newfishmommy
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First I would like to say hi to everyone and apologize for my first post being such a long post.
I have a male dalmatian molly named Disco. (He swims and turns around like he is dancing that is how he got his name...lol)
My poor Disco is sick and I am not real sure what is wrong with him exactly.
I have done some reading on different things and I think I may have it narrowed down to one or two things....Ich or Velvet Disease.
Here is the story:
Disco has been perfectly fine, until today. Today I noticed that he is rubbing up against decorations in the tank like he is scratching and he has been staying to himself and not swimming around actively as usual. About a week ago, I got a spotted rubber lip pleco (Bubba) and the day I bought him I noticed that he had a goldish dusty looking glimmer about him and I thought it was a cool marking for him to have.....until today.
Disco don't have any signs of Ich spots on his body, just rubbing things and not as active. Bubba isn't rubbing anything at all and is very active. When reading up on the 2 fish diseases, I started wondering if it was Bubba that is actually sick and is making Disco sick, but I am not real sure.
Can anyone tell me if any of this is normal? Would Disco be acting this way if he isn't actually sick? Could that pretty goldish dusty glimmer about Bubba be velvet disease and making Disco sick?
This is my first tank ever, when I started it I had no idea about the nitrogen cycle at all. I wanted to do everything right and ended up doing everything wrong because I was listening to my LFS. I started with fish, only running the tank for 1 week with no fish at all. The tank is currently still trying to cycle...6 weeks now. I am doing partial water changes (50%) daily to keep ammonia levels down and staying on top of things religiously until the tank actually finishes cycling. I added a little bit of aquarium salt to the tank tonight and turned up temp to 84 degrees.
Test Readings are:
ammonia 0.25
nitrite 0 ppm
nitrate 0-5ppm
Is there anything else I can do?
I have a male dalmatian molly named Disco. (He swims and turns around like he is dancing that is how he got his name...lol)
My poor Disco is sick and I am not real sure what is wrong with him exactly.
I have done some reading on different things and I think I may have it narrowed down to one or two things....Ich or Velvet Disease.
Here is the story:
Disco has been perfectly fine, until today. Today I noticed that he is rubbing up against decorations in the tank like he is scratching and he has been staying to himself and not swimming around actively as usual. About a week ago, I got a spotted rubber lip pleco (Bubba) and the day I bought him I noticed that he had a goldish dusty looking glimmer about him and I thought it was a cool marking for him to have.....until today.
Disco don't have any signs of Ich spots on his body, just rubbing things and not as active. Bubba isn't rubbing anything at all and is very active. When reading up on the 2 fish diseases, I started wondering if it was Bubba that is actually sick and is making Disco sick, but I am not real sure.
Can anyone tell me if any of this is normal? Would Disco be acting this way if he isn't actually sick? Could that pretty goldish dusty glimmer about Bubba be velvet disease and making Disco sick?
This is my first tank ever, when I started it I had no idea about the nitrogen cycle at all. I wanted to do everything right and ended up doing everything wrong because I was listening to my LFS. I started with fish, only running the tank for 1 week with no fish at all. The tank is currently still trying to cycle...6 weeks now. I am doing partial water changes (50%) daily to keep ammonia levels down and staying on top of things religiously until the tank actually finishes cycling. I added a little bit of aquarium salt to the tank tonight and turned up temp to 84 degrees.
Test Readings are:
ammonia 0.25
nitrite 0 ppm
nitrate 0-5ppm
Is there anything else I can do?