Guppies tail nearly gone

[ginty]

Hi guys have a problem. My guppy was acting a bit frail yesterday. My water paremeters are all good.
I noticed today that i could find the guppy. He was hiding by my filter outflow. I noticed he had half his tail missing and looks very stressed, so i put him in the breeding box.
I have 3 danios, 2 guppies and 2 swordtails in a 110litre tank.

i suspect its the danios. What do you guys think?

Would fin rot happen this quick?



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[Sisserydoo]

Have you noticed the danios bothering him? I've kept zebra danios for years and they act as if the other fish in the tank aren't even there...so I don't know.

 

[RedCloudVapor]

You can't eliminate the possibility of disease, but depending on what kind of danios you have, both them and swordtails are high energy fish. They are much more active than guppies, and that energy can stress other fish out. There are threads about swordtails being fin nippers, and I personally had a zebra danio that picked on my neon tetras

 

[ginty]

I have zebra danios. Ive noticed of late that they have been aggressive to each other. This little guppy has been hiding lately. So maybe it is stressed and they have found him and started nipping.

Do you think the tail will grow back?
Ive sepperated the guppy now. I have a 30litre tank with 4 7month old plattys. should i put the guppy in with them for while?

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[Matt68005]

Something like this can be easily cured with some methylene blue and putting sick fish in a ten or 5 gallon or a plastic tub..... but frankly its not worth the mess that stuff makes over your clothes floor walls and lineloum surfaces.

 

[Sisserydoo]

If it were my tank, I would get more danios and more guppies. It sounds counter-intuitive, but if danios are in a larger group they stick to themselves more. I'd go with five of each, which should be fine in the tank size you have. But that's just me

 

[ginty]

My worry is that the danios getting mor aggressive in numbers. Will that happen?

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[ginty]

Some mof his tail has fell off over night. Is this because it was severly damaged.
If we severly cut our finger so it was hanging off, if we didnt get it treated, it would drop off right?

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[ginty]

I could see the severed pieces of tail in the bottom of the breeding box.

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[Sisserydoo]

I really think this looks like a disease and not fin nipping by the other fish. I am by no means an expert on fish diseases.

I think keeping him in the breeder box is a good idea though, and I would keep doing that.

 

[ginty]

I really think this looks like a disease and not fin nipping by the other fish. I am by no means an expert on fish diseases.

I think keeping him in the breeder box is a good idea though, and I would keep doing that.

Any idea what?
Id like to try and curr if i can or look out for more signs. Atm i cant see any marks, spots etc just alot of tail missing

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[ginty]

Ive been watching the danios carefully and just one of them is being quote aggressive. He/she is starting to chase all the other fish if they go near it.

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[ginty]

*quite aggressive

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[abbyn]

If I were you I would separate the healthy guppies from the sick ones just incase he does have fin rot bc the other guppies will catch it easily.

Edit- sorry I hadn't read through all the comments. I didn't realize you had already done that.

 

[ginty]

That guppy was doing so well until last night. I came home from work and couldnt see him. I found him on the gravel wriggling and swimmong deformed. Ive put him back in the hospital tank. ive fed him frozen boiled peas out of the shell. He keeps swimmong vertically with his tail bent over. Is there anything else i can do for this little guy? I think his swim bladder could be damaged. Water paremeters are. Ammonia 0 nitrite 0 nitrate 30 and ph 7.5

 

[ginty]

He was like this. But he isnt as bent now. Ive had this with other fish and have tried to cire them with swimm bladder treatments and they have all died. am i fighting a lost cause?

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[Angela1108]

I hate to say it but I think it might be time to euthanize him


How old is he? In general guppies have a relatively short life expectancy.


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[fishy14]

One of my fish's fins got severely nipped off and I put it in a breeders box and about 2 weeks later it was fine.


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[fishy14]

As long as he stays in the breeders box and eaten I don't think you should worry about euthanasia


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[fishy14]

I meant eating


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