What's going on with my guppy?

[Anna345]

Hey guys got a fish in my big tank in the garage, she's obviously having a hard time I noticed her like this yesterday. No idea how long it's been going on, tank parameters are okay I also have another 2 other fish like this but they're not this bad they're just a little skinny guessing possible wasting disease or TB 😓 

Any advice on what's going on here and how to treat it? Haven't brought any fish in over a year these are grown fry from my guppies. I have let the tank go to crap as I just had a baby didn't have time for regular water changes.. 

Ph: 7.2
Ammonia: 0
Nitrites: 0
Nitrates: 20ppm
GH: 150

Temp: 26°

[CJs Aquatics]

Not sure how to diagnose could be a number of things but it seems your stock level isn’t that much in this tank. That being said if I were you I would treat the tank with the med trio in this case per the instructions to get some water changes and some meds in. If I had to guess I would guess it’s internal parasite related. I have seen this same thing with my guppies in the past, water changes and meds go a long long way. Medicated food isn’t always talked about but I’ve had great success with Dr. Bassleers as a treatment also. The garlic would be the first one I would try, for 10 days if you want to go that route. I hope this helps 

[Anna345]

Hi, I also been told it seems like columnaris again. Die to the shimming. There is more than 20 fish in this tank

[quikv6]

First off....congrats on the baby!

It doesn't look like columnaris in the pics. Shimmying is livebearers can caused by a lack of hardness/minerals/PH that they really want. I don't see that in your case, though you didn't list KH. PH should be okay, provided it's steady, and not on it's way down due to lack of buffer.

I'd do a couple of small waterchanges and add some salt. Take note on if the fish is eating, or trying to eat (and spitting). You can then proceed w/possible Parasite meds such as Expel-P or Paracleanse, pending the result.

 

 

[Anna345]

Thank you! I currently don't have any KH test liquid it was out of stock last time I tried to get it lol.

 

But I'm pretty sure she's still eating she came out each time to eat but I didn't supervise to see if she was spitting it out, her gills are red. And I'm now noticing a few others are red/brown which happened last time I had columnaris too.

 

I've done a water change and added salt yesterday, I also added some pimafix and melafix as some had some fin rot and it's just what I had on hand that wouldn't screw the cycle. 

 

Redness on some fish decreased and she started swimming more hence why I got the video before that she was hiding behind the filter and wouldn't come out.

[Colu]

Have you notice any rapid breathing hanging near the surface white stingy poop eating food than spitting it out and how often are you feeding  and what's your KH 

Edited September 9, 2022 by Colu