Trainman Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 My guppy has a bunch of bubbles on his dorsal fin and I can't figure out what this might be and how to treat it. Sorry for the fuzzy photo, but the bubbles are pretty big on the fin, hanging in front of the fish. They appear to be kind of translucent and the same color as the fin. Thanks in advance!! pH - 8 Nitrates - 40 Hardness - ~140 PPM (Not tested, assuming Chicago water #s) https://www.chicago.gov/content/dam/city/depts/water/WaterQltyResultsNRpts/ccReports/CCA-2020-12.pdf Nitrite - 0 Ammonia - 0 KH/Buffer - ~160? Not tested Water Temperature - 78F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick M. Bodega Aquatics Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 I can't see the bubbles but have you treated for ich? Ich looks a lot like some sort of bubble. Very unlikely but did the guppy happen to jump to of the aquarium recently? Last week one of my bettas jumped out of his aquarium and landed on my desk. luckily he survived but he had small bubbles on his body for a while afterwards. Hope this helps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 Wow, those bubbles are big. Have they always been there? Ich looks like small white spots, but those bubbles look like big orange spheres. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trainman Posted November 3, 2020 Author Share Posted November 3, 2020 The fish hasn't been out of the tank. I've attached the same photo cropped to only the bubbles in the center. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trainman Posted November 3, 2020 Author Share Posted November 3, 2020 I only realized they were bubbles last night, but I noticed an abnormally a few weeks ago. I had assumed fin nipping, but upon closer inspection, this is what I found. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trainman Posted November 14, 2020 Author Share Posted November 14, 2020 Update, since I wasn't sure what the infection is, I treated with one dose of the quarantine trio. He was breathing really heavy one the second day and hiding. The rest of the fish all seemed ok. Most of the bubbles are gone, only two are left as of today and they are shrinking. However a platy developed fin rot on day 4 and I isolated it in a quarantine bucket with salt and it's doing well. Now it looks like the neon tetras are starting to have discloration on thier fins. Water parameters haven't changed and I did a 1/3 water change today, as it was 8 days after I dosed the trio. Should I treat with maracyn 2 to address what I assume is fin rot on the tetras or dose the trio again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trainman Posted November 14, 2020 Author Share Posted November 14, 2020 Here are a couple of photos of the neons from this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trainman Posted November 14, 2020 Author Share Posted November 14, 2020 Here is an updated photo of the guppy too. As can be seen in the 2nd zoomed in photo, only two bubbles in the dorsal fin are left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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