Ok. This gon be long. I tried to get good pictures, but fish b fish ukno
I've had 5 (6, but one died already from whatever it is that's wrong) female guppies since january. I bought them online from a good seller. They came healthy (and preggo
), totally fine these past few months. They were healthy, I stared at them for so long to be sure (even with a magnifying glass lmao), so I know their illness has to be on my end??? It's gotta b
Anyways, a couple weeks ago, my female guppies, and only my female guppies (in a tank with some platies, swordtail couple, one Cory, two black skirt tetra, two male guppies, plecos) have started to become emaciated, or what looks like wasting disease. There is also occasional flashing (only the female guppies), although they have been doing it less and less as the days pass. Most hang at the bottom of the tank, flash occasionally against the substrate, and they 'wobble' while they stay in place like it takes great effort to swim?? (Not all the time, sometimes they swim around normally, forage, explore like a healthy fish) unless they're super emaciated and weak, than it's a constant struggle.
They eat, but don't have an appetite like a healthy fish should, (but they do eat enough to not cause emacitation) but obviously bc there's smth wrong. Aside from these things, there are abso-fukin-lutely no other symptoms. No spots, fungus, stringy/white poo, bloating, erratic swimming, any kinda visible outside skin irritant/symptom that is obvious even with a magnifying glass.
There are two guppies I raised from birth that I put in this tank recently (both been fine for the 6+ months they'd been in a seperate planted 10gal). One was preggo, she had a large gravid spot for awhile, and had been anticipating her giving birth. A few weeks, or less, after being put into my problem tank she seemed fine. No outwards signs or behaviour that was off/wrong. Only, she looked extra fat. I thought it was bc she was hella ready to give birth, but no. Instead, even though she was acting completely fine the entire time, the next day I found her dead. I cried internally, examined my baby gorl's body and saw nothing. She was just extra swollen/bloated. NO dropsy. No constipation. No...nothing.
I haven't been able to find anyone else who's had this problem. I've scowered the internet, been looking everywhere trying to find what the hell is wrong. I'm so tired of having sick fish. I can never keep them alive for more than a few months in this tank, at max. So I'm angry at myself bc it's obviously smth I'm doing wrong AHDKKDNDBSJJDBFKDK
SORRy back on topic: now. Aside from my guppies, there is another thing going on in the same tank. Dunno if it's a problem or not bc they act fine, but my female (not the males!!) platies, and female swordtail have swollen? Bloated? Stomachs/abdomens. I think it's swollen...they aren't as thin looking like the healthy fish pics I've found online, and I'm...90% positive they didn't look like this when I first got them...? No, it's not dropsy, scales are fine. Nope, not overfeeding, or constipation. No, they aren't preggo. They don't have a gravid spot...they're just,,,thICc...this can't be right? My female swodrtail gave birth to the last of her babies a few weeks ago, (at that time she did have a gravid spot) yet she remains round, swollen, like she still has yet to give birth.
Ok now, on top of that, there is a problem as a whole; all of my platies, (not the swordtail pair, tetras, or Cory) are ? listless sometimes, likes smths wrong? Or rather, they kinda sit down in a spot, n sometimes clamp their fins. As soon as the food comes out, everyone's fine and the bahaviour goes away for a bit until they stop foreging (aside from a few of my sicker looking guppies).
Ive had my two tetras (plus a Cory) for 6+ months and they have remained healthy as fk thru all that's been going on in this tank (I'll explain 'everything' next paragraph), which confuses and frustrates me more bc all the oThEr FISh keep getting sick and die off. but heyy, plecos are completely fine; they came from the same place I bought my platies/guppies.
I'm really wondering if this tank is just contaminated as fuk because for the past few years I have NOT been able to keep fish alive in it for long.
This tank has been treated for velvet disease (at the time, my Cory, tetras, and pleco) with a copper treatment. I wasn't completely sure if it even WAS velvet disease because they didn't have actual visible dust, specks on their skin, tho they had a few of the other symptoms. I think it did help though, and maybe it saved a few of my fish. Can't honestly say.
Ok so after treating with copper, I redid my whole tank. The one thing I did keep out of the whole tank cleaning was the substrate. It's called contrasoil, a mix of volcano and dirt, or smth like that. Anyways, it's for a planted tank, so I kept it after rinsing it the best I could. This is just a few weeks before I added my new fish (the platies, swordtail, guppy, pleco). Everything checked out fine, so I added the new fish. Now you're caught up on the timeline, and can move back to the top of this wall of text where everything began to happen
:___)
Right now, I am treating this tank with prazipro. I just started the second dose. I'm treating for internal parasites. That's honestly the only thing I can think of, or what few things the internet forums and few comments online say. Sadly, I haven't seen any improvement. I'm used to this shiet by now
This tank is planted with some added ferts. I will add, bc it's making me super frustrated on top of my sick fish, that the plants aren't growing well. They are honestly...just slowly withering away, even with nutrient rich substrate and ferts. They are super "resilient, easy!!" plants, as every single person says. Hey guppies are easy, ppl can't seem to stop them from breeding. Me, I can't keep any **** alive.
EVERHYthing is so healthy in my 10gal planted tank. The plants are beautiful and the water is pristine, I've copied everything I did for it, to this 30gal tank and yet it's not working
?? CoNfused
Sorry for being so wordy, just wanted to explain my situation the best I could without ppl telling me "ur tank is too crowded, ur tank's not cycled, that's your problem".
The water parameters for this 'sick' 30gal tank
Amonia: 0
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 20
Thank you for reading. If you have any advice, please help mee...I want to make my fish healthy again
I've had 5 (6, but one died already from whatever it is that's wrong) female guppies since january. I bought them online from a good seller. They came healthy (and preggo
), totally fine these past few months. They were healthy, I stared at them for so long to be sure (even with a magnifying glass lmao), so I know their illness has to be on my end??? It's gotta bAnyways, a couple weeks ago, my female guppies, and only my female guppies (in a tank with some platies, swordtail couple, one Cory, two black skirt tetra, two male guppies, plecos) have started to become emaciated, or what looks like wasting disease. There is also occasional flashing (only the female guppies), although they have been doing it less and less as the days pass. Most hang at the bottom of the tank, flash occasionally against the substrate, and they 'wobble' while they stay in place like it takes great effort to swim?? (Not all the time, sometimes they swim around normally, forage, explore like a healthy fish) unless they're super emaciated and weak, than it's a constant struggle.
They eat, but don't have an appetite like a healthy fish should, (but they do eat enough to not cause emacitation) but obviously bc there's smth wrong. Aside from these things, there are abso-fukin-lutely no other symptoms. No spots, fungus, stringy/white poo, bloating, erratic swimming, any kinda visible outside skin irritant/symptom that is obvious even with a magnifying glass.
There are two guppies I raised from birth that I put in this tank recently (both been fine for the 6+ months they'd been in a seperate planted 10gal). One was preggo, she had a large gravid spot for awhile, and had been anticipating her giving birth. A few weeks, or less, after being put into my problem tank she seemed fine. No outwards signs or behaviour that was off/wrong. Only, she looked extra fat. I thought it was bc she was hella ready to give birth, but no. Instead, even though she was acting completely fine the entire time, the next day I found her dead. I cried internally, examined my baby gorl's body and saw nothing. She was just extra swollen/bloated. NO dropsy. No constipation. No...nothing.
I haven't been able to find anyone else who's had this problem. I've scowered the internet, been looking everywhere trying to find what the hell is wrong. I'm so tired of having sick fish. I can never keep them alive for more than a few months in this tank, at max. So I'm angry at myself bc it's obviously smth I'm doing wrong AHDKKDNDBSJJDBFKDK
SORRy back on topic: now. Aside from my guppies, there is another thing going on in the same tank. Dunno if it's a problem or not bc they act fine, but my female (not the males!!) platies, and female swordtail have swollen? Bloated? Stomachs/abdomens. I think it's swollen...they aren't as thin looking like the healthy fish pics I've found online, and I'm...90% positive they didn't look like this when I first got them...? No, it's not dropsy, scales are fine. Nope, not overfeeding, or constipation. No, they aren't preggo. They don't have a gravid spot...they're just,,,thICc...this can't be right? My female swodrtail gave birth to the last of her babies a few weeks ago, (at that time she did have a gravid spot) yet she remains round, swollen, like she still has yet to give birth.
Ok now, on top of that, there is a problem as a whole; all of my platies, (not the swordtail pair, tetras, or Cory) are ? listless sometimes, likes smths wrong? Or rather, they kinda sit down in a spot, n sometimes clamp their fins. As soon as the food comes out, everyone's fine and the bahaviour goes away for a bit until they stop foreging (aside from a few of my sicker looking guppies).
Ive had my two tetras (plus a Cory) for 6+ months and they have remained healthy as fk thru all that's been going on in this tank (I'll explain 'everything' next paragraph), which confuses and frustrates me more bc all the oThEr FISh keep getting sick and die off. but heyy, plecos are completely fine; they came from the same place I bought my platies/guppies.
I'm really wondering if this tank is just contaminated as fuk because for the past few years I have NOT been able to keep fish alive in it for long.
This tank has been treated for velvet disease (at the time, my Cory, tetras, and pleco) with a copper treatment. I wasn't completely sure if it even WAS velvet disease because they didn't have actual visible dust, specks on their skin, tho they had a few of the other symptoms. I think it did help though, and maybe it saved a few of my fish. Can't honestly say.
Ok so after treating with copper, I redid my whole tank. The one thing I did keep out of the whole tank cleaning was the substrate. It's called contrasoil, a mix of volcano and dirt, or smth like that. Anyways, it's for a planted tank, so I kept it after rinsing it the best I could. This is just a few weeks before I added my new fish (the platies, swordtail, guppy, pleco). Everything checked out fine, so I added the new fish. Now you're caught up on the timeline, and can move back to the top of this wall of text where everything began to happen
:___)
Right now, I am treating this tank with prazipro. I just started the second dose. I'm treating for internal parasites. That's honestly the only thing I can think of, or what few things the internet forums and few comments online say. Sadly, I haven't seen any improvement. I'm used to this shiet by now
This tank is planted with some added ferts. I will add, bc it's making me super frustrated on top of my sick fish, that the plants aren't growing well. They are honestly...just slowly withering away, even with nutrient rich substrate and ferts. They are super "resilient, easy!!" plants, as every single person says. Hey guppies are easy, ppl can't seem to stop them from breeding. Me, I can't keep any **** alive.
EVERHYthing is so healthy in my 10gal planted tank. The plants are beautiful and the water is pristine, I've copied everything I did for it, to this 30gal tank and yet it's not working
?? CoNfused Sorry for being so wordy, just wanted to explain my situation the best I could without ppl telling me "ur tank is too crowded, ur tank's not cycled, that's your problem".
The water parameters for this 'sick' 30gal tank
Amonia: 0
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 20
Thank you for reading. If you have any advice, please help mee...I want to make my fish healthy again
