Schalk Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 (edited) Hi Guys. My one guppy started to act strange yesterday and I then moved him to a hospital tank. The aquarium here says rhat he has air stuck, but this is day 2 now and he is still acring the same. I let him loose in my large tank again and he is really struggling. Its asif his back fin does nit want to open up and work again as he keeps it clamped. I bought a general medication as well as snail kill. I have also put some aquarium salt into the hospital tank. What could be wrong? Edited December 31, 2020 by Schalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lefty o Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 i cant tell you what is wrong, but when a fish is upside down on the bottom like in the picture, it is near death. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schalk Posted December 31, 2020 Author Share Posted December 31, 2020 (edited) Lol, the picture is upside down. I tried twice to upload it with both camera and from my gallery. He is lying ontop of the thermostat😆 Edited December 31, 2020 by Schalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lefty o Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 upside down pic, ok. well thats better but he's still a sick boy. approximately how old is the fish? 2yrs old or older, it could just be his time. barring old age. id treat him with some sort of general cure, and salt. wish i could give you more insight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schalk Posted December 31, 2020 Author Share Posted December 31, 2020 Thanks. Thats what I have done. I have no idea how old he is. I have only started recently with guppies and breeding with them. He was very active with the females and I did not want to loose him. But like you said, maybe its his time😞 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lefty o Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 worst case, on the bright side if he has been busy with the ladies, you'll get some of his genetics in the fry over the next few months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schalk Posted December 31, 2020 Author Share Posted December 31, 2020 Yea, Im just still waiting for the small fish to grow up. Some of the small fish is already back into the large tank but its still only the tails that has colour. I had 2 females giving birth today as well so I have a small tank full of fry now😆. At the moment I have him alone in an 8L tank with heater and airstone. Seems I will have to wait a week or 2 to see what he does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larrimore Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 Unfortunately the downside to guppies, they only last a couple of years. Probably why they reproduce the way they do. Hope he pulls through, you never know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schalk Posted January 5, 2021 Author Share Posted January 5, 2021 My guppies are dying left right and centre. I cleaned the full tank and added auarium sault. I then boughtKanaplex to trwat for Fungal and bacterial fish disease. My fish ended up dying even more. They are now back in their old tank and I read that it might be itch. I have seen my fish bouncing of my rocks. I only have a few fish left and have now turned the temerature up from 24°c to 26°c to see if it would help. Any idea why they are dying? Some of tem does not have any symptoms before I find them dead a bit later. And why would the medication kill my fish? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schalk Posted January 5, 2021 Author Share Posted January 5, 2021 Another one died.🤔 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schalk Posted January 5, 2021 Author Share Posted January 5, 2021 Its like its skin is peaking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 It looks like a bacterial infection treat with the kanaplex and aquarium salt 1 table spoon for 2 gallons do no more then 3couse of kanaplex it can harm your fishs organ if over used if kanaplex does not work try maracy or maracyn2 one treats gram positive and one treats gram negative bacterial infection it my take more than one Couse 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schalk Posted January 5, 2021 Author Share Posted January 5, 2021 Thanks Colu. When I treated the first time with Kanaplex my fish started to die one after another. I emidiatly moved thrm over to another tank. I lost some beautiful fish through this😔 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schalk Posted January 6, 2021 Author Share Posted January 6, 2021 (edited) There are too many things happening in my tank. Another fish dead this morning. My temperature is 26°c at the moment. Noticed my one female has this white at her fin. From past experience I am worried that it will spread down to her sides as previous pics I posted. Is this sadleback? Picture uploaded upside down while its correct on my phone. No idea how to turn it on the forum🙄 Edited January 6, 2021 by Schalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schalk Posted January 6, 2021 Author Share Posted January 6, 2021 Treated again this morning with Kanaplex. Had fish dying again after adding it. Dont understand this. Thought its medicine to cure. More fosh getting strange simptoms as in picture. Some white stuff on body and fin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 The guppy in bottom pictures look like they have a lighter patch on back with reddening of some scales you could have columnaris with secondary fungal infection that would explain the high mortality you have been seeing columnaris is a gram negative bacterial infection kanaplex or maracyn2 treat gram negative bacterial infection 3 hours ago, Schalk said: Treated again this morning with Kanaplex. Had fish dying again after adding it. Dont understand this. Thought its medicine to cure. More fosh getting strange simptoms as in picture. Some white stuff on body and fin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schalk Posted January 6, 2021 Author Share Posted January 6, 2021 Thanks Colu. I will go to the aquarium tomorrow and ask for meds. Hope my fish survive till then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 Hopefully it treatment works Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schalk Posted January 7, 2021 Author Share Posted January 7, 2021 Treatment started this morning. It looks like light and airation affects the fish negative if they are sick like this and its asif the meds require a quiet tank without adisional air bubbling. Am I right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 (edited) No when treating with med you should always have extra aeration meds can drop oxygen levels stressing your fish more Edited January 7, 2021 by Colu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schalk Posted January 7, 2021 Author Share Posted January 7, 2021 (edited) Thanks for your fast reply. I have turned on the airation again Edited January 7, 2021 by Schalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schalk Posted January 12, 2021 Author Share Posted January 12, 2021 (edited) Today is day 6 of the fungus treatment. I have 6 survivers in my tank. My male guppy skin seems to be peeling. This is on both sides of his head. How can I help him? Do I move him or my other fish out of the tank. Like I said, I have my last day of medication in the tank. Edited January 12, 2021 by Schalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 (edited) You might have to do another Couse of treatment if he the only one to still have symptoms Qt him and treat separately Edited January 12, 2021 by Colu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schalk Posted January 14, 2021 Author Share Posted January 14, 2021 He died in the afternoon. Thanks anyway Colu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted January 14, 2021 Share Posted January 14, 2021 Sorry to hear that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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