redlessi

Not sure whats wrong but it looks a little limp, kind of crooked, not swimming to the top often, just hanging out near the bottom to middle, only ate very little for last 2 days. Just does not look right? My params are 0 nitrites, 0 ammonia and 10 nitrates, did partial water change as usual on sat. My friend fed the fish last week while I was on vacation and I suspect she may have overfed a little. Everyone else in the tank looks great (cories, guppies, danios and ghost shrimp) Any suggestions.......................

Tony G.

hi reds, is there any way you could post a pic of him? how long have you had him for? he could be getting old..

redlessi

not able to get a good pic, had him for about 3 months and hes a little thing so my first thought would not be old age but I dont know............

Tony G.

hmm... is his spine kinda crooked? like of L shape? if so, it could be a sign of fish tuberculosis..

redlessi

spine is not L shaped, he just looks bent (the front of his body it straight but the tail is pointing down).....

redlessi

he did not last that long, it looks like he got sucked into the filter and could not get loose. hopefully the other fish wont have what he did. he was like that for 2 days and my first thought was since I was on vacation last week maybe my friend overfed the fish a little. any suggestions to what happened.............

Tony G.

sorry you lost him.. It could have been parasites..

redlessi

do you think the others will get it?

Tony G.

they could, but not really sure. Wait for some members to see this thread.
sorry im not that much help

jdhef

It doesn't sound like a case of overfeeding. Usually when they eat too much there tummies get big. The biggest problem with overfeeding is usually uneaten food decaying and producing ammonia.

But I really don't have any idea why he died from. Maybe someone else will have an idea.

redlessi

I recently added guppies to my tank on Saturday and noticed that today 2-3 of them are at the very top of the tank for periods of time. Is this normal.
All of my water params are fine, 0 nitrite, 0 ammonia and 10 nitrate.

Thanks much

Lucy

Mine are at the a lot top too. Keep an eye on them, but I don't think it's anything to worry about.

redlessi

One of my danios died yesterday after looking limp, a little crooked and not active, now one of the guppies looks the same way...........

cherrybarbboi

hi redlessi, i dont know why your danios died but my guppys will always stay at the top of the tank and they are fine.

redlessi

Quite possible my guppy has this and one of my danios already died from what looks like this. What do I need to do to ensure the rest of my fish dont get it?

Lucy

There are some fish that suffer from NTD but I'm pretty sure guppies and danios don't.
What are the symptoms?

redlessi

The danio died yesterday after looking limp, a little crooked and isolating from the group swimming with some difficulty. It was like that for 2 days. Now 2 guppies are looking/doing the same.........

Lucy

What are your readings for ammonia, nitrite and nitrates?
Has anything new been added?

redlessi

0 nitrite, 0 ammonia, 20 nitrates
guppies were added saturday

Lucy

Your readings are ok, but you knew that already. Big help huh?
If your danio hadn't passed first I would guess the guppies brought something in with them.
Is there any aggression going on?

redlessi

no aggression at all. the one male guppie I took out (put is a small container for now, did not want to make the others sick) because he was almost laying on the bottom looking really weird and the other male is at the very top. 2 females look like they are trying to eat something off of the heater and everyone else looks fine.......

redlessi

the one I left in the tank died, the one I took out looks better. now what??

Lucy

I'm really sorry. I know it's rough to lose them and not know why.
I'd leave the little guy seperated for now. Is his water heated?
Could anything have contaminated the water?
I'm sorry, I know I'm not being much help here.

redlessi

surprisingly I found a big fly stuck on the filter that looked like it was there for a minute as it was a little fuzzie. I did a partial water change of saturday and will do another one tomorrow. no heater for the separated one but it is about 85 degrees in here, totally hot. hopefully now that the fly is out everything can go back to normal.............

Lucy

85 is pretty warm, what's the tank temp?
Warmer water has less oxygen, if you don't have one already you might want to add an airstone.

redlessi

85 in here means it should keep tank pretty warm but not at 85. the tank is 78 so it should be ok at room temp

what are they eating off of the heater? maybe algae

Lucy

78 should be ok for them then.
My guppies pick at the algae on my tank walls now and then. Pretty funny cause they're all lined up. lol

redlessi

thanks much for you input........I will see what happens tomorrow, hopefully the one in the container will make it until then............

Lucy

I hope so. Sorry I couldn't help.
Good luck, sending get well fishy wishes your way.

redlessi

thanks again, appreciate it.........