of baby molly's like 1/2 a cm long
ye i cleaned the full thing filter also i put the plec in a bowl then tipped the water down the sink rinsed the gravel in warm and cold water then used a sponge and warm and cold water on the tank same with each part of the filter wasnt till the next day the person who gave it us said i should not of cleaned it fully because some of the dirty water is good for them or something like that

oh and i also added tapsafe after i cleaned the tank and also put abit more in before when i found the dead fish
the tank i have is a aqua start 340 pro with built in filter
 

Most reactions

Back
Top