Blacl Molly Completely Vanished

"Köi-Lö" wrote in message
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It probably died, was nibbled on and quickly
decomposed.
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Does this decomposition affect the tank negatively in any way?

"JeffinMS" wrote in message
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"Köi-Lö" wrote in message
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It probably died, was nibbled on and quickly
decomposed.
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Does this decomposition affect the tank negatively in any way?
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Yes as it releases ammonia and some diseases would also remain behind I was
told. If it's gone don't worry about it, or do an extra partial water
change of perhaps 50%.
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Köi-Lö wrote:
"JeffinMS" wrote in message
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"Köi-Lö" wrote in message
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It probably died, was nibbled on and quickly
decomposed.
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Does this decomposition affect the tank negatively in any way?
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Yes as it releases ammonia and some diseases would also remain behind
I was told. If it's gone don't worry about it, or do an extra
partial water change of perhaps 50%.

Jeffin didn't mention the size of his tank, nor what filtration is in place,
but i think a 50% water change for a missing molly is a little drastic!

"Broken back" is not a disease and cannot be transmitted to other fish... a
rotting fish is no worse than any other rotting food... with sufficient
filtration all that should happen is a slight rise in nitrates.



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"nut" wrote in message
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Köi-Lö wrote:
"JeffinMS" wrote in message
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"Köi-Lö" wrote in message
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It probably died, was nibbled on and quickly
decomposed.
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Does this decomposition affect the tank negatively in any way?
============================
Yes as it releases ammonia and some diseases would also remain behind
I was told. If it's gone don't worry about it, or do an extra
partial water change of perhaps 50%.

Jeffin didn't mention the size of his tank, nor what filtration is in
place, but i think a 50% water change for a missing molly is a little
drastic!

It was just a suggestion.

"Broken back" is not a disease and cannot be transmitted to other fish...

But we can't know what else the fish suffered from or may have carried.

a
rotting fish is no worse than any other rotting food... with sufficient
filtration all that should happen is a slight rise in nitrates.

That depends on the size of the dead fish and the size of the tank.

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Köi-Lö wrote:


[missing/dead molly]

That depends on the size of the dead fish and the size of the tank.

You are, of course, absolutely correct... a dead molly in a small tank with
poor filtration could cause a lot of problems... but to lose a molly
suggests that the tank is of sufficient size to allow for this.



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"nut" wrote in message
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Köi-Lö wrote:


[missing/dead molly]

That depends on the size of the dead fish and the size of the tank.

You are, of course, absolutely correct... a dead molly in a small tank
with poor filtration could cause a lot of problems... but to lose a molly
suggests that the tank is of sufficient size to allow for this.



Its a 20 Gallon. Containing a pretty large Pleco, 2 (was 3) mollys, a couple
of loaches, 2 swords, 4 tetras. Been going about a year and a half now.

JeffinMS wrote:
"nut" wrote in message
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Köi-Lö wrote:


[missing/dead molly]

That depends on the size of the dead fish and the size of the tank.

You are, of course, absolutely correct... a dead molly in a small
tank with poor filtration could cause a lot of problems... but to
lose a molly suggests that the tank is of sufficient size to allow
for this.

Its a 20 Gallon. Containing a pretty large Pleco, 2 (was 3) mollys, a
couple of loaches, 2 swords, 4 tetras. Been going about a year and a
half now.

Sounds ok to me... but what about filtration?

The thing with mollies is they like salt, and loaches hate it.






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