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Fishyzwim

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There are several guppy and many fry in this tank and overnight this appeared on one. They are fairly new fish to me, i got them just about 2 weeks ago, but several had babies within hours of adding to tank. It looks like white cracks on just on one side of the body. UPDATE: I netted her and put her in a cup to get a better look and picture and everything apparently came off because it's all gone. So I'm assuming maybe a flake or two of food???
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Excess mucous and a bacterial infection.
The excess mucous is what came off and a bit is left as the white line that curves.
The bacterial infection is the patch on the back behind the dorsal (top) fin.

Make sure the water is good (0 ammonia, 0 nitrite, less than 20ppm nitrate).

Add some salt. If it gets worse after 24 hours with salt, post more pictures and you might need anti-biotics, be they should be a last resort.

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SALT
You can add rock salt (often sold as aquarium salt) or swimming pool salt to the aquarium at the dose rate of 1 heaped tablespoon per 20 litres of water. If there is no improvement after 48 hours you can double that dose rate so there is 2 heaped tablespoons of salt per 20 litres.

If you only have livebearers (guppies, platies, swordtails, mollies), goldfish or rainbowfish in the tank you can double that dose rate, so you would add 2 heaped tablespoons per 20 litres and if there is no improvement after 48 hours, then increase it so there is a total of 4 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 but the higher dose rate (4 heaped tablespoons per 20 litres) will affect some plants and some snails. The lower dose rate (1-2 heaped tablespoons per 20 litres) will not affect 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.
 
Just to clarify. That was the before picture. Now there is nothing, not a spec of white in sight. So you think the fish still has a bacterial infection? I have guppies, many guppy fry, and ghost shrimp in the tank, they are in a 75 gallon that is half full ( because their temporary stand will not hold the weight of a full tank)with sponge filter temporarily as the room where all the fish are housed is being painted.
 
It was definitely covered in excess mucous and it looks like the start of a bacterial infection on its back. However, it could be a dark patch of excess mucous resembling the start of an infection.

New pictures might help confirm the infection.

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If it was excess mucous, you should test the water for ammonia, nitrite, nitrate and ph. Then do a big (75%) water change and gravel clean on the main tank.
Make sure any new water is free of chlorine/ chloramine before it's added to the tank.
 
Should i pull that one fish out and treat it alone. Or treat the whole tank? There's a lot of little fry in there.
 
2 heaped tablespoons of salt per 20 litres of water is safe for baby guppies.

However, if the fish is no longer showing any symptoms, then wait and see how they look over the next few days. If it comes back and the water is fine, then add salt.
 
Unfortunately she died tonight. She was fine yesterday, showed white stuff this morning, died tonight. That was fast. Since it was so fast i am concerned about the rest of the tank. Is there something yall recommend or should i just wait and see?
 
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