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I have given a new course of anti-internal parasite treatment with no results. Would anyone have any idea what these two fish could have?

Hi, My female Leopard Danio is swollen on her left side and therefore she looks like she's not totally straight. This has been a couple of weeks. A male danio is breathing heavily and his operculums are open, left one more showing the gills. This has been about a week. Otherwise both of them...

Hi, Thank you for your reply. The fungus or whatever fluff is gone, but the black dot is still there. Someone on another board suggested that it might be a wound from whatever. It's possible that is right, because he's full of energy and shows no signs of tiredness or any other signs of worry...

A day later and after one day on malachite green: And the fin on day 2:

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Picture 2.

You can see pictures here. Pictures on the first day:

Hi, My male Zebra Danio has some strange looking lump or growth on his lower lip. He's so small I have a problem seeing it properly even with a magnifying glass so I will try my best to describe it. Here are the details: 1. Tank size: 140 L 2. Water parameters and brand of test kit used...

Here are new photos of the dark coat: Could this be Velvet or Costia? Or is it just the fish's reaction to bacteria? The original parameters in the first thread were for the main tank. I needed to add the hospital tank parameters from today: Nitrate 5 Ammonia 0.5 pH 7.8 Nitrite 0 I can...

Yesterday, I did a 30% water change and re-dosed Sera Baktopur Direct (active ingredient Nifurpirinol) and Jungle Parasite Clear. This morning I noticed that the fish's back is covered with brown splotches and she's lost more weight as she has stopped eating. She has also started to do darting...

I thought I'd put an update here. The fish is still energetic and behaving normally. She still has two bumps on her. I read on the internet that that kind of a bump above the butt can be a bacterial infection. I put her on internal bacteria medication yesterday. Sera Baktopur Direct with an...

Hi, Our female zebra danio has had some problems recently. Here are the required details: 1. What is the size of your tank? 140 L 2. What are your water parameters? State the brand of test kit used. Ammonium 0 Nitrite 0 Nitrate 10 pH 7.4 We use the API Master Testkit. 3. Is your aquarium...

Hi, Thank you for your reply. I have reduced giving bloodworms to the fish as they don't always seem to bring healthy results. Sadly the fish had gone in such a bad shape that we had to euthanize her. I didn't see much chances for survival anymore even with the right medication. Thank you for...

Thank you for your reply. Yes, I guess being egg bound could be a possibility. The tank temperature has been raised and we gave her a very gentle short massage to hopefully help that if that is the case. However, I somehow think it could be something else. It's not swim bladder disease. It's...

Here are a few photos: I noticed her back has some discolouration as well, like splotches of lighter and darker patches 2-3mm in diameter as you can see in the last photo. Any advice would be appreciated. Thank you.

Hi, Thank you for your reply. I decided to do a 35% water change and not add Epsom salt. I also added a little more metronidazole. The temperature will go up within a few hours naturally as it seems the day's going to be nice and warm, but I'll keep it there. We got advice from elsewhere to...

Little addition: I've just watched the fish swim a little and every time she uses effort to swim, she swim sideways and upside down and just doesn't stay up. Then when she stops trying and just floats, she's tilted sideways about 45 degrees from the upright position. Does this sound familiar to...

Hi, Since last Saturday, 3 days ago, my zebra danio female hasn't been well. She doesn't eat and had problems staying upright so clearly some swim bladder related problems. She tilts 45 degrees and sometimes even 90 degrees sideways when swimming. Most of the time she sits in a plant and lets...

The little pal hasn't changed to better or worse. He's still swimming around and eating normally. The only thing is that he looks thin. If anyone has any ideas of this, I'd be very greatful. Thank you.

Hi, My male zebra danio has lost quite a bit of weight. He has developed a "neck" so the neck area is thinner and also behind the stomach. He eats normally and swims around with fins open, but he's lost weight and it's worrying. The only thing I see wrong is the weight loss. Today when I...

Thank you for your replies and help!!! We had to put her down yesterday. I spoke to someone who's specialised in fish and she said it really is the best thing because as I gave her the description of the symptoms, she said it really sounds like tuberculosis, belly full of fluids and bacterial...

Thank you very much for your reply. We've done a 25% water change yesterday and renewed the parasite treatment, which says it's also for body and gill flukes (Jungle's Parasite Clear). We put aquarium salt in the tank to ease gill functions and to kill parasites and increased the temperature...

I wanted to update the details here. I cannot think of what I should do about my female zebra danio is just sitting on the bottom of the tank (mostly on her belly, but a little bit of the time leaning on her fins, the latter being better). She takes some funny swim in circles. Could be because...

Yesterday, I added an internal parasite treatment and a treatment for blue green algae (after someone who knows a lot about fish said it's fine to put both), but this morning I don't see Julie (the female danio) any better. She's lost weight as she hasn't eaten for 2 days. Please, if anyone has...

Hi, I know that water quality can become really bad if you use hairsprays or scented candles in the house. Even one use affects the water a lot. I'm not a specialist with water quality, but my tank has really good ones and my husband who's got education in these matters says no hairspray or...

This morning the fish seemed first a little better. She swam a little. I still didn't see her eat at all. Yesterday I did a little water change, maybe 15% or so. We have some blue green algae in the tank at the moment. Could this be caused by that? I'm worried about my little fish, who sits on...

Hi, Thank you for your reply. Here are two photos attached with all her beauty. I did think of some swimbladder issues before, not that she seems to have a huge problem clearly. I certainly hope it's just constipation and being eggy and nothing more serious. Her fins seem a bit sad (not...

I wanted to add here some more information that I have noticed since yesterday. The danio female is not eating much now and is hiding away quite a bit. It also seems that she is not straight. Her body curves to the right. I read that this could mean she's going to lay eggs soon. So she...

Hi, I cannot think of what I should do about my female zebra danio who just eats and eats and eats and is really fat. We have 6 other fish in the tank and no one else is over-weight. I tried cutting down on food and all other fish started to lose weight, but not my Julie. She kept eating all...