Feamle guppy ill

[shiftingsands]

HI

Hope you can help: A female guppy who had fry 2 days ago has been hanging around near the bottom of the tank ever since with her dorsal fin clamped. She is feeding but her swimming is a little wobbly and is mostly on the bottom.
I had a bit of an ammonia and nitrate spike 4 0r 5 days ago but after 2 big water changes the tank has been good for the last 2 days. All the other fish are fine and the fry in the net are doing well.

Is there anything I can do for her?

100L
Ammonia 0 Nitrites0 Nitrates 10 pH 7.8 temp 76.5
Lightly planted
One airstone
Fluval 3Plus filter ( slightly oversized)

6 FGuppies
3 M Guppies
2PLatys
6 neons ( 5 are very small)
2 2" clown plecs
1 bronze cory

 

[WILDER]

Sorry she dosn't sound good, if she has a clamped fin it's a sign of stress, the birth and the poor water quality probably just took in toll on her sorry, is she layed on the bottom of the tank on her side.

 

[shiftingsands]

Sorry she dosn't sound good, if she has a clamped fin it's a sign of stress, the birth and the poor water quality probably just took in toll on her sorry, is she layed on the bottom of the tank on her side.

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No she's not on her side, and is swimming a little. I have just fed them and although she is up at the surface with the others she doesn't appear to be feeding. Lets hope she picks up.

 

[WILDER]

Just keep an eye on her, she isn't flicking and rubbing on objects.

 

[Annastasia]

What have you been feeding?

As usually, after any Livebearer gives birth, they seem a little down and exhausted. It helps a lot if you give them some kind of high protein food, like Bloodworms, Brine Shrimp, Tubifex worms...things like that. Live, Frozen, or Freeze-dried is fine. Just don't feed it every meal, because too much of it can make them bloated, or constipated. And it gives you bad water quality, if you feed a lot. Generally, if you feed it for one feeding a day, every other day you'll be fine. Once she perks up (Hopefully she will) you can cut back to just 2-3 times a week or so.

I hope she gets better soon!