Dead Molly?

[gmcdonald]

I have just got up this morning to find one of my dalmation mollies dead. I know she was fine when I went to bed at 11pm last night and my water levels are all normal.

Just wondered if anyone has an idea as to what may have happened as I don't want any more fishies dying! I have another dalmation molly, four black widows, two pink tetras, two blue tetras, two cory catfish and two baby chinese algae eaters in the tank.

Any clues??

 

[rsz]

maybe it was just old age... how long had you had the you had the molly?

 

[gmcdonald]

A month. We did think that as we don't know how old she was when we bought her.

 

[gmcdonald]

I think we will put it down to natural causes.

 

[jayB]

Sorry to hear this !

I know this is a few days on now but to add my worth - Had you changed anything recently - New filter / heater / fish / plants ? ? ?

We had a similar problem and it turned out to be a problem with a new combined heater/filter/oxygenator that had been added which caused an imbalance to the tank environment - hence fish dropping like flies !

In our experience dal mollies can be prone to problems due to any sudden change ?

Or like the previous - it could be just one of those things - just a thought

cheers

jb

 

[gmcdonald]

We haven't changed anything recently so can't be that. We have also lost a CAE since then so we are really unsure as to what is going on None of our other fish show any symptoms of having anything wrong.

This is a strange one to be honest.