Fin Rot

[lauraw]

only one of my guppies has fin rot what causes this and do the bottled remedies work to cure this?

 

[WILDER]

Size of tank in gallons or litres.
How many fish and which type.
Water stats in ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, and ph.

Need to look at water stats first as bad water quality is the main cause of finrot.

 

[lauraw]

90 litre
5 other guppies
6 cherry barbs
2 swordtails
only have strip test
nitrite showing 0
nitrate showing between 2-4 test not to good only cost tenner
ph between 7.2 -7.6
test doesnt do ammonia

 

[WILDER]

Take a sample of your water to the lfs and ask them to write the readings down for you.

Test strip cards are not accurate. Liquid test kits are the best.

Signs of finrot are
White, pink, or red edging to fins.
Red streaks running throw fins.
Translucent fins or cloudy looking fins.
Excess mucas on fins, like the fins are sticking together.
Fins falling apart.
Raggy fins.

Cherry barbs are fin nippers. Are you sure there not nipping the fish fins. Or any of the other fish you keep are nipping.

 

[lauraw]

Take a sample of your water to the lfs and ask them to write the readings down for you.

Test strip cards are not accurate. Liquid test kits are the best.

Signs of finrot are
White, pink, or red edging to fins.
Red streaks running throw fins.
Translucent fins or cloudy looking fins.
Excess mucas on fins, like the fins are sticking together.
Fins falling apart.
Raggy fins.

Cherry barbs are fin nippers. Are you sure there not nipping the fish fins. Or any of the other fish you keep are nipping.

 

[lauraw]

Take a sample of your water to the lfs and ask them to write the readings down for you.

Test strip cards are not accurate. Liquid test kits are the best.

Signs of finrot are
White, pink, or red edging to fins.
Red streaks running throw fins.
Translucent fins or cloudy looking fins.
Excess mucas on fins, like the fins are sticking together.
Fins falling apart.
Raggy fins.

Cherry barbs are fin nippers. Are you sure there not nipping the fish fins. Or any of the other fish you keep are nipping.

her fins are torn and all ragged and have white edge to them there is also a small spot of white on her body. none of my other fish seem to have any of this they all seem to get along with each other so far!
the cherry barbs just seem to keep it between themselves but do have a male guppie who seems to go for the barbs
she doesnt seem to have any of the other symptoms
will take sample of water of shop tomorrow will she last that long is this disease a fast killer?

 

[WILDER]

it sounds like finrot.
The patch on the body does it look fluffy like cotton wool or bleaching beneath the skin.

 

[lauraw]

it sounds like finrot.
The patch on the body does it look fluffy like cotton wool or bleaching beneath the skin.

very small patch
doesnt look fluffy but it is hard to tell as very small
doesn look like its under the skin either she has orange body and a deeper colour of orange tail so you can see through her
she is still feeding and swimming around

 

[WILDER]

Look out for signs of flicking and rubbing, excess mucas, laboured breathing, or gasping, darting or erratic swimming.

White patches can be columnaris to parasites.

Columnaris will look like cotton wool, bleaching benath the skin, white patches that are red on the edges and white in the center are generally Columnaris.

 

[lauraw]

Look out for signs of flicking and rubbing, excess mucas, laboured breathing, or gasping, darting or erratic swimming.

White patches can be columnaris to parasites.

Columnaris will look like cotton wool, bleaching benath the skin, white patches that are red on the edges and white in the center are generally Columnaris.

few of my guppies are doing the flicking thing of the gravel and wood thats in the tank and the occasional darting when swimming do i have more than one problem?
this isn't sounding good!
could it have anything to do with water temp? mine is 24degrees cent or 75 far

 

[WILDER]

Get your water tested and we will go from there.

Preform a water change.
Keep a look out for tiny white spots.
The patch make sure there not spots joined together.
Does the patch look like a dusting of talc.

 

[lauraw]

Get your water tested and we will go from there.

Preform a water change.
Keep a look out for tiny white spots.
The patch make sure there not spots joined together.
Does the patch look like a dusting of talc.

i will do
how much of water change?
think patch could be slightly fluffy cant really see her she is too busy swimming into the flow of the filter!

thank you for all your help why cant someone like you work in MY lfs

 

[WILDER]

30% water change.
If the white patch is fluffy it sounds like columnaris. Get you some info.
http/www.flippersandfins.net/flexibacter.htm

Good Luck.