weswest
New Member
Hi Everyone,
I am a newbie to fish keeping. I just got my first aquarium and I am already encounter some problems. This seemed to be the best forum I could find, so I was hoping someone could give me some advise.
My tank is currently 3 weeks old and is still cycling. It is a 29gal and has 6 mollies and 4 endlers in it. I have a master test kit and after about 2 weeks, both the ammonia and nitrate were undetectable so I decided to add a couple of guppies. I now know that this was a big mistake.
The mollies now seem to have fuzzy white spots on their mouths and the tips of their anal fins. I have been looking at the pinned articles and this seems to be a bacterial fungus infection. I went to a fish store and picked up some medication to treat fungus/bacteria, however the instructions say to take out the media out of my filter. This is where the real problem has begun.
Before I started to medicate, I checked the water quality and the ammonia had shot up to 1 ppm. (Nitrates were still undedectable). This seems to me like the tank is still cycling. The guppies have already all died off but one, and I am wondering what to do. Do I keep the media filter in the biowheel until the ammonia goes down and then start medicating, or do I leave it in and start medicating right away, or do I take the media out and start mediacating right away? The media filter is an activated carbon with organics that is supposed to be good for ammonia removal.
I know that this has turned into a very long winded first post, but any advise would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
I am a newbie to fish keeping. I just got my first aquarium and I am already encounter some problems. This seemed to be the best forum I could find, so I was hoping someone could give me some advise.
My tank is currently 3 weeks old and is still cycling. It is a 29gal and has 6 mollies and 4 endlers in it. I have a master test kit and after about 2 weeks, both the ammonia and nitrate were undetectable so I decided to add a couple of guppies. I now know that this was a big mistake.
The mollies now seem to have fuzzy white spots on their mouths and the tips of their anal fins. I have been looking at the pinned articles and this seems to be a bacterial fungus infection. I went to a fish store and picked up some medication to treat fungus/bacteria, however the instructions say to take out the media out of my filter. This is where the real problem has begun.
Before I started to medicate, I checked the water quality and the ammonia had shot up to 1 ppm. (Nitrates were still undedectable). This seems to me like the tank is still cycling. The guppies have already all died off but one, and I am wondering what to do. Do I keep the media filter in the biowheel until the ammonia goes down and then start medicating, or do I leave it in and start medicating right away, or do I take the media out and start mediacating right away? The media filter is an activated carbon with organics that is supposed to be good for ammonia removal.
I know that this has turned into a very long winded first post, but any advise would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
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