Clamped Fins?

[Little-Fizz]

My swordtail was looking really bad, but then she moved kind of and look almost better but she has clamped fins. Is there anything I can do that with help her with that? Is it something you can fix? Or does it mean she's probably just going to die? Thanks for any advice

 

[scooterchick]

Keep up with the water changes, add some tonic salt (you'll get it at your lfs). That's the most you can do for her just now. Keep the aquarium lights off.

 

[WILDER]

How many gallons is the tank.
How many fish and which type.
Water stats in ammonia,nitrite,nitrate, and ph.
Clamped fins bad water quality, stress, or ill health.

 

[Little-Fizz]

How many gallons is the tank.
How many fish and which type.
Water stats in ammonia,nitrite,nitrate, and ph.
Clamped fins bad water quality, stress, or ill health.

It's a 10 gallon, all the fish have pretty much died. I'm having a water emergency. There are three swordtails and two snails left. Nitrate is 10ppm, ammonia o.25ppm(could have been lower), nitrite 0 - 0.25ppm, and ph is 7.6. Two sword tails are acting better(they still look bad). One was on the bottom of the tank but it's up and swimming now. The only down one is the one with the clamped fins. The fish deffinatly looked stressed though. I've tried food a couple times just to see if they will eat, one does and the other one doesn't seem to notice it.

 

[WILDER]

Bad water quality that soon can kill fish.
Water change and if only have livebearers salt will help with increased aeration to give the gills some protection.
Was your tank overstocked.
Once a livebearers spends to much time on the bottom bad news sorry.

 

[Little-Fizz]

Bad water quality that soon can kill fish.
Water change and if only have livebearers salt will help with increased aeration to give the gills some protection.
Was your tank overstocked.
Once a livebearers spends to much time on the bottom bad news sorry.

My tank wasn't really to badly over stocked. Most of the fish were fry and were kept seperate I don't think they produce much waste to be a problem. I don't have aquarium salt so I can't really do that right now. So my guess it, when I wake up tomorrow I will only have two fish left I'll keep up with water changes. Maybe if I'm lucky they will look better tomorrow. Thanks for the posts.

 

[WILDER]

Alot of fry in a tank can soon make water quality bad, plus you are having to feed them more.