Couple of questions. Been having a lot of problems with fish death and disease all of a sudden, but I suppose it's to be expected eventually when you have 20 tanks.
Most recently I came across two new problems. I have a pretty much fully grown guppy born and raised here that for the last 2 days has been bloated and has a white poo coming out of him that wont come off. Im pretty sure this is some kind of parasite so we've held off on feeding and are going to purchase some antiparasite food tomorrow. The fish was moved to a quarantine tank and we're wondering if we should be worried about the other fish in the tank and if anything else should be done?
Also, another fish we raised here came down with what Im fairly sure was dropsy. His scales were flared out, his belly was distended abnormally and his eyes seemed to pop out a bit. We didn't want to risk an outbreak so we put him in a sealed container in the freezer and let him pass. I was wondering three things. One is whether I should be worried about the other fish in that tank? We did a large water change once the fish was removed and have always done at least 25% per week anyways. Should we put any sort of medication in? I am also wondering if we did the right thing by euthanizing the fish? Lastly, is freezing fish a good way of euthanizing? My roomie insisted it was and I was too aggravated with the situation to argue.
Any thoughts would be appreciated!
Most recently I came across two new problems. I have a pretty much fully grown guppy born and raised here that for the last 2 days has been bloated and has a white poo coming out of him that wont come off. Im pretty sure this is some kind of parasite so we've held off on feeding and are going to purchase some antiparasite food tomorrow. The fish was moved to a quarantine tank and we're wondering if we should be worried about the other fish in the tank and if anything else should be done?
Also, another fish we raised here came down with what Im fairly sure was dropsy. His scales were flared out, his belly was distended abnormally and his eyes seemed to pop out a bit. We didn't want to risk an outbreak so we put him in a sealed container in the freezer and let him pass. I was wondering three things. One is whether I should be worried about the other fish in that tank? We did a large water change once the fish was removed and have always done at least 25% per week anyways. Should we put any sort of medication in? I am also wondering if we did the right thing by euthanizing the fish? Lastly, is freezing fish a good way of euthanizing? My roomie insisted it was and I was too aggravated with the situation to argue.
Any thoughts would be appreciated!
