guppy/fungus/dying

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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