Forwarding on a reply from Angie: (Thanks)! I was surprised to hear how high
the teperature was though. Is anyone else keeping mollies at this high a
temperature?

Angie wrote:

do you have an air stone in your tank? sounds like they maybe gasping for
oxygen. you also will want to test for nitrite.

do you have live plants? are you fertilizing for the plants? that will spike

the nitrite level. i have found a plant fertilizer that works well but does
not spike the nitrite/nitrate levels. it is biospheres plant nutrient, check

your LFS for it.

we have our tank temp at 86 degrees. we have 4 adult mollies and about 60
fry at the moment, 2 clown loaches and a bristlenose pl*co. everyone seems
to love the higher temp even the plants. we turned the temp up that high to
help kill off the ich that our loaches got, that helped alot.

good luck

Aidan Kenny wrote:

> Hi everyone,
> I am very confused by a problem we are having in our aquarium at home.
> We bought 6 mollies to start our new tank. (18 US Gallon) All was going
> well when one of the fish started to "shimmy". I looked this up on the
> internet and successfully treated it by increasing the temp a little
> (79F) and adding some salt. All was well for a while. We now have 11 fry
>
> in the tank, I have read that this confirms that the fish like the water
>
> conditions. The fry and most of the fish look in great condition and
> very happy but we have had two deaths and two more are very lathargic,
> breathing heavily at the bottom of the tank. We got some test kits over
> the weekend, ammonia is very low and so is nitrate. The filter is
> working fine, there is still a slight salinity in the water, the temp
> looks good, lots of hiding places, lots of plants in the aquarium and
> feeding regular twice a day.
>
> The sympoms are, starts off with just being quiet, hiding near the
> bottom of the tank. Breathing gets heavier and heavier but will come up
> to the top to feed. Then they will stop feeding altogether start to
> develop a slight white film on their sides, (This was alot easier to see
>
> on the black mollies, who have now both died unfortunatley). And then
> they die. We really are upset  because we "think" we are doing
> everything right. Would love to here someone who had a similar problem.
> The presence of fry is the only thing that is keeping us upbeat,
> Any help would be greatly appreciated,
> Aidan. Kenny
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