Help! Fish In Shock?

[julia298]

OH MY GOD! wHAT HAVE I DONE TO MY FISH?

8 Guppies in quarantine tank. Just added protozin.

They all just went dead still and their eyes look dilated.

I put in less than 1ml . Its a 25liter tank. Is there anything I should do? Will they be Ok?

This was 2 mins ago. Moving a bit more but still very inactive!

 

[WILDER]

The can act weird when you first add the med, are they gasping.

Are you running an airstone

 

[julia298]

no not gasping but 6 of them, their eyes have gone completely black.

 

[WILDER]

Are you running an airstone, i would dilute it down with a water change quickly.

 

[julia298]

I put the air pump in earlier and that semed to freak them out so i turned it off. i dont whether its a bit powerful for this little tank.

I should do water change now?

 

[WILDER]

Dosn't it have a gang valve on it that you can turn up and down on the airstone, put a knot in the tubing to slow the flow down, and do a small water change just to dilute the med down abit.

 

[julia298]

ok will do dilute water now. Pump looks like an old one, it came with tank. Ill try the knot.

Thanks Wilder!

 

[WILDER]

As long as you have a valve as i don't wan't the pump getting blocked and causing the water flow to run backwards, so just a lose knot, not a tight one.

 

[julia298]

As long as you have a valve as i don't wan't the pump getting blocked and causing the water flow to run backwards, so just a lose knot, not a tight one.

OH DEAR. loose knot didn't do a think so I tied it TIGHT. Didn't think of that one. DER

 

[WILDER]

It's just to nip the pipe to slow the flow down, as they need extra aeration with a med, how are they doing now.

 

[julia298]

Just floating near surface, very still. Theyre eyes look awful.

 

[WILDER]

Something not right, did you do the water change, if so do another one.

 

[julia298]

Something not right, did you do the water change, if so do another one.

Only just done it. I used a very small syphon so it took me a while.

Will update in about 5 mins, if you're still around.

 

[WILDER]

ok, is the med a new one, or is it old med.

 

[julia298]

I bought it about 2 weeks ago. I used it in my main tank when one of my cardinals had columnaris. He's better and other fish were not affected so dont think its that.

I had already done a water change tonight before I notice one had whitespot. Ammonia was 0.25. Nitrite 0

Also rasied the temp to get rid of w.spot but it went up to 27 from 25. Is this too warm? The rroms very warm so i think it'll take a while for temp to come back down a bit.

5 of them have come around a bit. have swam over to other side of tank and eyes have gone back to normal. still slow.

Tails are flared. Would that be just cos theyre treading water.