Sick Guppy Symptoms

[Rich]

Hi ,

I have a small Guppy tank in my kitchen just 2 males, 2 females and a
juvenile female thats managed to escape being eaten and is "half size".

A few weeks ago one of the females passed away... she was quite old, so I
replaced her with a new very pretty female from my LFS.

Well, four weeks have passed and the males have never taken a shine to her,
but now her fins are down and her once pretty tail is being held like a fan
folded up. She's mainly at the surface. When I feed, she's more lively than
the others, and has no appetite issues, in fact I would say she's hungrier
than the rest.


Any Ideas ?

Rich
http://www.sh0pz.com

[Christy84065]

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I would check the water parameters ... nitrite, mitrate, amonia etc,
and if needed do a water change (about 25%) and then add a little
aquarium salt (1TBSP per 5 gallons). You mentioned that she spends
alot of time at the surface of the water ... do you use an airstone?
If you don't you might want to get one, if you do then maybe take it a
little out of the water so that it is not giving off so many bubbles.
Hope this helps

[Rich]

"Christy84065" > wrote in message
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> I would check the water parameters ... nitrite, mitrate, amonia etc,
> and if needed do a water change (about 25%) and then add a little
> aquarium salt (1TBSP per 5 gallons). You mentioned that she spends
> alot of time at the surface of the water ... do you use an airstone?
> If you don't you might want to get one, if you do then maybe take it a
> little out of the water so that it is not giving off so many bubbles.
> Hope this helps

Thanks I'll try all that. I thought the water is OK because the other fish
are OK. But I'll buy a kit and check. I did a 25% water change, a couple of
days ago, but she's still there, not looking happy but eating well.

Rich
http://www.sh0pz.com

[Christy84065]

> > I would check the water parameters ... nitrite, mitrate, amonia etc,
> > and if needed do a water change (about 25%) and then add a little
> > aquarium salt (1TBSP per 5 gallons). You mentioned that she spends
> > alot of time at the surface of the water ... do you use an airstone?
> > If you don't you might want to get one, if you do then maybe take it a
> > little out of the water so that it is not giving off so many bubbles.
> > Hope this helps
>
> Thanks I'll try all that. I thought the water is OK because the other fish
> are OK. But I'll buy a kit and check. I did a 25% water change, a couple of
> days ago, but she's still there, not looking happy but eating well.
>
> Rich
> http://www.sh0pz.com

Well, I don't know about the other fish being ok ... but maybe she is
a little weaker than the others for some reason ... another thing that
I thought of is when one of my guppies are getting close to having
babies (Yes, even days before the babies are born) they spend time at
the top of tank .... I pay alot of attention to the attitude and
manurisims of my fish so I can tell from one day to the next how they
are feeling .. hope this helps

[Ddan]

hey, i have the SAME problem i was wondering if you eventually found a solution. if you did i would love to hear from you thanks :)









I would check the water parameters ... nitrite, mitrate, amonia etc,
and if needed do a water change (about 25%) and then add a little
aquarium salt (1TBSP per 5 gallons). You mentioned that she spends
alot of time at the surface of the water ... do you use an airstone?
If you don't you might want to get one, if you do then maybe take it a
little out of the water so that it is not giving off so many bubbles.
Hope this helps

Thanks I'll try all that. I thought the water is OK because the other fish
are OK. But I'll buy a kit and check. I did a 25% water change, a couple of
days ago, but she's still there, not looking happy but eating well.

Rich
http://www.sh0pz.com

Well, I don't know about the other fish being ok ... but maybe she is
a little weaker than the others for some reason ... another thing that
I thought of is when one of my guppies are getting close to having
babies (Yes, even days before the babies are born) they spend time at
the top of tank .... I pay alot of attention to the attitude and
manurisims of my fish so I can tell from one day to the next how they
are feeling .. hope this helps

[swarvegorilla]

ammonia is probably high
you need more bacteria in your filters
only clean filters with water from the aquarium.
take the water to a pet shop and check your ammonia/nitrite readings.
fish at surface usually means low oxygen, hot water or damaged gills.
most common gill damage comes from ammonia, chlorine or gill flukes.





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> hey, i have the SAME problem i was wondering if you eventually found a
> solution. if you did i would love to hear from you thanks :)
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> Christy84065 Wrote:
>> I would check the water parameters ... nitrite, mitrate, amonia
>> etc,--
>> and if needed do a water change (about 25%) and then add a little
>> aquarium salt (1TBSP per 5 gallons). You mentioned that she spends
>> alot of time at the surface of the water ... do you use an airstone?
>> If you don't you might want to get one, if you do then maybe take it
>> a
>> little out of the water so that it is not giving off so many
>> bubbles.
>> Hope this helps-
>>
>> Thanks I'll try all that. I thought the water is OK because the other
>> fish
>> are OK. But I'll buy a kit and check. I did a 25% water change, a
>> couple of
>> days ago, but she's still there, not looking happy but eating well.
>>
>> Rich
>> http://www.sh0pz.com-
>>
>> Well, I don't know about the other fish being ok ... but maybe she is
>> a little weaker than the others for some reason ... another thing that
>> I thought of is when one of my guppies are getting close to having
>> babies (Yes, even days before the babies are born) they spend time at
>> the top of tank .... I pay alot of attention to the attitude and
>> manurisims of my fish so I can tell from one day to the next how they
>> are feeling .. hope this helps
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> Ddan