Help Needed To Identify Disease.

[Michelleuk]

Hello

One swordtails has died. Last night she was gasping at the surface of the water and was sat on a leaf. She made no effort to move, not even when I opened the tank lid.

She has jagged fins.

She seems to have a whitish belly. Could this be because she is dead?

I can’t see any other symptoms.

I lost a platy a week or so ago, which also had jagged fins. The platy also had cloudy eyes.

Every other fish in the tanks seems ok. Apart from one of my platys doing a weird kind of dance. Moving backwards and forwards.

I thought it could be fin rot, but is not fin rot a secondly infection?

Is fin rot contagious?

Could it be a bacterial infection?

Can anyone help?


Thanks

 

[4ftguppy]

to be honest, you can't expect an accurate diagnosis from an internet forum. BUT....


gasping at the surface usually means your filter has stopped working / chemical polution. Your fish is not getting enough oxygen. Do a bid water change and temporarily add aeration. I use to get this when I used internal filters that had a low flow, and had jammed up (without you noticing). Has the water got murky?

If this is only affecting 1 fish in a tank, probably not the case. Could be a disease that affects gills and breathing - velvet, or other possibilities. It could also be damage due to a fish being moved from hard to soft water. Osmotic changes can hurt gills.

Your fish wants to breathe!

 

[Michelleuk]

the reason why i have posted this topic is because all the fish shops are shut.

do you think a water change 30 % wil help? or will it just stress the fish