Tobek28
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My planted 30 gal long tank finished cycling (30 days, tests looked good) and I picked up 9 guppies on Tuesday 07/28/2020. One female died in the bag on the 1.5 h drive back home. I put the remaining 8 in the display after temperature acclimating them, because I didn't wanna stress them further. I got a closer look at them in the display and one or two may have fin rot (white ringed holes eating into the fin from the back, like bite marks). Because of this I threw in Ich-X, Fritz Mardel Maracyn, and Fritz ParaCleanse all dosed for 30 gal yesterday 07/29/2020. This trio is recommended by Aquarium Coop to not harm invertebrates or the cycle and be safe to dose together. I dosed the display because I messed up and didn't quarantine them first.
After looking at one of the females, now that I think back on it I recall she looked a little strange when I got her but it didn't register, and today I noticed her gill covers are sticking way out and don't lay flat against her body. She is active and feeding.
I have very hard water about 20 drops GH last I checked (it is about 15/16 out of the tap) and KH is 5 drops
831 TDS (was 825 on 07/25 around normal on this tank)
Temp is 80.6 F (unheated, I do have a couple of spare heaters if needed)
PH - PH Pen =7.6 (was about 8 yesterday before meds and reading keeps dropping the longer it is tested and has never given me a steady reading)
PH - Tetra Easy Strips say PH is about 8.2 or 8.3 (which sounds closer to my normal water PH, not sure which is accurate)
Chlorine is 0
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 20
Will I need to treat her differently with something else than I am currently using? Anyone know what could be wrong?
After looking at one of the females, now that I think back on it I recall she looked a little strange when I got her but it didn't register, and today I noticed her gill covers are sticking way out and don't lay flat against her body. She is active and feeding.
I have very hard water about 20 drops GH last I checked (it is about 15/16 out of the tap) and KH is 5 drops
831 TDS (was 825 on 07/25 around normal on this tank)
Temp is 80.6 F (unheated, I do have a couple of spare heaters if needed)
PH - PH Pen =7.6 (was about 8 yesterday before meds and reading keeps dropping the longer it is tested and has never given me a steady reading)
PH - Tetra Easy Strips say PH is about 8.2 or 8.3 (which sounds closer to my normal water PH, not sure which is accurate)
Chlorine is 0
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 20
Will I need to treat her differently with something else than I am currently using? Anyone know what could be wrong?