Hello, I am new to the forum and in desperate need of help!
My background in caring for fish is very limited. I had a few bettas when I was younger and bought a 30 gallon fish tank about six months ago. In this tank I have an upside-down cory, two balloon mollies, two sunrise mollies and two creamsicle lyretail mollies.
I bought my two Creamsicle Lyretail Mollies on Saturday. When I brought them home and put them in the tank I noticed that one wasn't swimming quite right. I have been monitoring him for the past few days and noticed that while he wasn't getting better he didn't seem any worse. However, as I was feeding my fish tonight I noticed that one of his fins was greatly damaged and was white with a red spot near his body. I also noticed that some of his scales are sticking out on his stomach in a way that I can only think to describe as looking like a pinecone.
I am trying to figure out if there is anything that I can do for him or if I should return him to the store. I am also concerned about his condition spreading to my other fish. I have attached pictures of my fish so you can see his fin. The pictures aren't the best quality but I hope that they will help a little.
My tank is kept between 76-78 degrees. I have no live plants in my tank and I keep the light on the tank on about 15 hours a day. I do a 25% water change weekly including vacuuming the gravel.
I use the API MasterKit for testing my water and when I tested the water yesterday my levels were:
Ammonia : 0
pH: 7.0
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 25
My background in caring for fish is very limited. I had a few bettas when I was younger and bought a 30 gallon fish tank about six months ago. In this tank I have an upside-down cory, two balloon mollies, two sunrise mollies and two creamsicle lyretail mollies.
I bought my two Creamsicle Lyretail Mollies on Saturday. When I brought them home and put them in the tank I noticed that one wasn't swimming quite right. I have been monitoring him for the past few days and noticed that while he wasn't getting better he didn't seem any worse. However, as I was feeding my fish tonight I noticed that one of his fins was greatly damaged and was white with a red spot near his body. I also noticed that some of his scales are sticking out on his stomach in a way that I can only think to describe as looking like a pinecone.
I am trying to figure out if there is anything that I can do for him or if I should return him to the store. I am also concerned about his condition spreading to my other fish. I have attached pictures of my fish so you can see his fin. The pictures aren't the best quality but I hope that they will help a little.
My tank is kept between 76-78 degrees. I have no live plants in my tank and I keep the light on the tank on about 15 hours a day. I do a 25% water change weekly including vacuuming the gravel.
I use the API MasterKit for testing my water and when I tested the water yesterday my levels were:
Ammonia : 0
pH: 7.0
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 25