Abouttina quiao Expertise I can answer all questions about chemistry of water and I would say, I am familiar with almost all diseases of fresh and saltwater fish. I have had my 125 tropical salt and 45 agressive for yrs. I managed a petshop for five years and I am a petcare specialist for a large petchain now. I love my animals. I love this kind of work. Helping people keep their fish sucessfully is so rewarding to me.
Experience I managed a petshop in Bridgeton called Petpourri for about 5 years...I am a petcare specialist for a large pet chain. I have 2 African greys, a Nandey conure,a potbelly pig, 2 rats and a hamster. Oh and did I mention a 125 tropical salt and a 45 agressive salt. I have had brakish and fresh. I am very familiar with disese and chemistry of your tank. I also have 2 senegul chameleons and the anoles that live in the bottom of their 37 high tank. We keep tons of reptiles at the store and keep a couple as pets love them all. I have worked in the pet business for yrs.....along with taking care of all of mine.
Expert: tina quiao Date: 1/17/2008 Subject: Fish stop eating
Question Hi my name is Dwayne and I'm very concerned about my tropical fish(Mollies)...thing is, all of them are very healthy and never show any signs of sickness...but every now and then one of them will just stop eating...swim aimlessly around then tank, start resting at the bottom quite often and then just die a week or so later....it's happened 6 times now , and no matter what I try, nothing works.....I'm starting to lose most of my Mollies, my other fish are fine and it's just the Mollies that's giving me trouble..
If there were any signs that they are sick, I would probably know what to do, but there are no signs, they just stop eating and then get thinner by the day and then die..
Please help as I've given up.....
Answer Dwayne, Are you using aquarium salt they need it. It is cheap and 1 tblspn per 5 gal. It helps them relive themselves of liquid wastes. They drink water by absorbing it and and releive themselves by letting it out thru their body this is osmosis.Do this I think it will help. good luck, tina
