Request Help Believe my guppies might have worms, had camallanus worms 2-3 months ago, symptoms showing again but haven't seen a worm yet.
Tank size: two 15 gallon tanks, one 55 gallon
pH: 7,6
ammonia: 0
nitrite: 0
nitrate: less than 10 in the two 15 gallons, 40ppm in 55 gallon before a 50% water change today.
kH: 10
gH: 15 dH (253ppm)
tank temp: 79 degrees F
Fish Symptoms (include full description including lesion, color, location, fish behavior): Some guppy fry appear long and thin, not developing as well as most of the fry. Have been losing some fry over the last couple of days. Not the adult fish, and not the newborn or very young fry, but the ones that are between one and a half to two months old seem to be the worst affected. Now an adult guppy has become thin in the last day or two, and today, her tail is drooping. Reminds me very much of how things began when I ended up having camallanus worms a few months ago. The adult female who is struggling gave birth to her first batch of fry earlier this week. Wondering if the worm load is harder on the fry who are old enough for worms to have developed, but aren't as large and robust as the adults, and the one female is weaker having just given birth and struggling with the worm load. Have not yet seen any worms protruding, but it took a long time before I actually saw worms on one fish the last time this happened too. Fish still eating.
Volume and Frequency of water changes: Weekly, between 30-50%.
Chemical Additives or Media in your tank: Plant fertiliser and root tabs sporadically, not recently.
Tank inhabitants: Main tank -cherry shrimp and otos. Quarantine tank (15 gal) 9 adult guppies, few sub adults, many fry were moved into the other day since I'm tearing down tanks to do a new set up. Cycled filters added though, and water test results as above. 55 gallon - mollies, platies, two botia, two bronze cories, some tetra, many fry.
Recent additions to your tank (living or decoration): 4 new shrimp, 4 new plants. Drip acclimated shrimp, did not add shop water to my tanks, but not quarantined.
Exposure to chemicals: No.
Digital photo (include if possible): Terrible light on this quarantine tank so hard to get a good photo, sorry. But posting a before photo of the adult female from a couple of days ago before she dropped her fry compared to today, so you can see the tail drooping at least. Also best shot I could get of long 1-2 month old fry.
And today:
I've dosed the guppy/quarantine tank today with eSHa-ndx since I had some left from last time, figured I'd start with that then try the gdx? if it doesn't work. Realising that I'm going to need to treat the otos/shrimp tank and the 55 gallon as well, since I use the same nets/bucket etc between all three tanks. I'm getting paranoid about sterilising things though, especially the plants. I need some guidance please on how to eradicate this stuff, and any eggs, hopefully without losing the plant collection I've been building for the past year. But I want my fish healthy again and don't want this to recur.
Tank size: two 15 gallon tanks, one 55 gallon
pH: 7,6
ammonia: 0
nitrite: 0
nitrate: less than 10 in the two 15 gallons, 40ppm in 55 gallon before a 50% water change today.
kH: 10
gH: 15 dH (253ppm)
tank temp: 79 degrees F
Fish Symptoms (include full description including lesion, color, location, fish behavior): Some guppy fry appear long and thin, not developing as well as most of the fry. Have been losing some fry over the last couple of days. Not the adult fish, and not the newborn or very young fry, but the ones that are between one and a half to two months old seem to be the worst affected. Now an adult guppy has become thin in the last day or two, and today, her tail is drooping. Reminds me very much of how things began when I ended up having camallanus worms a few months ago. The adult female who is struggling gave birth to her first batch of fry earlier this week. Wondering if the worm load is harder on the fry who are old enough for worms to have developed, but aren't as large and robust as the adults, and the one female is weaker having just given birth and struggling with the worm load. Have not yet seen any worms protruding, but it took a long time before I actually saw worms on one fish the last time this happened too. Fish still eating.
Volume and Frequency of water changes: Weekly, between 30-50%.
Chemical Additives or Media in your tank: Plant fertiliser and root tabs sporadically, not recently.
Tank inhabitants: Main tank -cherry shrimp and otos. Quarantine tank (15 gal) 9 adult guppies, few sub adults, many fry were moved into the other day since I'm tearing down tanks to do a new set up. Cycled filters added though, and water test results as above. 55 gallon - mollies, platies, two botia, two bronze cories, some tetra, many fry.
Recent additions to your tank (living or decoration): 4 new shrimp, 4 new plants. Drip acclimated shrimp, did not add shop water to my tanks, but not quarantined.
Exposure to chemicals: No.
Digital photo (include if possible): Terrible light on this quarantine tank so hard to get a good photo, sorry. But posting a before photo of the adult female from a couple of days ago before she dropped her fry compared to today, so you can see the tail drooping at least. Also best shot I could get of long 1-2 month old fry.
And today:
I've dosed the guppy/quarantine tank today with eSHa-ndx since I had some left from last time, figured I'd start with that then try the gdx? if it doesn't work. Realising that I'm going to need to treat the otos/shrimp tank and the 55 gallon as well, since I use the same nets/bucket etc between all three tanks. I'm getting paranoid about sterilising things though, especially the plants. I need some guidance please on how to eradicate this stuff, and any eggs, hopefully without losing the plant collection I've been building for the past year. But I want my fish healthy again and don't want this to recur.
