H. Houdini
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Tank size: 250 litre
pH:8
ammonia:0ppm
nitrite:0ppm
nitrate:around 20ppm
kH:
gH:
tank temp:25 degrees
Fish Symptoms (include full description including lesion, color, location, fish behaviour): The fish start to look thin. Their body almost looks as if it turns upwards after the gills, then the back bone seems to bend down and level, almost to create a straight line from the front of the body to the tip of the tail. When this happens the fish develops fin clamp. I know when a fish is ill as the swords will attack it, then I can watch. There seems to be some mould on the side of one of the guppies, but I think that is where the swords have been biting her.
Volume and Frequency of water changes:every 7 days 25-30%
Chemical Additives or Media in your tank:No treatment in the tank. I have a tetratec ex700 filter, which has been running for about 5 or 6 months.
Tank inhabitants:there are a number of small mollies and 3 adults, about 7 remaining adult guppies and number of juveniles. 4 adult swords, who seem unaffected, one clown loach remaining from the 4 I had, but it is healthy and very active. I also have one bristle nose plec.
Recent additions to your tank (living or decoration): the only addition has been two adult guppies and a sword, these symptoms were apparent in the mollies prior to purchase, but until that time I had seen nothing untoward with guppies or swords.
Exposure to chemicals: I cleaned the outside of the tank with a cloth that I had sprayed a little glass cleaner onto, but there is no way it could have got inside the tank.
I've had a problem with mollies forever in this tank, I've tried everything, nothing seems to work. The water is extremely hard. Guppies have always been fine, swords too. I had 4 loaches, only one of which would come for food. The swords and mollies would steal their sinking pellets. Therefore, I still have one loach which is very healthy, no signs of white spot. The others became very skinny and died. I tried everything to feed them. Pellets, flake, courgette sunk to the bottom.... nothing worked, hence only one and no replacements.
I have only once had an outbreak of white spot, and that was my fault for stressing the fish.
It should be added that the one of the adult mollies remaining is the first baby we had, over 12 months ago. She has always been healthy, is healthy and seems to defy logic!
Please help!
pH:8
ammonia:0ppm
nitrite:0ppm
nitrate:around 20ppm
kH:
gH:
tank temp:25 degrees
Fish Symptoms (include full description including lesion, color, location, fish behaviour): The fish start to look thin. Their body almost looks as if it turns upwards after the gills, then the back bone seems to bend down and level, almost to create a straight line from the front of the body to the tip of the tail. When this happens the fish develops fin clamp. I know when a fish is ill as the swords will attack it, then I can watch. There seems to be some mould on the side of one of the guppies, but I think that is where the swords have been biting her.
Volume and Frequency of water changes:every 7 days 25-30%
Chemical Additives or Media in your tank:No treatment in the tank. I have a tetratec ex700 filter, which has been running for about 5 or 6 months.
Tank inhabitants:there are a number of small mollies and 3 adults, about 7 remaining adult guppies and number of juveniles. 4 adult swords, who seem unaffected, one clown loach remaining from the 4 I had, but it is healthy and very active. I also have one bristle nose plec.
Recent additions to your tank (living or decoration): the only addition has been two adult guppies and a sword, these symptoms were apparent in the mollies prior to purchase, but until that time I had seen nothing untoward with guppies or swords.
Exposure to chemicals: I cleaned the outside of the tank with a cloth that I had sprayed a little glass cleaner onto, but there is no way it could have got inside the tank.
I've had a problem with mollies forever in this tank, I've tried everything, nothing seems to work. The water is extremely hard. Guppies have always been fine, swords too. I had 4 loaches, only one of which would come for food. The swords and mollies would steal their sinking pellets. Therefore, I still have one loach which is very healthy, no signs of white spot. The others became very skinny and died. I tried everything to feed them. Pellets, flake, courgette sunk to the bottom.... nothing worked, hence only one and no replacements.
I have only once had an outbreak of white spot, and that was my fault for stressing the fish.
It should be added that the one of the adult mollies remaining is the first baby we had, over 12 months ago. She has always been healthy, is healthy and seems to defy logic!
Please help!
