Guppy injured please help!

[Tl52505]

When I got home earlier I noticed my female guppy stuck to the filter. I used my net to get her unstuck and thought nothing of it because it is a small fish and it could easily be stuck. After observing the fish just swam right to the bottom and is now just laying there. Anything I can do?

 

[Tl52505]

It would appear I found the issue, it looks like a bite was taken from the underside, I don’t see how it could have been from the filter but I also don’t have any fish that could have taken a bite that size, I have 4 black skirt tetras, all small except one, and 5 neon tetras, and a small common pleco. It doesnt really look too good for the fish, what should I do with her. I feel it would be best to euthanize it but I don’t know how I would do that or if i could bring myself to do it

 

[Tl52505]

She is still eating and can swim when I nudge her but when I did and she started swimming other fish started biting at her I could put in quarantine tank but I don’t know if that would help with the physical injury

 

[Colin_T]

Put her in a separate tank asap.

Add some salt and cross fingers.

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SALT
You can add rock salt (often sold as aquarium salt), sea salt, or swimming pool salt to the aquarium at the dose rate of 2 heaped tablespoons of salt per 20 litres.

Keep the salt level like this for at least 2 weeks but no longer than 4 weeks otherwise kidney damage can occur. Kidney damage is more likely to occur in fish from soft water (tetras, Corydoras, angelfish, Bettas & gouramis, loaches) that are exposed to high levels of salt for an extended period of time, and is not an issue with livebearers, rainbowfish or other salt tolerant species.

The salt will not affect the beneficial filter bacteria, fish, plants, shrimp or snails.

After you use salt and the fish have recovered, you do a 10% water change each day for a week using only fresh water that has been dechlorinated. Then do a 20% water change each day for a week. Then you can do bigger water changes after that. This dilutes the salt out of the tank slowly so it doesn't harm the fish.

If you do water changes while using salt, you need to treat the new water with salt before adding it to the tank. This will keep the salt level stable in the tank and minimise stress on the fish.

When you first add salt, add the salt to a small bucket of tank water and dissolve the salt. Then slowly pour the salt water into the tank near the filter outlet. Add the salt over a couple of minutes.

 

[Tl52505]

Put her in a separate tank asap.

Add some salt and cross fingers.

----------------------
SALT
You can add rock salt (often sold as aquarium salt), sea salt, or swimming pool salt to the aquarium at the dose rate of 2 heaped tablespoons of salt per 20 litres.

Keep the salt level like this for at least 2 weeks but no longer than 4 weeks otherwise kidney damage can occur. Kidney damage is more likely to occur in fish from soft water (tetras, Corydoras, angelfish, Bettas & gouramis, loaches) that are exposed to high levels of salt for an extended period of time, and is not an issue with livebearers, rainbowfish or other salt tolerant species.

The salt will not affect the beneficial filter bacteria, fish, plants, shrimp or snails.

After you use salt and the fish have recovered, you do a 10% water change each day for a week using only fresh water that has been dechlorinated. Then do a 20% water change each day for a week. Then you can do bigger water changes after that. This dilutes the salt out of the tank slowly so it doesn't harm the fish.

If you do water changes while using salt, you need to treat the new water with salt before adding it to the tank. This will keep the salt level stable in the tank and minimise stress on the fish.

When you first add salt, add the salt to a small bucket of tank water and dissolve the salt. Then slowly pour the salt water into the tank near the filter outlet. Add the salt over a couple of minutes.

Well I came back 10 minutes later and she was dead