Hi all,
One of my guppy tanks has recently started to lose a bunch of its fish. A few weeks back we lost an otherwise healthy looking female. She had been hiding under the sponge filter for a while so we assumed she was pregnant, but rather found her dead a few days after the behavior began. A few days ago one of our male guppies who was fine the previous day turned up wedged between an ornament and the glass. We moved it so he could get out but he kept wedging himself back in. We put him in the hospital tank b ut by night's end he died.
The next day a female who had also been acting a bit shy lately started swimming sideways and tail up. We moved her to the hospital tank and began treating both tanks with melafix. After shed been moved out, one of our male guppies whod been fine was found lying on the bottom of the tank. We thought he was dead but he keeps poipping back up. That was 2 days ago, hes now in his death throes and the female has died.
Tonight I was looking at the remaining fish and noticed at least 3 of the females had think red poop coming out of them. I noticed then that the male on the bottom of the tank had one also. I thought it was odd since he wasnt eating. Then I noticed two of the females had these "poos" split in two, and they werent moving out. I think these might be some sort of parasite but Im not sure. I havent added anything to the tank in months, the only new things are the snails that keep reproducing. I am going to keep an eye on the fish but does anyone know what this might be if it isnt actually just poo? If so how might I treat it? I dont want to lose my adult stock
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One of my guppy tanks has recently started to lose a bunch of its fish. A few weeks back we lost an otherwise healthy looking female. She had been hiding under the sponge filter for a while so we assumed she was pregnant, but rather found her dead a few days after the behavior began. A few days ago one of our male guppies who was fine the previous day turned up wedged between an ornament and the glass. We moved it so he could get out but he kept wedging himself back in. We put him in the hospital tank b ut by night's end he died.
The next day a female who had also been acting a bit shy lately started swimming sideways and tail up. We moved her to the hospital tank and began treating both tanks with melafix. After shed been moved out, one of our male guppies whod been fine was found lying on the bottom of the tank. We thought he was dead but he keeps poipping back up. That was 2 days ago, hes now in his death throes and the female has died.
Tonight I was looking at the remaining fish and noticed at least 3 of the females had think red poop coming out of them. I noticed then that the male on the bottom of the tank had one also. I thought it was odd since he wasnt eating. Then I noticed two of the females had these "poos" split in two, and they werent moving out. I think these might be some sort of parasite but Im not sure. I havent added anything to the tank in months, the only new things are the snails that keep reproducing. I am going to keep an eye on the fish but does anyone know what this might be if it isnt actually just poo? If so how might I treat it? I dont want to lose my adult stock
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