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DCassady
07-22-2006, 01:57 PM
I have a 55 gal. tank with 2 angels, 1 mollie, 5 tetras, 1 large snail and an even larger pleco. Due to the storm last night the electric was out. I have no clue as to how long. While feeding this morning I noticed the mollie who is about 3" now was cowered behind a rock. She is a Dalmation Mollie and I noticed that she had lost some color on the upper half of her body showing more white that the usual over all black. Should I remove her from the tank and treat her for ich or other parasites or is it just stress due to the oxygen loss from last night. Please help.

William
07-22-2006, 07:42 PM
Right now I would just sit back and wait. Stress is the most likely cause and I wouldn't worry for a day or two.

The water quality might be down since bacteria in the filter might have died and formed toxin during the power outage.