not enough oxygen help!!!!!!!!!

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help one of my dalamatian mollies are just staying in one place at the top at day and at like 6:00 close to the ground my nitrite .5,nitrate .5 and ammonia 0.0, ph is about 7 or 6 and my red wag platy isnt eating even though it is next to the food he just seems not to eat it help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

nitrate is 10 i mean

and she swims around after eating but then stays in one plase in the middle of the tank

[Tommy Gun]

Hey ffffrf,

First, read this bit of information on nitrite and its affects on your fish by clicking HERE.
*Nitrite poisoning has very similar signs to not being able to breathe. Even though your water may contain enough oxygen, the nitrites block your fish's blood from using it as it otherwise could.

Second, read this bit of information on helping to promote gas exchange (i.e. adding more dissolved oxygen to water) by clicking HERE.

Those articles should get you off to a good start but there may be other things to consider as well:

What is the water temp of your tank?
*The higher the water temp, the less oxygen it can hold. However, this does not mean you should lower the temperature if you have raised it for some purpose like treating an illness/disease/parasite, but only that you need to help promote gas exchange a bit more.

Is this only one fish that is doing this or have you noticed or do you think other fish could be doing the same thing?

• If only one fish, is this a fish that has had Ich in the past?
  • If so, there may be some Ich that has infected this one fish's gills
  • A previous Ich infection could have damaged your fish's gills and coupled with the nitrites in your tank, it may not be able to breathe well and/or use the oxygen in the water efficiently.
• If it is only this one fish, have you noticed any signs of aggression?
  • Even though mollies are commonly referred to as 'peaceful' fish, aggression issues can still occur and this may be why your fish is staying in one spot at the top of the tank
• Is your fish eating like it always has in the past?
• Is it still as colorful as before?

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my molly did have ick in the past but it is acting normally and eating normaly and has full color and we are doing all the things possible to reduce nitrite and nitrate but she still is staying in one place my fish are very peacful my mollie had fin rot could that have affected her my water temp is 78 or 77 please help before she expires

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sorry that i posted another thread but i had before it is to late to my mollie (dalamation mollie) has little silver dots on the side it isnt ick because it doesnt look like sugar i cant take a pic because they are pretty tiny to see

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just in addition air pump in my tank is running constantly but i don't know what does it mean HOB filter?

[cichlidgirl]

You did not mention how many if any water changes you do. I would recommend at least a 10 percent once a week. If you are doing that increase it to 20 percent. Make sure you add a dechlorinator to the new water before you put it in the tank (If you dont have well water)A HOB filter stands for "hang on the back". It is a normal filter that you hang on the back wall of the tank and the intake tube brings water from the tank and filters it and the outflow will have the filtered water flow back into the tank over the lip of the tank. They are the most common type of filter for fishtanks. If you wanted to increase your oxygen content you can also simply lower the water level a couple of inches (maybe 2 inches?) so that the outflow back into the tank makes a cascade like a waterfall, you will see right away that this produces tiny airbubbles into the water column and increases waterflow also. Both of these side effects of the lower waterline increases the oxygen in the tank. Hope this helps

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hi! thanks for all your help but one of my mollies looks like her tail is paralyzed she seems to never move it and it sags down and one time her tail got sucked in to the filter just the tail though could this be a side affect from ick or fin rot disease or could it be something like nerves or something else

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well she (my dalamation mollie)swims vertical sometimes and has dropsy tail and what looks like her scales are sticking out so does anyone have any idea if it is dropsy disease and how should i cure it if i have other fish in the tank