Help My Guppy Might Be Dying!

[Jammyjames59]

well lets tell ya the full story:
i brought a blue guppy from the local pet store yesterday he was doing ok when we got him but today he seems a bit tired or something! i dunno what it is!!!
he is not eating and has stuff around his mouth help!

thanks, james

 

[Duck and Dive]

It looks like he has a fungus infection in his mouth. The best thing you can do is to add some fungal treatment to the tank or put him in a hospital tank and treat him. You may lose him Im afraid.

 

[tropic_john]

Mouthfungus/Form of columnaris. To treat, take a bowl of tank water, add some aquarium salt and anti-finrot & fungus and if you can, some myxazin p [used to treat coldwater fish, but I treat my trops with it as it works better than tropical version IMO] leave him for about 15 minutes in the bowl then add him back to the tank and add a small amount of aquarium salt to the tank [just a small amount]

Also, your tank is stocked wrong imo, it should be;
2 male guppies
6 female guppies
3 zebra danios
& rehome the plecs and get 4 corys or just get 1 small plec

Hope all works out, John

 

[omega59]

or use a product by API fungus cure packets. it covers a wide range of fongus and diseases.

 

[Duck and Dive]

Mine never seem to recover from it.
Good luck with him though.

 

[tropic_john]

I usually get a 50/50 45/55 if treated as soon as it is visible

 

[Jammyjames59]

sadly he died.............