Somethings wrong...

[Anonymous Fox]

Hai
So, one of my grandparents female fancy guppies look not well.
She's really skinny and really long. And a chunk of her gill is missing.
She's acting fine, but doesn't look like it.
The photos are blurry, sorry.

Should I move her to a hospital tank?
I'd the water parimaters, but the tank is around 30 gallon, and is a dome front tall tank.
Tank mates are 20ish more guppy, 2 boenous Aries tetras, and 2 glotetra

 

[Rocky998]

Hai
So, one of my grandparents female fancy guppies look not well.
She's really skinny and really long. And a chunk of her gill is missing.
She's acting fine, but doesn't look like it.
The photos are blurry, sorry.
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Should I move her to a hospital tank?
I'd the water parimaters, but the tank is around 30 gallon, and is a dome front tall tank.
Tank mates are 20ish more guppy, 2 boenous Aries tetras, and 2 glotetra

What are the tank parameters? And could you attempt to get a close up of the wound? I would recommend moving her to a quarantine tank, so she doesnt get bullied.

 

[Bruce Leyland-Jones]

I'd need a much better picture than that to make any really useful comment, although missing a chunk of gill sound like either a bacterial infection or fight wound...or both.
Are you talking actual gill, or the operculum/gill cover?
If the rest of the fish are fine, there's nothing to be lost by placing her in a hospital tank, with salt in the water to facilitate healing.

 

[Rocky998]

Make sure the qt tank is cycled though

 

[Bruce Leyland-Jones]

Make sure the qt tank is cycled though

Not necessary for a QT.
Remember, if we're treating a bacterial infection, then anti-bacteria measures must be taken...
I'm sure you can work out the rest.

 

[Rocky998]

But if

Not necessary for a QT.
Remember, if we're treating a bacterial infection, then anti-bacteria measures must be taken...
I'm sure you can work out the rest.

its not cycled wont the fish die due to an ammonia issue? Ive always heard to cycle quarantine tanks

 

[Rocky998]

Not necessary for a QT.
Remember, if we're treating a bacterial infection, then anti-bacteria measures must be taken...
I'm sure you can work out the rest.

But you know more than me, so I'm going to just stay cautiously curious on this subject

 

[Bruce Leyland-Jones]

But if

its not cycled wont the fish die due to an ammonia issue? Ive always heard to cycle quarantine tanks

Sorry...I was mistaken when I referred to a Quarantine Tank, (QT).
I'm talking Hospital Tank. That said, some still insist that a HT should be fully cycled, but they all seem to forget that treatments may occur and these will often kill the bacteria. We're talking one fish in water and sometimes medications and water changes.

 

[Anonymous Fox]

I tried...
Q

 

[Rocky998]

I tried...
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I can make it out a little but its still hard to see... Have you noticed ANY aggression what so ever this includes chasing, nipping, or pushing

 

[Anonymous Fox]

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I can make it out a little but its still hard to see... Have you noticed ANY aggression what so ever this includes chasing, nipping, or pushing

No

 

[Bruce Leyland-Jones]

Again, placing the fish into a Hospital Tank, with salt at a ratio of 1 tbsp per 5 gallon, should be a harmless start.
(Dissolve the salt first in a larger container, of bucket and add this to the HT).

 

[Rocky998]

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No

Are any of your other fish showing any symptoms, even if the symptoms arent as drastic as that one?

 

[Anonymous Fox]

Are any of your other fish showing any symptoms, even if the symptoms arent as drastic as that one?

Nope. They all seem fine

 

[Rocky998]

Nope. They all seem fine

Any sharp objects in the tank? This could be fake plants with a skinny edge that can slice or even rocks with rough edges.