Help Help Help My Babys White Spot Wont Go Done Everything I Can

[chrisandmarie]

please help ive done water changes , put pimafix in tank , also salt and my babys are getting worse ive lost one that was full of it i have noticed aswell some like off white powder on the bottom of there tanks and keep trying to scoop it out ,i dont want to do to many water changes as that will stress them more ,also i have 2x baby guppys that look pregnant there only about 1-2 month old will it kill them if they are

 

[WILDER]

Pimafix is no good on whitespot you need a parasite med what treats whitespot.
Also you have to have dose with fry.
Increase aeration in the tank.

How many gallons is the tank.
How many fish and which type.
Water stats in ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, and ph.

Not sure when guppys can breed, are you sure there not just bloated,.
Also you are not meant to use salt with young fry.

The white powder don't no what you mean, added any powder meds.

 

[chrisandmarie]

no powders added , fish shop said to add salt as that can help , my amonia ,nitrite , nitrate and ph are fine the tank is a 2ft and have baby guppys , balloon mollys and sailfin and sword tail

 

[WILDER]

You can't use high doses of salt with young fry.
I would go and get a whitespot med before its to late.
Once you get the med half dose, and raise the temp to 30.
Increase aeration in the tank, as the high temp and med reduce 02 in the water.

As for the young fry being pregnant I would ask in the livebeares section of the forum.

I would do a gravel vac to get the white powder out of the substrate.

 

[chrisandmarie]

thanks for that i will get medication tomorrow i hope i dont loose more im trying to breed not doing to well am i lol thanks again

 

[WILDER]

I would get the whitespot med or you going to lose them.
There very delicate when there young that why salt a no go area.
I think its seven months before youngsters can have babies.

 

[WILDER]

Sorry it 3 months they start to breed females.

Most livebearers reach sexual maturity quickly. Male Guppies can breed after two months; females at three months. So the tank can soon become overpopulated if you have lots of females.

So if the fry are only 1 to 2 months old is unlikely there pregnant.
What do you feed the fry?

 

[chrisandmarie]

i feed them liquifry and micro worms and crushed flakes .

 

[WILDER]

Liquid fry messes the water up.
Crushed flakes and baby brime strimp.
I would also cook some frozen peas for a few minutes, let cool down and pop out of shell,
Mush between fingers into very small peices and add to the tank.
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