sadiegoingfast
Aquarium Advice Newbie
I have a 20g with 6 guppies and some panda corydoras. I got the guppies in mid january, and added 6 pandas in late january. Over the course of 3 weeks i lost 4 of the pandas - seems like they had some kind of illness when i got them. The first three had no signs of anything, the fourth had a very obvious fungal infection, so i treated the tank with tetra fungus guard. (a half dose since the cories are sensitive). It was too late for that poor guy, but that was almost two weeks ago and the remaining two cories seem to be doing fine. (albeit lonely and stressed so i’m eager to figure this out so i can bring them some new friends asap!!)
A few days after that, i saw one of my guppies laying on the bottom of the tank on his side. I thought he was dead at first but when i tried to scoop him out he moved, and i noticed his gills moving, and he kept trying to kind of swim but was mostly just flailing around on his side. This was 1 week ago. I treated with another dose of fungus guard (4 days after initial dose) and he recovered by the next morning.
Fast forward to a week later - on Tuesday i did a water change and returned the carbon to my filter (had removed it for fungus guard treatment). Yesterday evening I saw another one of my guppies (not the same one from before) laying on his side. I panicked and removed the carbon and dosed another fungus guard, since it helped the last one. The next morning morning he was swimming around normally, but a few of the guppies were looking quite pale. Since I got them i’ve noticed their colours change quite a bit, and some mornings they are quite pale especially in their tails - sometimes their tails are pretty much translucent.
3 days later, this morning, a third guppy is laying on the bottom. He was doing the same kind of flailing - almost looks like flashing but he’s not upright, and then he kind of got stuck upside down and almost looked paralyzed. I added some non iodized salt, and a couple hours later he seems to be doing fine.
I check my water parameters regularly - there’s never been an ammonia spike, and the fungus guard didn’t crash my cycle like i was worried it would. 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite, low nitrates. Any ideas of what might be going on or things I am missing?? I know I shouldn’t dose fungal guard anymore - it was kind of a panic response but there are no visible signs of fungus. Some kind of parasite or bacterial infection? I’m also in Canada so it’s unfortunately difficult to get most meds.
[i should also note that since i’ve had the guppies, i have noticed some strange behaviour/symptoms every once in a while - occasional flashing, a couple of them sometimes swim with a clamped fin in one spot, and sometimes they are quite pale or lose pretty much all colour in their tails]
A few days after that, i saw one of my guppies laying on the bottom of the tank on his side. I thought he was dead at first but when i tried to scoop him out he moved, and i noticed his gills moving, and he kept trying to kind of swim but was mostly just flailing around on his side. This was 1 week ago. I treated with another dose of fungus guard (4 days after initial dose) and he recovered by the next morning.
Fast forward to a week later - on Tuesday i did a water change and returned the carbon to my filter (had removed it for fungus guard treatment). Yesterday evening I saw another one of my guppies (not the same one from before) laying on his side. I panicked and removed the carbon and dosed another fungus guard, since it helped the last one. The next morning morning he was swimming around normally, but a few of the guppies were looking quite pale. Since I got them i’ve noticed their colours change quite a bit, and some mornings they are quite pale especially in their tails - sometimes their tails are pretty much translucent.
3 days later, this morning, a third guppy is laying on the bottom. He was doing the same kind of flailing - almost looks like flashing but he’s not upright, and then he kind of got stuck upside down and almost looked paralyzed. I added some non iodized salt, and a couple hours later he seems to be doing fine.
I check my water parameters regularly - there’s never been an ammonia spike, and the fungus guard didn’t crash my cycle like i was worried it would. 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite, low nitrates. Any ideas of what might be going on or things I am missing?? I know I shouldn’t dose fungal guard anymore - it was kind of a panic response but there are no visible signs of fungus. Some kind of parasite or bacterial infection? I’m also in Canada so it’s unfortunately difficult to get most meds.
[i should also note that since i’ve had the guppies, i have noticed some strange behaviour/symptoms every once in a while - occasional flashing, a couple of them sometimes swim with a clamped fin in one spot, and sometimes they are quite pale or lose pretty much all colour in their tails]
The symptoms from the guppies sounds like you have softer water than they like.
