one more thing, i use bloodworms (fishfood) for my ADF does that cause any
problems with disease in the tank? i also feed that to my betta's
Nikki



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Nikki wrote:
I usually post on alt.aquaria.tropical.fish.hobbist, I had posted a
problem I was having and netmax said to post it here, and maybe someone
could help.
I have had a lot going on in my tanks so I will try and make it short

Had guppy tank set up for a year, had only 2 African dwarf frogs, 1 male
/female guppy, the female was pregnant had babies three times since
Christmas, babies were all fine up had no problems with them, both
guppies were healthy
then because I needed to have more females I went to lfs which was
closing and they had 8 guppies left so I just got them, still ended up
with more males then females but anyway, I made a mistake since at that
time I had both sets of babies in a 5 gl tank that I had, which was
usually used for either sick fish or new fish, I had no place to put them
and put them in with my guppies (yes I am aware that was a dumb move) it
was a small petstore and she did not take good care of the fish, some of
the males were nipping at the two pregnant females so I got a divider put
males on one side/ older babies and females on the other side and put one
of those net square things so the younger babies could be in the tank
with out being eaten, a few days after getting the new guppies I lost
some, but they did not look great to begin with, the following day I
noticed white stuff on a few of them, looked like cotton, I also noticed
it on some of the babies, they died fast, I took out the African dwarf
frogs and treated with jungle ick stuff, I still had some dying after
treating mostly babies and older babies, no adults, I seen cotton stuff
on two of them and used a q-tip and put hydrogen peroxide on it, they
seemed to clear up fine and seem to be fine now, but I am still losing
babies at least one or two each day, and the ones who died I have noticed
that white stuff on them.
any suggestions would help, i think its a fungus
i have two ick meds one just for ick and the other says its for ick and
fungus, i have also read it might be Cytophaga?
Nikki
Does anyone know if African dwarf frogs can get fungus i dont think they
get ick


We need a bit more information.

1) How large is the tank and what are all the fish?
2) How often to do you change water? How much?
3) Have you tested for ammonia, nitrate, nitrate, and the pH? What were
the results?
4) Why did you use an ich medicine on cottony growths? Ich is not fuzzy
at all. It looks like individual grains of salt. Use Google to search
for pictures if you're not sure what ich looks like.

Whatever it is, it sounds like the infection is under control. The Q-tip
with peroxide was a good choice. Dead fish can grow fungus very rapidly
depending on your tank conditions so don't worry about fuzzies on anything
that is dead. I wouldn't add any more medication unless there is actually
ich.

Baby guppies are very sensitive to water quality problems and medications.
I suspect the ich medicine stressed them (particularly if it contains
copper) and that your water quality isn't ideal. Put fresh carbon in your
filter to remove any traces of medicine and change 1/3 of the water daily
for the next week. Be sure to match temps so you don't shock the babies.

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