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Molly with potential dropsy? What to do.

I have reduced the number of hours the light is on, so now it from 10am - 8pm because the amount of stringy algae in the tank is annoying. Also the duck weed is a menace, it must have come on a different plant and I'm constantly trying to get it out.

Sad though as today found one of my babies dead (they are kept in a separate breeding box) covered in snails. Owning fish has proven very stressful and difficult so far 🙁

Can snails kill fish?
 
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+1 I'd agree
Same, If I do not gradually turn my lights off my fish go mental. I have an open top tank and wouldn’t dream of running my led’s without a dimmer which slowly ramps down the lights before they turn off.

Sad though as today found one of my babies dead (they are kept in a separate breeding box) covered in snails. Owning fish has proven very stressful and difficult so far 🙁

Can snails kill fish?
Definitely not, they’ll eat dead/dying fish but no way are they harming a fish.

Try not to beat yourself up about it, but fish sometimes do just die and there is nothing we can do about it. You clearly care a great amount for your fish and appear to be doing a good job, keep it up. Unfortunately you may lose the odd fish along the way.

Cheers
 
So sad another dead today. Up until now the fry were so happy. Should I release the last fry into the main tank?
 
The remaining baby is now 6 weeks old, still very small but I don't think the other fish could eat him.
 
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