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Ok thanks Wilder, none of them are showing any of the above mentioned symptoms at the moment. Will try the garlic juice too.

To make it worse one of my platies from my main tank died last night too. Got no idea what killed him. I'd had him for 7 weeks without any problems. I wish I could be sure that that was the end of my loss, but not holding out much hope :(

That is why I am finding it so hard, none of the fish have been displaying any odd symptoms. They all look exactly the same and believe me i have spent a lot of time staring at them these last few days. What should i look out for. Is there a distinct visible difference between parasite poo...

I had to ask my hubby to euthanize Fire. His back was arched, his tail was almost black and not moving; it was horrible to watch :( And as if that wasnt bad enough, he has just removed a dead platy from my main tank :( Everything was fine til I bought my last lot of guppies. The LFS where I...

Hi Vinylman Sorry amonia is 0. I have just tested it again as I have just had to retrieve a dead platy from the bottom of the tank. I am not happy, part of me wishes I had never bought those 5 guppies, one has died and now Fire look all withery to the point where I think I need to euthanize...

Thanks Wilder His tail appears to have "shrunk" now is that because the filter/water flow isnt very powerful, I am sure I have read somewhere that guppies like/need a powerful flow to keep their tails fluffed up. Do you know anything about that. Sorry to keep bugging you, but you are a font...

Thanks Syphoniera, I am really sorry bout your fish and how they died it must have been really horrible to watch. I noticed after my post that another of my fish had worms, so have started treating the whole tank. They seem ok but like to said you never know what is going on inside. I am...

Oh bummer about the waterlife med. Should I still continue with the treatment, it said to give 5 doses, one every other day. I have got no idea how old the guppy was I bought him the same day as Fire. Absolutely no symptoms at all. I took some pics of him yesterday, will add them in a bit...

Oh my goodness, I dont know who is more distressed me or my fish!! I have been having problems with one of my guppies (see from my "fainting guppy" discussion in the emergencies section). "Fire"(my fainting fish) is in a 5 gallon on his own, cause I moved him out of the main tank a few days...

Hi Ficious, how random glad your fishy is ok, hopefully fire will be too. Wilder, I took my camera to my LFS and he said if is defo a worm of some sort and has given me some Sterazin, so I am gonna treat him with that. But when I got back home I noticed that one of my other new guppies has...

Yeah definately, sorry didnt mean to give you the impression that I wasnt going to bother, was going to try my LFS tomorrow thought it might be quicker than ordering it online

Wow can't believe how much the fish like peas, decided to treat the fish in the other tank to some peas too just in case Thanks Wilder you are a fish life saver

Peas are going in now, is it worth checking his poo again today, will the peas work that fast. Did you see the pics I put on today, would you describe that that mucus poo or long string poo. Oooh this poorly fish business is very confusing to a newbie.

No, will do the pea thing right now. Is it best to worm the guppies in the other tank then, will it be safe for the other fish, not really sure how this worming thing works if they are in a community tank Ta

Just when I thought he was on the mend, I have checked him today and his poo is clear with white blobs in it. Does that mean he has an infection and I need to get him some meds. If so, what should I get or is it best to ask the LFS. Ta

Glad you think he looks ok, sorry the quality isnt very good but the little blighter wouldnt keep still and we havent got a very good light in there either. I will move him out next week then, didnt realise they need so much space. Thanks ever so much for your help, I really appreciate it.

Ok will give him a couple a bit later. He seems perfectly normal, swimming around quite happily. His tail isnt dipping he is eating normally, it is just so bizarre. Am I right in thinking that I can get 3 guppies in a 5 gallon, or if not is there any other fish that he could live with cause...

They didnt appear to catch them roughly, but they may have done cause they came from 4 different tanks. Maybe Fire got roughed up a bit. I think I can divert the flow, at the moment it is blowing out the top funnel only. I will change it to blowing out of all 3. Will it be ok to leave him in...

I have got 10 live plants in there already, well technically you could say it is 6 cause I have broken one of them up into 4 sections. I tested my tap water before with the "crappy test kit" and got the same results. I have 7 guppies, 4 danios and 5 platies plus two platy fry in a 136L tank...

Yeah it was I cycled tank, it had a platy fry in it up until a week ago but I kept it running, glad I did now. Fire seems ok now, I transferred him back to the main tank bout 6 hours ago and he is just swimming around normally, like my other guppies. Will keep an eye on him though and put him...

That's cool!!!! I wasnt havin a go, honestly.

LOL I laughed all day about that one. What I wanna know is why didnt any "experts" pick up on my deliberate mistake. They do sort of look a little similar, maybe, perhaps, ok.... not at all :)

Just for the record... I discovered at the weekend after a trip to my LFS that they are glowlight danios not glowlight tetras. I will pay more attention to the full name next time I buy fish. Silly me :blush:

Just in case there is someone else out there as dumb as me, thought i ought to update you.... Went to my LFS at the weekend to ask about my "glowlight tetra" and to buy some more fish, but as per usual it was heaving so thought I would compare my fish to the ones in the LFS and discovered that...

Hi, thanks for responding yeah it was a "crappy test strip" as you call it. It's an eSHa one if that makes a difference. It is the same test kit that my LFS use. I am sure that the LFS man said that these were just as good as the liquid ones,but I wouldnt swear to it. Didnt realise some...

Guess no-one has any suggestions.... oh well.... I will keep posting on here anyway. Fire seems to be ok at the moment, he has been swimming up and down in a straight line like most fish do. I read somewhere else that someones fish (not a guppy) used to "play dead" when it felt scared and i...

I thought Fire had died when i checked on him this am, but he just had an extra long fainting session. I transferred him to an empty 5 gallon tank I have and went to work. When I got home he was swimming on his side and didnt seem to know what he was doing, so I rang the LFS i got him from...

I think one of my guppies is ill. I bought 5 on Saturday from LFS other 4 appear to be fine, but "Fire" appears to be fainting every few minutes. He swims around and then just stops and he floats to the bottom, "comes back to life" and heads straight for the surface. I only noticed about an...

lol yeah I know I was just yanking ya chain. Sometimes things can get a bit heated in fish forums, just wanted to make sure my conversations dont go that way. Yeah I also put it in the cypranids, chacophony section.... sorry couldnt remember how to spell the technical species types. but no one...

Tap Nitrate between 25 and 50. Yeah the markings are black, when was the last time you saw a tabby cat with white stripes :lol: :)