Familyfishny
Fish Fanatic
Hello, we are a small family that has started trying to keep fish over the last few months. We currently have 3 Cory catfish of a muted grey (green or bronze, maybe?), five assorted guppies, and one plecostomus of undetermined species. 37 gallon tank, heater (79-80), plant media substrate, live plants, waterfall filter and bubble wall. API master test kit, Water parameters:
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate between 5 and 10
pH: 7.8
Tank is cycled, but we’ve only had the fish a few weeks.
Issues: we lost two guppies this morning, one with fin rot and the other with loss of floatation/ swim bladder issue. Our previously exuberant corys are subdued and potentially covered in a fine brown film? Their fins look entire. Given the fin rot, a white dot on a guppy fin, and the sad Cory’s, I started a course of API fin & body cure (doxycycline hyclate) tonight, and am wondering if that’s a good idea. We also turned down the heater a bit, which had drifted up to 80.
We’re also struggling with how much to feed them, as the cories seem like they take a while to eat but the guppies will gorge as long as they physically can. Any advice from the experienced fish keepers on the forum would be most welcome.
Oh, and I fished two baby guppies out this morning and stuck them is the so-recently vacated hospital tank. How much food do they need?
Photos: potentially sick corys, orange tail potential fin rot victim (RIP), potentially over fed other guppies.
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate between 5 and 10
pH: 7.8
Tank is cycled, but we’ve only had the fish a few weeks.
Issues: we lost two guppies this morning, one with fin rot and the other with loss of floatation/ swim bladder issue. Our previously exuberant corys are subdued and potentially covered in a fine brown film? Their fins look entire. Given the fin rot, a white dot on a guppy fin, and the sad Cory’s, I started a course of API fin & body cure (doxycycline hyclate) tonight, and am wondering if that’s a good idea. We also turned down the heater a bit, which had drifted up to 80.
We’re also struggling with how much to feed them, as the cories seem like they take a while to eat but the guppies will gorge as long as they physically can. Any advice from the experienced fish keepers on the forum would be most welcome.
Oh, and I fished two baby guppies out this morning and stuck them is the so-recently vacated hospital tank. How much food do they need?
Photos: potentially sick corys, orange tail potential fin rot victim (RIP), potentially over fed other guppies.
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