armadillo
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HI everyone
Am having trouble with my beloved mollies! They are normally nosy little creatures, calmly swimming around to whatever takes their interest. But now, they seem to have frequent spasms. It's particularly bad for one of them. Some rub against ornaments but I see no lesions or little dots. I see no obvious parasite.
I considered increasing the salt contents (currently very low), but with my plecos, that's not really a good idea. I also do not want to crank the temperature up to 26/28, but I don't know if it will upset them more than anything else. They seem to be getting worse. I would really appreciate your suggestions/expert help, as I really do not want to loose my mollies.
Tank stats:
fish set up since = March (2007)
volume = 60l
temperature = 24
salt = 1tbl for whole tank
Water stats:
pH = 7.2
N02 = 0
N03 = between 10 and 25
GH = between 7 and 9
KH = 6
Here's my fish:
So 6 mollies and 3 common plecos. I know, faaaar too many. Bigger tank is on its way, and we're trying to get 1 or 2 plecos re-housed. I didn't know they could grow very big and the fish store lady was even encouraging me to get more...
Oh (sorry I forgot to mention). It's started about 5 days ago.
Am having trouble with my beloved mollies! They are normally nosy little creatures, calmly swimming around to whatever takes their interest. But now, they seem to have frequent spasms. It's particularly bad for one of them. Some rub against ornaments but I see no lesions or little dots. I see no obvious parasite.
I considered increasing the salt contents (currently very low), but with my plecos, that's not really a good idea. I also do not want to crank the temperature up to 26/28, but I don't know if it will upset them more than anything else. They seem to be getting worse. I would really appreciate your suggestions/expert help, as I really do not want to loose my mollies.
Tank stats:
fish set up since = March (2007)
volume = 60l
temperature = 24
salt = 1tbl for whole tank
Water stats:
pH = 7.2
N02 = 0
N03 = between 10 and 25
GH = between 7 and 9
KH = 6
Here's my fish:
- 3 young common plecos 2cm each
- 1 sailfin molly male
- 2 silver dalmatian molly females
- 1 gold swordtail molly female
- 1 gold dalmatian molly female
- 1 dalmatian short-finned balloon molly female
So 6 mollies and 3 common plecos. I know, faaaar too many. Bigger tank is on its way, and we're trying to get 1 or 2 plecos re-housed. I didn't know they could grow very big and the fish store lady was even encouraging me to get more...
Oh (sorry I forgot to mention). It's started about 5 days ago.