Could It Be Nipping?

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julia298

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Hi I posted a question earlier asking about a guppy that has a bright red line across its tail and the fish has been hiding at top sicne I got it. (other guppy is fine which i got at same time).

Have just caught a zebradanio chasing it full pelt around tank. Could the red be blood from nipping. I didn't think fish would bleed from end of their tails.
 
No i doubt it, probably chasing it as he knows the fish is ill, fish are funny sometimes when they are ill, it would of been better if you could of issolated the sick fish.

I'm not the writer of this article.

Tail and fin rot can be prevented by keeping ammonia and nitrite levels low, adding salt at regular intervals, and quarantine of new fish. Guppies are particularly susceptible to this disease, and you will first recognize it as a ragged edge on the tail fin. Healthy adult tail fins should have a fairly straight edge, though sometimes adolescents will have temporary ragged fins due to uneven growth. As the disease progresses, the other fins become ragged, and the fins develop a white (sometimes though not always, fuzzy) margin. Sometimes, the fins will also develop red bloodspots. If the disease is allowed to continue, your guppies will die. In most species of fish this disease is a combination of bacteria and fungus on the fins themselves, however guppies tend towards acquiring an internal bacterial infection which spreads to the fins. You may try the salt treatment (instructions given later), as this sometimes does the trick. If that doesn't work, an antibiotic such as tetracycline can be used. Let your pet shop help you. They will specifically need to know if you use a bio-filter as many antibiotics will kill your filter.



Also he has red spots on the head and he needs trreating, a fish can't do that.
 

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