Help!

[Mogurako]

One of my female swords has a white discoloration on her body, what is it?

Jesse

 

[WILDER]

can you post test results in ammonia,nitrite,nitrate, and ph,also do they look like white patches on the body, or a film.

 

[Mogurako]

can you post test results in ammonia,nitrite,nitrate, and ph,also do they look like white patches on the body, or a film.

Its sort of an opaque filmish looking substance. All of my other fish look healthy. Also if it helps any i just treated an out break of ich a few weeks back.

Ph 7.6
nitrite 0
nitrate 40
ammonia unsure

Jesse

 

[WILDER]

Try putting some salt in the tank, and even a salt bath, have you kept the fish with neon tetra's.

 

[Mogurako]

No tetras, the only fish that are in there are sword tails.

Jesse

 

[sylvia]

Could it be some kind of fungus or infection? Add some salt (swordtails and other livebearers naturaly preffer to have salt in their water) and add a little melafix to see if that improves the situation. Also consider raising the temperature *slightly* whilst medicating.