Hi-
I am totally new to fish and aquariums. I recently set up a 29 gallon fresh water tank and had the filter running for about 4 days before I bought my first fish tonight. I bought two marble mollies and two high fin platys. So I brought them home, put the bag in the water for about 15 mins to acclimate the water temp to my tank temp, then scooped out the fish with a net one by one into my tank (didnt want to contaminate my water). Three of the fish immediately started darting around happy as hell. However, one of the marble mollies just kind of sank to the bottom and has been laying on its side for almost two hours now. Every now and then it will move a short distance, but for the most part it just lays there. Any ideas what this could be? It is moving slightly but not swimming except short bursts of energy. My water stats are:
76 degrees farenheit
Nitrate: 10mg/L
Nitrite: 0
Water Hardness (75 - soft)
Chlorine: 0
Alkalinity: 120 KH ppm
PH: about 7.2
I am totally new to fish and aquariums. I recently set up a 29 gallon fresh water tank and had the filter running for about 4 days before I bought my first fish tonight. I bought two marble mollies and two high fin platys. So I brought them home, put the bag in the water for about 15 mins to acclimate the water temp to my tank temp, then scooped out the fish with a net one by one into my tank (didnt want to contaminate my water). Three of the fish immediately started darting around happy as hell. However, one of the marble mollies just kind of sank to the bottom and has been laying on its side for almost two hours now. Every now and then it will move a short distance, but for the most part it just lays there. Any ideas what this could be? It is moving slightly but not swimming except short bursts of energy. My water stats are:
76 degrees farenheit
Nitrate: 10mg/L
Nitrite: 0
Water Hardness (75 - soft)
Chlorine: 0
Alkalinity: 120 KH ppm
PH: about 7.2