kitty falol
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Hi everyone
I have a yellow male guppy in my tank. I've had him longer than any of my other guppies, about 5 months in total. Unfortunately I wasn't told about cycling my tank when I first bought him, so he's actually the only fish that survived my cycle
and I think that this has made him weaker than any of my other fish.
About a month ago he started showing symptoms of an internal bacterial infection - he was shimmying, his belly was very swollen and he had very white stringy poo. I treated him for that and although the swelling went down and his faeces got better (sorry tmi!) he still shimmies and he can't swim quite as fast as all my other guppies.
Anyway, to get to the point, last week I noticed a grey patch on his belly so I treated with Melafix and I've done a couple of 20% water changes since but the patch seems to be getting darker.
Is there anything I can do? Is it some sort of slime of fungus? I'm really not sure what to treat him for.
I've attached a couple of pictures, sorry they're not brilliant but he's still fairly active, despite his disability.
*My water parameters are ammonia 0, nitrite 0, nitrates barely reading.
*I do a 20% water change every week, although this has been more often since he's been ill.
*I usually add Stress Zyme and Stress coat to the water when I change it, but I've recently been putting Melafix in.
*There are 4 other adult guppies in my tank, along with about 18 guppy fry.
*The tank is 15 US gallons, 13 UK gallons.
*I haven't added any new fish since the end of August, but all the fry have been born in the tank since then.
I really hope you can help me. He still looks happy and fairly active, but I'm just worried I'm going to lose him
Kathryn
I have a yellow male guppy in my tank. I've had him longer than any of my other guppies, about 5 months in total. Unfortunately I wasn't told about cycling my tank when I first bought him, so he's actually the only fish that survived my cycle
and I think that this has made him weaker than any of my other fish.About a month ago he started showing symptoms of an internal bacterial infection - he was shimmying, his belly was very swollen and he had very white stringy poo. I treated him for that and although the swelling went down and his faeces got better (sorry tmi!) he still shimmies and he can't swim quite as fast as all my other guppies.
Anyway, to get to the point, last week I noticed a grey patch on his belly so I treated with Melafix and I've done a couple of 20% water changes since but the patch seems to be getting darker.
Is there anything I can do? Is it some sort of slime of fungus? I'm really not sure what to treat him for.
I've attached a couple of pictures, sorry they're not brilliant but he's still fairly active, despite his disability.
*My water parameters are ammonia 0, nitrite 0, nitrates barely reading.
*I do a 20% water change every week, although this has been more often since he's been ill.
*I usually add Stress Zyme and Stress coat to the water when I change it, but I've recently been putting Melafix in.
*There are 4 other adult guppies in my tank, along with about 18 guppy fry.
*The tank is 15 US gallons, 13 UK gallons.
*I haven't added any new fish since the end of August, but all the fry have been born in the tank since then.
I really hope you can help me. He still looks happy and fairly active, but I'm just worried I'm going to lose him
Kathryn
