memorywrangler Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 What’s wrong with this fish? Looks like it does in the photo. Lethargic. Chlorine -0 Ammonia -0 Nitrates 10ppm Nitrites 0 76F Tanks been up for a year with no recent changes or problems. Tank mates are CPDs, 3 male guppies, and a pretty chill betta. I had a bought of _something_ that was killing guppies about 14 months ago. I tried probably 5 antibiotics, and nothing worked. I’m not excited to start down that road again unless I have some decent idea of what it is. Does anyone ever successfully treat a fish this sick? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJs Aquatics Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 @Colu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 Looks weak any rapid breathing listlessness flashing spitting food out loss of appetite it might be the way his body is bent it looks like it has a bit of a sunken belly correct me if am wrong on that @memorywrangler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 I have bred CPD for a few years. I often get new kids to keep genetics fresh. I have seen this in new kids and a few times in mine. Causes for my kids were bullying. Males were always the affected ones. I successfully separated and fed very well 3x a day and heavy live brine shrimp with good results. Reintroducing them to the community was 50/50 successful. Some reintegrated and other got picked on again and would decline. Purchased kids i would feed heavy and some recovered on their own. I treated the rest with kanaplax each time and many recovered. Those that it did not help I would treat with paracleanse. A few of those would recover then. Some never recovered even with both treatments. I hope that helps. Malnutrition causes the curving look in these. Determining the cause - not competing well for food/ bully away from food, bacterial issue or parasitic issue is hard because they all look the same to me. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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