broken guppy....

[cecilbdemented]

I recently introduced some new female guppies to my tank. one of them (1 week ish later) is having trouble staying upright, keeps floating onto her side then fighting upright again. Also, she isnt swimming right, if this makes sense, she is swimming with her head not her tail, and is just going with the current for the most part. She also has red/purple colour under her gills (i cant remember if this is new or normal though) and red infront of and around her anus.

Can anyone advise?

water at 0,0,0 for amo, nitrite and nitrate.

Also, i was about to post anyway a query about the other new guppies. a few have, occasionally, flicked in the sand and swam around in 'jolts', and this looked like descriptions of gill fluke symptoms, but they dont do it much and i cant see anything wrong with the gills. Would you advise treating premediatively for this or what?
thanks for all your help.phil

 

[wuvmybetta]

You wouldn't want to medicate the guppies unless you were absolutely sure. Keep your eye on them though. Look for inflammed gills.

The female guppy sounds like she most certainly has a swim bladder disorder. The easiest and quickest cure is more frozen food,less dry.

 

[cecilbdemented]

Thanks for your help. Sadly when i got up this morning the little girl was dead. But ill keep an eye on the others gills and get some frozen foods.
all the best.phil