KateW
Fish Fanatic
Hi everyone
A little advice would be great, if you wouldn't mind. I have just returned from being away for 16 days to find that all my fish are still alive (hurray!) but that one of the guppies seems to have what might be finrot (boooo). His tail is split in two down the middle (almost all the way to the base of the tail) and he seems to have what looks like a pink blister or sore at the base of his tail (only visible on one side). I'll try to get some pictures later.
Could this be finrot? I had previously treated the tank with myzacyn by waterlife for an injury to a gourami, who ha now been rehomed. Should I start another treatment cycle for finrot?
I'm pretty happy the water quality is good. Stats (tested with API master test kit):
Volume: 35 litres
Temp: 25 degrees C
Ammonia: 0 ppm
Nitrite: 0 ppm
Nitrate: 40 ppm
pH: 7.4
Stock: 5 small male guppies, 3 neon tetras.
None of the other guppies seem to be affected. I know the neons need a bigger group, but I didn't want to do this when I was going to be away for a while.
On a plus point clearly my filtration is good, because the tank was clearly over-fed by the holiday feeder but there was no ammonia/nitrite spike. Vacuumed out an awful lot of debris though!
I don't have a hospital tank at present - if I were to picked up a small tank today (maybe 5 litres?), and added some filter sponge and ceramic gravels from the mature tank to it, do you think that would serve OK for one small guppy to isolate and treat for finrot?
Any help would be appreciated.
A little advice would be great, if you wouldn't mind. I have just returned from being away for 16 days to find that all my fish are still alive (hurray!) but that one of the guppies seems to have what might be finrot (boooo). His tail is split in two down the middle (almost all the way to the base of the tail) and he seems to have what looks like a pink blister or sore at the base of his tail (only visible on one side). I'll try to get some pictures later.
Could this be finrot? I had previously treated the tank with myzacyn by waterlife for an injury to a gourami, who ha now been rehomed. Should I start another treatment cycle for finrot?
I'm pretty happy the water quality is good. Stats (tested with API master test kit):
Volume: 35 litres
Temp: 25 degrees C
Ammonia: 0 ppm
Nitrite: 0 ppm
Nitrate: 40 ppm
pH: 7.4
Stock: 5 small male guppies, 3 neon tetras.
None of the other guppies seem to be affected. I know the neons need a bigger group, but I didn't want to do this when I was going to be away for a while.
On a plus point clearly my filtration is good, because the tank was clearly over-fed by the holiday feeder but there was no ammonia/nitrite spike. Vacuumed out an awful lot of debris though!
I don't have a hospital tank at present - if I were to picked up a small tank today (maybe 5 litres?), and added some filter sponge and ceramic gravels from the mature tank to it, do you think that would serve OK for one small guppy to isolate and treat for finrot?
Any help would be appreciated.
