PerceptivePesce

Yeah, def a female, big old gravid spot! I was thinking fin nipping, too... until i didn't. I see the boys corraling others but I've never seen anything that looks overly aggressive, and I watch them a lot! I just wish they'd give me a super definitive sign. It's always, "well, that could be any number of things." This would be a lot easier if they could learn to talk!

It's so hard to get pics, but I got one! This is my worst tattered tail guppy. There's a second like her but not as bad. About half look like they have no signs of fin rot and the other half have minimal fin fraying.

Well, my tank is just a little cloudy, much less than yesterday. Here's a pic of the plants I cleaned last night, and condensed to one rock. Im debating on whether I should do a thorough gavel vac and WC, or let the meds I put in there soak? It has been awhile since I moved each planted rock and vacuumed under them. And the plants could use some algae scrubbing love again. What you think @JoeQ?

I remineralize RO/DI water with CaSO4.2H20, MgSO4.7H20, & K2CO3. I also have CaCO3 powder, but through my observations I think it may take longer than a week to fully dissolve and I do weekly ~30% WC. I stopped using it quite a few months ago. I can raise KH with those things. What level do you think I should raise KH to?

@Colu my KH is 5, it's on the low end of guppy parameters. I hope my shrimp are okay! I think there was a shrimp eating the gunk but i took those plants out and cleaned them up. I didnt think it was a lot of dead plant matter while cleaning. I have water ready if it's a nightmare in the morning.

I just noticed cloudy gunk all around some plants that aren't doing well, fenestratarum culum. That wasn't there before siesta. I'm making rodi right now!

@ColuI just got home, the lights are on from siesta, and my tank is cloudy. Could this be a clue about what's going on? All my water parameters are the same, except pH has dropped a bit to about 7. I did do my normal EG and flourish iron regimen during siesta. Also, more white spots are gone.

No expel p at LFS or both big box stores.

@Coluoh wait. I missed your edit and your post sounds more decisive. (I read the pre-edit email alert) I'll go get some expel p from LFS is a couple hours and dose today.

Yeah @JoeQ, not crashing is always on my mind. 😱 I'm collecting opinions, and I'd like to know what you think: on a scale of 1-10, how severe do you think this may be? @Coluthanks for your advice. I'll keep my eyes on things and use expel p if things dont get better. If they do get worse, I hope you don't mind me tagging you. Thanks for being a hero around here!

@ColuMaybe I should do paracleanse too?

I had the thought that the white spots may be calcium deposits because they dull and white in appearance. Like chalk. But the shape of some of the smatterings made me think maybe it was superglue because some of them look like they have a trailing tail, like a tacky glue can have a trailing tail. If that makes sense.

Also, I've RR'd all the plants that I've added to my tank. However, I did not weigh down the dwarf water lettuce. That's actually a story I should share. The first order of lettuce, I weighed them down during RR but they died off. The second order, I floated them during RR and they made it. So there is a question of if I killed off everything that may have been present on them.

I added 4 devil spike snails to my tank around 4 weeks ago, it was an online order and it was supposed to be 2 day shipping but delivery was delayed by one day. They immediately raced to the top of the tank, not eating any algae, and then they fell to the substrate. I left them in the tank where they fell, smell checked them, and they were all foul smelling after a week. I removed them then. There was a bottom-sitting guppy who was breathing fast. She sat in the same place for quite a few days, and would leave to eat. I saw her eat. Then she moved to the outflow bar and surfed in the current, and she stopped eating. She was the one I found dead this am with a tuft of fluff in her gravitas area. I saw a couple flashes here and there in my population but it wasnt incessant. There have been a few who hangout at the surface and dont eat, they usually die. I can't say I've seen spitting out of food, but I can say I may not have been paying attention to that. As far as sunken belly... is it hard to distinguish sunken belly from pregnancy? My fry population is much lower than when I first added them, but I also dropped the temperature to 74F in an attempt to slow births. I've also been culling jack-knifed spine guppies, some severe and some not so severe. I've ordered a total of 13 nerites, 2 separate orders, and I only have 4 left... maybe 3... My shrimp seem fine. I placed two orders of 10 shrimp. The first order was delivered with the devil spike snails, and I lost 4 shrimp from that order a couple days after adding. The second order, which was delivered on time, I havent lost any of them.

I already dosed the tank yesterday. Ich-x and Maracyn. I'm pretty sure it worked! After yesterday's treatment the white spots were dyed blue and they had already started to diminish. This morning, more of the white spots are gone, and I found a dead guppy with a bit of white fluff around her birthing area (the first time I've seen any definitive signs). I thought my fish were acting kind of frantic leading up to this but I couldnt be sure because there werent any physical signs of sickness, just possible behavioral signs- except I did cull a dropsy fry a few weeks ago and there were some sudden deaths of seemingly healthy guppys. Maybe it's my imagination but I swear the fish seem calmer this am. Anyways, here's a pic of the same area with fewer white spots. This thread belongs in the Disease forum, sorry, I didn't realize what I was dealing with when I started it. I'd like to page @Coluand ask if they think I should do the "severe" treatment regimen or the "less severe" treatment regimen? And perhaps ask a couple follow-up questions after their answer.

What I'm about to share with you may seem extreme, but I've connected some dots. Some fish sicknesses, deaths, fins looking slightly tattered, and @TheSwissAquaristcalling it fungus... I just dosed 1tsp/10g of ich-x. And 1pack/10g Maracyn. Maybe the anti-biotic was too much, but I'll do the "less severe" regimen. Also, I looked around and I found a couple of small white spots on a java fern and anubias. I just dosed the whole tank.

I'm scared to ask because I'm not finding any Google answers. I WC once a week, and use remineralized rodi. 4month old 90g. Guppies, neocaridina, nerites. Anubias, java fern, mosses, bolbitis, buce. My tank parameters have been stable for months, except my pH swings have gotten tighter- which I attribute to the siesta light schedule I started over a week ago. 7GH 5KH Ammonia 0 Nitrite 0 Nitrate 10 pH 7.5-7.9 Phosphates 0.25 I noticed a few of these white smudges 2-3 weeks ago on the bottom of the glass. They are multiplying. They don't seem to scrape off easily but that could be because I'm a newb and scraping is a lot harder than I thought, especially lower down on the glass. It's all stuck to the glass, there aren't any dangly bits waving in the current.

I've had trouble keeping nerites, but you should know I'm a total newb. All I can do is share my experience and listen for any good advice. My first online/shipped order of nerites were put in my tank 12 weeks ago. 3 zebra nerites and 3 horned nerites. Today, I only have 2 of the horned nerites left from this order. My second online/shipped order was put in my tank 2 weeks ago. 4 types of large nerite, and 3 zebra horned nerites. I only have 1 batik nerite and 1 zebra horned left. All of them performed like yours, at first voracious eaters and then they just stop. I have seen them stop for a day or two and then start eating again. Before I lay them to rest, I gently poke them to see if they react, and smell them. If they react, I put them back in the tank. If they smell like feces, they are laid to rest.

That's cool. It should totally be random so the gift keeps its surprise power!

Angelfish?!

Is this post like a riddle and we have to guess which sticker you got? You got the aqua-scouts badge that says "enjoy nature everyday"?

Yeah, but you can't display a csr on your canister filter 😂

Now I gotta collect em all! Aquàmons!

I got one too! I posted about it and inserted a pic. Look at it! It's the first time they've ever sent me a free tchotchke so it was a big surprise! I love surprises!

I've placed a few orders with ACO, my latest order came with a free discus sticker! I just wanna suggest yall keep this idea. I love it 💙 Check it out! Thank you!