white spot on molly

Hi Guys,

i got a small tank with 4 molly's and the usual stuff you get from pet store, if i check on the calculator is said its a 15L tank, i have a small filter that sucks on to the glass and that also puts air in the aquarium, then some white gravel and some fake plants and a heater, my tank is on 26degrees Celsius and the PH is 7,

after i got the tank i started reading about aquariums and i found they say my tank is way to small for molly's there is only one black molly female left, i do a 20% water change every week but it seems my molly is dying it has like a white fungus like thing on its head and just stays at the bottom of the tank, i added aquarium salt to try and improve the water quality for the molly,

any suggestions would be greatly appreciated

 

Hi Reedfish, i cycled the tank for a month, and the molly has been in there for about 2-3 months,

i will do the water change as you said,

i have a petstore about 500m from my house

i have an old 120L tank but have nothing to put in such a large tank

 

as above mentioned i have an old 120L tank but i have nothing to put in it what would i need to get to run that tank optimally,

 

thank you will keep you posted on how the molly is doing will see when i get home,

should i start cycling that tank and getting water quality order so long on that big tank?

 

Hi guys,

The molly died,

have set up the the 100l tank and so its brand new "basically" used dechlorinated water and got the PH to 7 and has been sitting 2 days now with heat at 27 degrees Celsius,

what works best a fish less cycle or a cycle with 1 or 2 guppy's?

Regards

 

You can also use Seachem Stability - works great for a new tank. (I personally use pure ammonia to start and add Seachem stability)

 

If you want to try cycle with fish (old school), danio's do well...

 

I always wondered - how long can disease survive in the water column without fish? If you use filter media from a tank that had fungus, wont it also be then carried over to the new tank?

 

Thank you guys,

i used the same filter but cleaned it properly cleaned everything that went into that tank properly to make sure i don't carry over any disease that there might be, ill go to the LFS and go get a danio or to and monitor for a few weeks, i honestly don't even know how they look but you guys should know more than me,

i will also go to pet masters over the weekend and get a proper water test kit to make sure everything is a okay

Thanks for the help guys

 

How do you clean your filter? Do you rinse it in tap water?

 

Caz its one of those suck on glass filers that have a pump in with like a sponge filter inside, i washed it with clean tap water and then used boiling water in a bucket and left it there for about 10 min, then took it out and rinsed thoroughly with dechlorinated water, i did that with everything that went into the new tank,

silly Q once i filled the tank everything is filled with little air bubbles plants glass pipes everything and some of it went away but sum still stuck there did i do something wrong?

 

Ok, so all beneficial bacteria will be gone and you will have to start the cycle process over. Just remember that in the future never to rinse the media under tap water as the chlorine will kill the bacteria and you will basically always have an un-cycled tank... I normally just rinse my media out in the bucket with the water I just drained from the tank... If you still have the bufget for it, get some Seachem Stability...