Guppy Is Sick Or Injured

[PosingOwl]

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Tank size: 60 liter
pH: 7.5
ammonia:0
nitrite:0
nitrate:10
kH:6
gH:
tank temp: 26 Celsius

Fish Symptoms (include full description including lesion, color, location, fish behavior): Swimming on left side, looks like part of his tall was bitten off. Swims up then sinks a little bit, right now hes buy the filter. Lets see, found him a plant this morning just laying there (alive, but not doing anything).

Volume and Frequency of water changes: 25% a week (Sundays)

Chemical Additives or Media in your tank: Been using prime during water changes. Also have the Fluval 2 if it matters.

Tank inhabitants: 6 guppies, 2 swordtails, 6 neon tetras 2 bristle-nose plecos, and 2 tiny tiny snails that came with some new plants we bought....

Recent additions to your tank (living or decoration): 3 Live plants and 6 neon tetras 1 week ago

Exposure to chemicals: none

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also i had a couple fish die within the last to weeks....waters been fine during all deaths

 

[mhancock]

Tank inhabitants: 6 guppies, 2 swordtails, 6 neon tetras 2 bristle-nose plecos, and 2 tiny tiny snails that came with some new plants we bought....

[font="Verdana]6 guppies, 9 inches[/font][/color]
[color="#222222"][font="Verdana]2 swordtails, 4 inches[/font][/color]
[color="#222222"][font="Verdana]6 neon tetras, 6 inches[/font][/color]
[color="#222222"][font="Verdana]2 bristle-nose plecos, 5 inches?[/font][/color]
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[color="#222222"][font="Verdana]I'd guess that's 24 inches of fish in about 12 gallons of water assuming some space taken by substrate, etc. I'm a fine one to talk, but I think you are rather overstocked which may lead to aggression and guppies are not the fastest swimmers. I recently reduced my stock which was at similar levels and the fish seem much calmer now which I am very pleased about.[/font]
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[Cazgar]

Tetras can be a bit nippy in small groups, could be the new additions are guilty of nipping the guppies tails

 

[PosingOwl]

From what i have seen when we first introduced the tetras the guppies were nipping the tetras.... The tetras have been minding there own business from what I have seen.... I know about the overstocking, I did have two filters in there but I just took the other one out (it was a aquaball or something along that line.... Wife thinks that the fish (Nemo) wont make it thru the night.... Dont know what I am going to do if it dies, its my 3 year olds favorite fish and she will cry....

About the overstocking, if we dont have enough fish it looks like a barren wasteland.... We dont like the plecos and have been trying to get rid of them....

DO you think anything else might be wrong with the fish....