Cinnebuns Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 Ammonia: 0 Nitritre: 0 Nitrate: 20 For at least a month I have been noticing one of my female guppies rubbing on substrate and decor. At first I just took note of it. She gave birth about a week after I noticed it so I assumed that was the cause as they will sometimes do this from the discomfort of pregnancy. The past week I have started noticing other fish doing this too. First I would see some of my panda cories then today I noticed my male guppy doing it. I see no signs of ich or other marks on them. Should I treat for external parasites just in case? Other ideas? Ty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 Any rapid breathing white stringy poop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnebuns Posted March 20, 2022 Author Share Posted March 20, 2022 I haven't noticed any rapid breathing other than shortly before giving birth and no white stringy poop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mackie Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 A friend of mine had an issue with flashing and it turned out to be the heater malfunctioning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnebuns Posted March 20, 2022 Author Share Posted March 20, 2022 @Mackie like a temp issue or what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mackie Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 The heater was malfunctioning and sending small pulses of electricity into the water, not enough for us to feel but enough for the fish to make them flash, even lost a couple in the process of figuring it out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnebuns Posted March 20, 2022 Author Share Posted March 20, 2022 @Mackie gosh I really hope that isn't it. Given for about a month it was only 1 fish doing it I would say not likely to be the cause at that time, yet again it could be 2 different causes. Maybe at first it was because of pregnancy like I originally thought, and now it's the heater. How did he/she figure out it was the heater? Is there a way I can test it? Come to think of it, I did notice yesterday that the temp mysteriously went up about 2 degrees F. Also it's a crappy heater than came with a kit with the tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mackie Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 We got some advice from the pros at aquashella recently. Try taking the heater the out and see if it continues. How old is your heater? Fluval & eheim make decent adjustable heaters in several different wattages that won't break the bank. Not saying it's for sure your heater but it's worth a shot, we never even thought about it untill it was mentioned It wouldn't explain the rubbing but it could explain the flashing. Also I believe flashing plus rubbing could be a sign of gill flukes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnebuns Posted March 20, 2022 Author Share Posted March 20, 2022 I intentionally had 2 heaters on backup. I put one in just in case. If things change I'll know that was probably the source and throw the old heater away. I also realized I've noticed some glass surfing the past couple days. Could point to this as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnebuns Posted March 20, 2022 Author Share Posted March 20, 2022 (edited) Ok, so I changed the heater then I had a strange experience AFTER changing it. I went to put my hand in the tank and got a shock. Nothing big. Just like after rubbing your feet on the floor. But got me wondering if there is infact a malfunction but not with the heater. Is it possible to come from a filter? There is 2. 1 HOB and 1 internal. I suspect the internal more as I just added it back from another tank within the past week. Edited March 20, 2022 by Cinnebuns Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnebuns Posted March 20, 2022 Author Share Posted March 20, 2022 Now I'm not sure if that shock meant anything aquarium related. I had just been dealing with taking my medical boot off and thus rubbing on the carpet a bit and got a 2nd shock later. Sigh idk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mackie Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 I'm sorry I'm just seeing these responses. How are the fish after changing the heater? Any better or any worse? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnebuns Posted April 1, 2022 Author Share Posted April 1, 2022 Much better. I have noticed 1 or 2 flashes since then but not nearly as much. That might have been the issue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mackie Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 That's awesome news! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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