guppy problem

baby~doll · 07-06-2005, 05:10 PM

one of my guppies tail looks like it has been nipped... but it is in a 5g aquarium with 2 other guppies it looks like something grabbed ahold of him and messed up his tail... hard to explain but maybe i will get a pic of it
thanks for any advice on how to help him get better

baby~doll · 07-06-2005, 05:21 PM

heres the picture... is it fin rot?

Huugs · 07-06-2005, 05:52 PM

Could be fin rot. What are your water parameters?

I had a bit of a fight with fin rot a few days ago when had a bit of trouble with my ammonia or nitrite but once I realised and got the levels down and under control it went quickly.

baby~doll · 07-06-2005, 07:14 PM

as far as i know everything is fine... i just did a water change two days ago

baby~doll · 07-06-2005, 07:30 PM

ok.. nvm... my amonia is high, but what do i do to make it go down???
a big water change?

baby~doll · 07-06-2005, 07:51 PM

agh... ive had so many problems with guppies, i guess they just arent the fish for me

Scuba Kid · 07-06-2005, 08:14 PM

do a fairly big w/c and see how it works. when did u put the fish in?

baby~doll · 07-06-2005, 08:35 PM

ive had them in there for a while now, then all of a sudden i jus notived his tail is messed up... i did the water change and amonia came back down to 0

**Baby_Baby** · 07-06-2005, 08:38 PM

could it be the filter, maybe?

Scuba Kid · 07-06-2005, 08:43 PM

well just monitor it over the next fews days and make sure the ammonia stays down. if it's water quality problems and you've got it stabalized now, the fin rot or w/e it is may pass.

baby~doll · 07-07-2005, 12:05 AM

i dunno what it is... but he looks worse already agh

07-06-2005, 05:10 PM	#1
baby~doll Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Florida Age: 19 Posts: 246	guppy problem one of my guppies tail looks like it has been nipped... but it is in a 5g aquarium with 2 other guppies it looks like something grabbed ahold of him and messed up his tail... hard to explain but maybe i will get a pic of it thanks for any advice on how to help him get better __________________ .:l.i.v.e. .f.o.r.e.v.e.r. .o.r. .d.i.e. .t.r.y.i.n.g:.

07-06-2005, 07:14 PM	#4
baby~doll Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Florida Age: 19 Posts: 246	as far as i know everything is fine... i just did a water change two days ago __________________ .:l.i.v.e. .f.o.r.e.v.e.r. .o.r. .d.i.e. .t.r.y.i.n.g:.

07-06-2005, 07:30 PM	#5
baby~doll Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Florida Age: 19 Posts: 246	ok.. nvm... my amonia is high, but what do i do to make it go down??? a big water change? __________________ .:l.i.v.e. .f.o.r.e.v.e.r. .o.r. .d.i.e. .t.r.y.i.n.g:.

07-06-2005, 07:51 PM	#6
baby~doll Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Florida Age: 19 Posts: 246	agh... ive had so many problems with guppies, i guess they just arent the fish for me __________________ .:l.i.v.e. .f.o.r.e.v.e.r. .o.r. .d.i.e. .t.r.y.i.n.g:.

07-06-2005, 08:14 PM	#7
Scuba Kid Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: RI Age: 18 Posts: 4,225	do a fairly big w/c and see how it works. when did u put the fish in? __________________ Current setups: 1800 gallon koi pond, 10 gallon planted, 150 gallon reef, other FOWLR tanks

Members currently in the Chat:0
	Users In Chat Room: There are several users in chat now! Don't Be Shy - click here and come on in!

07-06-2005, 05:52 PM	#3
Huugs Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: London UK Age: 23 Posts: 253	Could be fin rot. What are your water parameters? I had a bit of a fight with fin rot a few days ago when had a bit of trouble with my ammonia or nitrite but once I realised and got the levels down and under control it went quickly.

07-06-2005, 08:35 PM	#8
baby~doll Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Florida Age: 19 Posts: 246	ive had them in there for a while now, then all of a sudden i jus notived his tail is messed up... i did the water change and amonia came back down to 0 __________________ .:l.i.v.e. .f.o.r.e.v.e.r. .o.r. .d.i.e. .t.r.y.i.n.g:.

07-06-2005, 08:38 PM	#9
Baby_Baby Super Moderator Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Tulsa Posts: 3,823 Blog Entries: 1	could it be the filter, maybe? __________________ "By avoiding the very thing you despise the most, by trying to be "different" by striving to be so "unique", you've become the sole and center of all that you held so high on the pedestal of disgusting mortality deemed society."

07-06-2005, 08:43 PM	#10
Scuba Kid Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: RI Age: 18 Posts: 4,225	well just monitor it over the next fews days and make sure the ammonia stays down. if it's water quality problems and you've got it stabalized now, the fin rot or w/e it is may pass. __________________ Current setups: 1800 gallon koi pond, 10 gallon planted, 150 gallon reef, other FOWLR tanks

07-07-2005, 12:05 AM	#11
baby~doll Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Florida Age: 19 Posts: 246	i dunno what it is... but he looks worse already agh __________________ .:l.i.v.e. .f.o.r.e.v.e.r. .o.r. .d.i.e. .t.r.y.i.n.g:.

Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)

Thread Tools
Show Printable Version Email this Page
Display Modes
Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
Guppy	Alin10123	General Freshwater	3	10-03-2005 02:03 PM
Please Help, I Got A Very Sick Guppy!	Fish_daddy	Beginner Freshwater	11	05-25-2005 10:06 AM
guppy is gone	j-man the skater-man	Beginner Freshwater	8	04-10-2005 10:09 PM
Marine guppy?	Vivid-Dawn	Livebearers	4	04-10-2005 11:38 AM
Several guppy fry questions	mliscool2003	Livebearers	1	03-29-2005 01:12 PM