willowstwin
Fishaholic
Hi All
First off, tank info/background. 48 litres, water changes of 20% weekly with dechlor. Water stats:
pH 6.8
Ammonia: 0
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 50
Tempt 28C
I treat my tank with a very mild dose for white spot (mild due to snails and shrimp in my tank) a few weeks before christmas, and that cleared up nicely.
3 weeks ago I lost guppy number 1 (who has always been fatter than the rest) who had been in the tank for 4 months:
7am - feeding time, all looked well, G1 barging others out of way as per usual for first pick of majority of food.
4pm - get home from work, G1's belly looks bigger (almost like a pregnant female), and poo was clear (like empty casing). Very lethargic. Moved to a storage box with a heater and a small filter with the spare chunk of filter media I keep loose in my own filter. By 9pm he was laid on the bottom hardly moving and by 10pm he was dead with a bloody line underneath his tummy. I thought it could be swim bladder, but as he could submerge, I thought maybe it was because he was greedy and just constipated...
1 and a half weeks ago I lost guppy number 2 - been in the tank 3 months:
A non-feed day. 10am he didn't respond to role call (I tap my fingers gently on the front glass and all the fish come for a look) but sometimes he can be grumpy. 5pm, he's really lethargic with reddish gills (he was tuxedo - silvery white at the front, black at the back, so red ws easier to spot). Other than lethargy and red gills he looked normal in body shape and colour. He died that night.
A few days ago I lost guppy number 3 - been in the tank 7 months:
7am feeding time - I noticed he looked anorexic - his stomach came in and he looked arched (even though his back was normal). Again, isolation into the heated storage tub/hospital tank. He died that afternoon. Yet he looked fine the night before.
So 3 different guppies, 3 different lengths of time in the tank, 3 different symptoms. My neon tetras are fine.
Any ideas?
Willow
First off, tank info/background. 48 litres, water changes of 20% weekly with dechlor. Water stats:
pH 6.8
Ammonia: 0
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 50
Tempt 28C
I treat my tank with a very mild dose for white spot (mild due to snails and shrimp in my tank) a few weeks before christmas, and that cleared up nicely.
3 weeks ago I lost guppy number 1 (who has always been fatter than the rest) who had been in the tank for 4 months:
7am - feeding time, all looked well, G1 barging others out of way as per usual for first pick of majority of food.
4pm - get home from work, G1's belly looks bigger (almost like a pregnant female), and poo was clear (like empty casing). Very lethargic. Moved to a storage box with a heater and a small filter with the spare chunk of filter media I keep loose in my own filter. By 9pm he was laid on the bottom hardly moving and by 10pm he was dead with a bloody line underneath his tummy. I thought it could be swim bladder, but as he could submerge, I thought maybe it was because he was greedy and just constipated...
1 and a half weeks ago I lost guppy number 2 - been in the tank 3 months:
A non-feed day. 10am he didn't respond to role call (I tap my fingers gently on the front glass and all the fish come for a look) but sometimes he can be grumpy. 5pm, he's really lethargic with reddish gills (he was tuxedo - silvery white at the front, black at the back, so red ws easier to spot). Other than lethargy and red gills he looked normal in body shape and colour. He died that night.
A few days ago I lost guppy number 3 - been in the tank 7 months:
7am feeding time - I noticed he looked anorexic - his stomach came in and he looked arched (even though his back was normal). Again, isolation into the heated storage tub/hospital tank. He died that afternoon. Yet he looked fine the night before.
So 3 different guppies, 3 different lengths of time in the tank, 3 different symptoms. My neon tetras are fine.
Any ideas?
Willow
