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July 4th, 2009
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| my molly is sick!!!!
I came home this evening, went to feed the fish, and noticed white spots on my black molly, he also has white covering his one eye and white around the gills, it almost looks like its inside the gills!!. He seems to be gasping and is staying at the bottom of the tank.
I was due to do the water change today so have now done that!!! on suspicion of ICH i have started to raise the temp of the tank slowly.
Does anyone know for sure that this is ICH and of not what could it possibly be 
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July 4th, 2009
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| I'm sorry your fishies aren't feeling well.
Is it possible to post a pic? | 
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July 4th, 2009
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| | Fish Bum
| will try to get one of him if he comes close to the front of the tank | |
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July 4th, 2009
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| Hi shell..im also sorry hes sick 
do you know your water readings for ammonia, nitrites, and nitrates? with his eye being bad and the ich, it could be stress from ammonia...are you still using the stress zyme?
depending on your readings, you may need to use another conditioner other than tetra aqua safe..although that works for tap water, you might need something to detoxify the ammonia and nitrites if you have them ...like prime, amquel+ or ammo lock...
I hope he gets better! | |
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July 4th, 2009
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| how do i get the pic on here??
before water change the readings for nitrites and nitrates were high hence a rapid change, im still waiting to get an ammonia test kit i have ordered the master test kit just waiting for it to arrive, have just done retest of nitrites and nitrates and they are still high, i wasnt sure as to if i should put the stress zyme in
have put the pic on my profile its not very clear tho
Last edited by Lucy; July 4th, 2009 at 07:37 PM.
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July 4th, 2009
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| here he is | |
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July 4th, 2009
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| Sorry, can't really tell by the pic.
If it's ich, you can slowly raise the temp to 84F increase aeration to make up for less oxygen in the warmer water. Leave it there for 2 weeks. Do thorough gravels vacs to pick up all the ich spores.
It would really be a good idea not to use stress zyme. It's not going to allow your tank to cycle.
Have you been doing daily water changes? If not, it would be a good idea until the tank is cycled. | |
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July 4th, 2009
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| if you have nitrites, it could be effects of an uncycled tank...the pic is hard to tell..does the white spots look like salt? or just pieces of scales missing? can you get one of the 3 listed conditioners tonight? one of them will keep the fish safe for 24 hours until your next water change...I agree to stop using the stress zyme and just continue with daily 40-50% water changes but you really need one of the detoxifiers...I hope things get better! | |
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July 4th, 2009
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| Quote:
Originally Posted by Lucy  Sorry, can't really tell by the pic.
If it's ich, you can slowly raise the temp to 84F increase aeration to make up for less oxygen in the warmer water. Leave it there for 2 weeks. Do thorough gravels vacs to pick up all the ich spores.
It would really be a good idea not to use stress zyme. It's not going to allow your tank to cycle.
Have you been doing daily water changes? If not, it would be a good idea until the tank is cycled. | No ive not been doing daily changes but will do now for sure, have started to raise the temp slowly already and have more aeration in the tank and gave the gravel a good vac tonight!!
Shawnie, im not able to get any cnditioner tonight as its almost 1am but will def get some tomorrow!!!
The spots do look like salt not missing scales.
and i had the nitrites at 0 before so assumed that the cycle had finished but maybe it wasnt.
Last edited by shelly80; July 4th, 2009 at 08:00 PM.
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July 5th, 2009
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| Hi again, i have been to LFS, and they were out of ammo lock and dont sell either of the other two but i do have some TSS will that help
Have not used Stress Zyme for a couple of weeks now so not sure if its out of the system yet | |
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July 5th, 2009
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| when was your last water change and how much? | |
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July 5th, 2009
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| i did a 40% change last night, will be doing another tonight due to sick fish and high nitrites, have finally got an ammonia test kit so will be doing that as soon as i get home
Last edited by shelly80; July 5th, 2009 at 11:42 AM.
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July 5th, 2009
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| great yes id add the tss now...did you get enough for your tank? and add the entire bottle!! | |
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July 5th, 2009
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| yes i think so it says 5ml for every L of changed water and its a 50ml bottle (LFS due delivery so not much stock in). i hope this will be enough, its a 38g tank | |
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July 5th, 2009
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| hmmmm I have a 100ml bottle 3.38 oz, and thats for up to 30 gals...are you sure you got tetra safestart shell? | |
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July 5th, 2009
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| yes its def tetra safestart just a very small bottle of it, would have got a bigger bottle if they had any in stock will check back tomorrow to see if the delivery has been so i can buy more, will the bottle i have do for tonights change? | |
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