Elle Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 Hello, I’m new here and new to community tanks. Last weekend I happened to stop at my local Petco and the fish were on sale, so I did what any fish lover would do and bought a total of 12 new guppies from different stores to add to my 20 gallon guppy tank. I’m on my 5th day of quarantine, a guppy died yesterday and this morning I woke up to a guppy missing his whole mouth, I mean the whole mouth top and bottom, I can’t believe another guppy would cause such damage, what disease can cause a fish’s face to disintegrate? I’m on my way to the pharmacy to buy clove oil(poor little guy must be in horrible pain), but I wonder what should I do to treat the rest of the tank just in case they are infected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrozenFins Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 I would use one or both of the following meds: -Aquarium Salt - fritz mardel maracyn I have no idea what it could be, could you send pictures? Have they been eating? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrozenFins Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 26 minutes ago, Elle said: Hello, I’m new here and new to community tanks. Last weekend I happened to stop at my local Petco and the fish were on sale, so I did what any fish lover would do and bought a total of 12 new guppies from different stores to add to my 20 gallon guppy tank. I’m on my 5th day of quarantine, a guppy died yesterday and this morning I woke up to a guppy missing his whole mouth, I mean the whole mouth top and bottom, I can’t believe another guppy would cause such damage, what disease can cause a fish’s face to disintegrate? I’m on my way to the pharmacy to buy clove oil(poor little guy must be in horrible pain), but I wonder what should I do to treat the rest of the tank just in case they are infected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elle Posted January 12, 2021 Author Share Posted January 12, 2021 (edited) Hi thank you, I attached a picture of the injured guppy, he doesn’t appear to have fin rot or any other injuries other then the whole mouth being gone. Everyone else seems to be doing good so far. this is the treatment I followed: the first day I used Cory’s quarantine trio the third day I used a second dose of paracleanse because they were having white poops, also added a little aquarium salt( 1tbsp per 3 gallons) today I’m on the fifth day, I’m going to do a water change but not sure I should use antibiotics or fungal meds. im afraid all my other guys might now be infected. Edited January 12, 2021 by Elle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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