Glass368
New Member
Hi guys, I have a guppy tank which currently has a mix of adults and juveniles and about 9 fry. I also have four otos (2 are juvenile).
I haven't introduced anything to the tank for months but last week I did remove about 15 juveniles to take to the LFS.
Last night I noticed that one of the guppies I've had for about 16 months had a white growth on his side. He's also hiding at the bottom of the tank a lot (it's planted).
I'm new to the hobby (about 2 years) and have been lucky enough not to encounter disease before so I'm unprepared. It doesn't look like anchor worm or fungus. To be honest, it looks like the roots potatoes put out when you've had them a while.
About an hour ago I put him in a bucket with some salted water for half an hour after reading it may help most infections.
It gave me chance to get a good look at him and its not good. Photos below.
I purchased him with a bent spine, he was my first fish and I felt sorry for him. He's been fine and has breeded with the females so no issues there.
The red colour is so much brighter than it was when I bought him. He almost seems transparent now, like I can see his insides. His body wasn't black but like a dark grey in colour and now he looks so sickly.
The growth appeared within about 24 hours. I ALWAYSinspect my fish when I feed them because I'm a paranoid newbie and it wasn't there the night before, or it was small enough I couldn't see it.
Does anyone know what it could be?
Tank size: 55l
pH: 6.6 (this is lower than usual. I check weekly and it's usually 7.6 or thereabouts. Could this be the cause? And what would cause PH to drop like that?)
ammonia: 0ppm
nitrite: 0ppm
nitrate: 10ppm
tank temp: 25 celcius
Volume and Frequency of water changes: about 25%-30% weekly
I haven't introduced anything to the tank for months but last week I did remove about 15 juveniles to take to the LFS.
Last night I noticed that one of the guppies I've had for about 16 months had a white growth on his side. He's also hiding at the bottom of the tank a lot (it's planted).
I'm new to the hobby (about 2 years) and have been lucky enough not to encounter disease before so I'm unprepared. It doesn't look like anchor worm or fungus. To be honest, it looks like the roots potatoes put out when you've had them a while.
About an hour ago I put him in a bucket with some salted water for half an hour after reading it may help most infections.
It gave me chance to get a good look at him and its not good. Photos below.
I purchased him with a bent spine, he was my first fish and I felt sorry for him. He's been fine and has breeded with the females so no issues there.
The red colour is so much brighter than it was when I bought him. He almost seems transparent now, like I can see his insides. His body wasn't black but like a dark grey in colour and now he looks so sickly.
The growth appeared within about 24 hours. I ALWAYSinspect my fish when I feed them because I'm a paranoid newbie and it wasn't there the night before, or it was small enough I couldn't see it.
Does anyone know what it could be?
Tank size: 55l
pH: 6.6 (this is lower than usual. I check weekly and it's usually 7.6 or thereabouts. Could this be the cause? And what would cause PH to drop like that?)
ammonia: 0ppm
nitrite: 0ppm
nitrate: 10ppm
tank temp: 25 celcius
Volume and Frequency of water changes: about 25%-30% weekly
