Hi guys,
I have recently started with my very first aquarium (22 gallon) and i am experiencing some difficulties. after setting up the tank and let it run for a few weeks to get trough the nitrogen cycle, i bought my first fish (2 black molly's). Everything went fine for a week, so i bought 2 male guppies and some nerite snails. Again, evetyone seemed happy and active. Then i made the mistake to go to the wrong store (a big plant/garden/animal) store to buy 10 cardinal tetra's. This turned out to be a big mistake as i saw the fish getting sick very soon after i put them in the tank (after acclimatization ofcourse). first one lost his colour and died soon after. I went back to the store straight away the next day and they told me to use Esha 2000. by the time i got home 2 more had died and during the treatment the rest of them (all except one) died. Luckely my mollies and guppies acted like nothing was wrong and just kept enjoying themselves.
A week later the store offered me 10 new cardinal tetra's after i submited a complaint. I decided to give them another chance (my second big mistake).
The first day the cardinals where fine but soon after i saw the white dots of Ich. Again i went back to the store and they gave me Esha Exit to treat it. Nevertheles, 7 of the new cardinals have died since then (4 days ago). i have, with pain in my heard, accepted that these tetra's will die aswell and hope that the rest of my fish will stay healthy. Luckely i see no traces of the white spots anymore on ant of the fish.
Now comes the relevant part: Yesterday i noticed one of my guppies was acting strange. He was not eating and was shaking his upper body continuously while staying near the surface. This morning i noticed that he was not twitching anymore, but about 70% of his tail was missing. when i looked half an our later, the rest of his tail was missing to. I suspect my mollies or the other guppy ate his tail for some reason.
Now he is floating near the surface for the most time and clearly has trouble swimming properly. he is stil not eating and looking miserable. sometimes he trys to swim around and then get pushed around by the current (with is not that hard).
What can i do to make this guppy's life a bit better and let him heal? i do not have a spare tank where i can put him in. any idea what happened to him?
My water parameters are as follows:
Nitite: 0
Nitrate: 1
GH: 8
KH: 10
PH: 6.8-7
cl: 0
Temperature : 25 celcius.
got quite a few living plants and floating plants.
I have recently started with my very first aquarium (22 gallon) and i am experiencing some difficulties. after setting up the tank and let it run for a few weeks to get trough the nitrogen cycle, i bought my first fish (2 black molly's). Everything went fine for a week, so i bought 2 male guppies and some nerite snails. Again, evetyone seemed happy and active. Then i made the mistake to go to the wrong store (a big plant/garden/animal) store to buy 10 cardinal tetra's. This turned out to be a big mistake as i saw the fish getting sick very soon after i put them in the tank (after acclimatization ofcourse). first one lost his colour and died soon after. I went back to the store straight away the next day and they told me to use Esha 2000. by the time i got home 2 more had died and during the treatment the rest of them (all except one) died. Luckely my mollies and guppies acted like nothing was wrong and just kept enjoying themselves.
A week later the store offered me 10 new cardinal tetra's after i submited a complaint. I decided to give them another chance (my second big mistake).
The first day the cardinals where fine but soon after i saw the white dots of Ich. Again i went back to the store and they gave me Esha Exit to treat it. Nevertheles, 7 of the new cardinals have died since then (4 days ago). i have, with pain in my heard, accepted that these tetra's will die aswell and hope that the rest of my fish will stay healthy. Luckely i see no traces of the white spots anymore on ant of the fish.
Now comes the relevant part: Yesterday i noticed one of my guppies was acting strange. He was not eating and was shaking his upper body continuously while staying near the surface. This morning i noticed that he was not twitching anymore, but about 70% of his tail was missing. when i looked half an our later, the rest of his tail was missing to. I suspect my mollies or the other guppy ate his tail for some reason.
Now he is floating near the surface for the most time and clearly has trouble swimming properly. he is stil not eating and looking miserable. sometimes he trys to swim around and then get pushed around by the current (with is not that hard).
What can i do to make this guppy's life a bit better and let him heal? i do not have a spare tank where i can put him in. any idea what happened to him?
My water parameters are as follows:
Nitite: 0
Nitrate: 1
GH: 8
KH: 10
PH: 6.8-7
cl: 0
Temperature : 25 celcius.
got quite a few living plants and floating plants.