Mollies, whats wrong?

[Henry_VCG_]

the sites finally back up I have been having problems I lost another mollie the other day, thats my third i've lost. They look ok straight fins clean gills there eyes are fine. But never the less I have been losing them. Is it possible the pet store just had a bad batch? The last of my mollies is breathing fast and seems to spit out any food it eats. It also looks asthough its sinking because it will sink down the swim up again any help would be greatly appreciated.







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[Henry_VCG_]

There seems to be a lot of deaths in mollies I read some posts, is my water too soft?










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[bigfish]

Sounds like classic symtoms of NEW TANK SYNDROME. As its only a week old according to your signature.

The ph sounds fine for mollies, nitrate seems high at 5.0mg/litre are u sure it's nitrate and not nitrite?


what about the ammonnia levels?

 

[Henry_VCG_]

amonia is 0 and i'm sure its nitrate, I dont have nitrite in my tester. unfortunately its not looking good, still breathing fast and swimming near the bottom of tank













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[juliethegr8t]

You may be done with the ammonia part of cycling, but after that part is getting going, you're going to be having a nitrite spike - I reeeeallly suggest you get a nitrite tester, it's not as toxic as ammonia, but can still kill fish. When some of my fish displayed similiar behavior as yours, the nitrites were very high, and I'm sure that's why they died. Try adding some aquarium salt if you haven't already (1 tablespoon per 5 gallons usually), this can help reduce the toxicity of the nitrites.

 

[Henry_VCG_]

Sorry it is nitrite My mollie died i'm just going to not get mollies until my cycles complete because i'm not too keen on using aquarium salt, thanks for all your help












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[Angel Lady]

if you arent to keen on using the salt then you need something other than mollie then. Mollies thrive on salt they are a brackish fish and they do need the salt. BTW I am sorry to hear about your fish dying.