The adults are not all from the same family but we did stop buying adults about a year ago. Now and again I will buy a new adult but not very often.
Posted on: 2009/6/8 13:26
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It took one molly who survived 2 ich outbreaks and almost 10 dead tankmates in a tiny pissant 10 gallon tank before I got the hang of fish. Rest in peace, my beloved Luigi.
Betty, I had never heard of the vitamin deficiency causing a bent spine before. That would make sense though. I will definitely try to give them a variety of foods to help build up vitamin C and see if that will help too... The food is not outdated; it is within a month old.
Posted on: 2009/6/8 16:09
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It took one molly who survived 2 ich outbreaks and almost 10 dead tankmates in a tiny pissant 10 gallon tank before I got the hang of fish. Rest in peace, my beloved Luigi.
Pacifice, I never removed the calcium; I just added doxycycline that can work around the calcium problem in the water system.
Posted on: 2009/6/8 21:02
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It took one molly who survived 2 ich outbreaks and almost 10 dead tankmates in a tiny pissant 10 gallon tank before I got the hang of fish. Rest in peace, my beloved Luigi.
Wow there are a lot of questions here. I didn't think the Lev had any sort of affect on the offspring either because it did not affect the fry until just now instead of right after it was added which was several months ago. Yes, the bent spine and the whirling seem related because I will go to the tank and see the fish; it may look emaciated but possibly not. Then the fish will start whirling and then I will quarantine it. Once it gets the S-shaped spine, though, I euthanize it. The spine does not form as lordosis; rather it shows as an extreme case of scoliosis from the superior view of the fish if you are looking at the fish dorsal side up. The lighting is a reef light that is on for several hours per day (no more than 12 hours). I would be more than happy to have a moderator take a look at the post. I have attempted to dissect the fish that have passed away from this but I am unable to find anything that is not within normal limits. I don't think that it is the flake food because the rest of the tanks at home are fed the same food and no one else has the same issues and we even have a guppy tank. If there are any birth defects they just die off immediately in the "tweens" and don't go through the awful whirling and S-shaped spine issue. Thank you everyone for the help!
Posted on: 2009/6/8 21:17
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It took one molly who survived 2 ich outbreaks and almost 10 dead tankmates in a tiny pissant 10 gallon tank before I got the hang of fish. Rest in peace, my beloved Luigi.
