Bloated Male Guppy

[cowgirluntamed]

Just to update, my guppy is still the same. Still bloated. I got a couple of more days for the first week of melafix and pimafix treatment. I did notice this morning some definite stringy white poo. I mean real stringy. Haven't noticed that before so more than likely he probably has internal parasites/worms of some sort. He IS still eating and swimming around just fine. I have some API General Cure coming and will try that next. I was thinking of disolving it in a cup of the tank water, then soaking his food in it and then just putting everything in at the same time? That way the food has some time to soak up some of the meds so he can also get it in his system I hoping. Anyway, that's the update for now. This fish is for sure a fighter! I'll also treat my 10 gallon tank where he came from as well, just to make sure nobody else has any(one of them keeps going pale, not sure why, is fine otherwise). But, that's the update. Will post again soon!
   Kristen

 

[Bubble.Guppy]

Hope your guppy has improved in health! 

 

[AmtotheBurr]

Kristen, sorry to hear about this little guys troubles. I hope he's doing better after getting treated for parasites. Let us know.

 

[cowgirluntamed]

Just started the parasite treatment Wednesday morning with the api general cure. Following directions. I'm also treating the 10 gallon he came from just in case as well. Before I turned the light off tonight he has a really long piece of stringy poo. I know he started to poo before I went to bed so I don't know if this is the same only linger now or not. He had seemed sluggish a bit until I did my water change before treatment. That was the end of a week of melafix and pimafix so I hadn't done any water change but the parameters seemed OK. Ammonia was 0.25(my well water always reads this), nitrites were 0 and nitrates were 10. Hopefully this treatment will work. If not I'll do another round of treatment as well as take a cup of tank water and put a packet of the treatment in that and then soak the food before I feed it. That's the plan anyway. He's still going though! That gives me hope at least.
Kristen

 

[cowgirluntamed]

Sigh....he seemed OK last night before I turned the light off. He was dead this morning. at least I tried and he was less stressed by himself in the hospital tank. Rip TC. My poor yellow cobra. You were beautiful.
Kristen

Ps- still going to do treatment on the ten gallon with the parasite stuff. Just in case.

 

[Bubble.Guppy]

Sigh....he seemed OK last night before I turned the light off. He was dead this morning.

at least I tried and he was less stressed by himself in the hospital tank. Rip TC. My poor yellow cobra. You were beautiful.
Kristen

Ps- still going to do treatment on the ten gallon with the parasite stuff. Just in case.

 
Awww I am so sorry for your loss.... What a bummer....
Well you did try, that is all that matters!
 
Good idea on continuing the treatment just in case

 

[AmtotheBurr]

Sorry about the loss fish can be fickle things. Good luck with treating the rest of the tank

 

[cowgirluntamed]

Thanks guys. So far so good on the other tank. Gonna do the 2nd dose in the morning and then wait 48hrs to do the water change like it says. Then put carbon in. The one that kept going pale didn't seem as pale today but not sure if that was just him or not. Hopefully it's fine.
Kristen