bummer on the small freezer... make sure if you ever do ice, that its treated water being frozen. i think ice is a better method for fish because its a far more gradual change than a water change. fish can be shocked by fast temperature changes. you do a water change once a month?... yikes... i change a 1/3 twice a week. oh and your pet store is wrong...the salt is mixed in the water so it needs to be added to the water that is changed... and yes...... salt... mollys are Brackish water fish... thats 1/2 way between fresh and salt water.... in my opinion that fish doesnt belong in that tank... and will be quite unhappy... and probably not live very long..
--- In AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com, leehinckle@... wrote:
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> At this time I have no testing supplies for ammonia and nitrites as soon as we have some money I will get a kit for that. I do have the ph. The ph in this area is very high. I used a whole bottle of PH down trying to get it down to the right level. Not all at once I used according to the directions. I never did get it quite down to the right level. When I went back into the pet store to get more I asked them how many bottles will I have to use and how to keep it at the right level. I was told the area water is very high in PH and as long as the fish are not sick and doing well, I don't have to worry about it. At that time they were all doing fine including the Molly. I do a partial water change once a month and at that time I put the stuff in the water for the chlorine. I have already put the salt in the tank like you said per the information of the pet store person and she told me I don't need to replace it once it is in the tank. All the other fish are still looking good. The black Molly now does not look like ick but some sort of fungus maybe or wounds but he still has white stuff coming off of him. The water temp as been running around 85 to 90 depending on the time of the day. I have not done anything to cool it off. All I could do in the HOT part of the day is do water changes every day and put in cooler water not sure if that is a good idea or not? We have a VERY small freezer and have no room for even an ice tray so don't have ice to throw in either.
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> > I did mention to test for ammonia and nitrite -- and to make PWC's if any
> > are found. Clean water goes a lo o o ng way in keeping fish healthy, whether
> > they have Ich or any other malady such as I'm suspecting (due to possible
> > poor water conditions). The best way to keep fish healthy is not to subject
> > them to poor water conditions, but to keep their water free from organic
> > waste contaminents via regular PWC's.
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