Hi. I have about 6 guppys and some other fish in a 30 or so gallon tank. I looked at one of the femeale guppies and it is missing only a little but of it's tailfin and is also swimming/floating with it's whole body facing down. Tail is pointing down. What does this mean?
My Guppies Tail Is Facing Down
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helterskelter
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Sorry may nned a few more questions answered.
Have you tested your water quality?
Also dose the the tail look like it's been nipped or split, also can see any redness around it?
What other fish do u have?
How long have you had the tank running?
When did u last ad any fish?
What filtration do u have running?
Have you tested your water quality?
Also dose the the tail look like it's been nipped or split, also can see any redness around it?
What other fish do u have?
How long have you had the tank running?
When did u last ad any fish?
What filtration do u have running?
Have you tested your water quality? Is that the ph? If it is then that is perfect ph
Also dose the the tail look like it's been nipped or split, also can see any redness around it? It looks like it has been split. Cause the tear is about halfway down the tail
What other fish do u have? 3 sailfin mollies, 1 Cory catfish, 2 glass catfish, 1 kulih loach, guppies, zebra danios and 2 platys. Also 1 sailfin Molly died a couple of days ago
How long have you had the tank running? About 3-4 weeks
When did u last ad any fish? About 1 week ago. Which was the sailfin mollies and glass catfish
What filtration do u have running? I'm sorry I don't know what this means
thankyou
Also dose the the tail look like it's been nipped or split, also can see any redness around it? It looks like it has been split. Cause the tear is about halfway down the tail
What other fish do u have? 3 sailfin mollies, 1 Cory catfish, 2 glass catfish, 1 kulih loach, guppies, zebra danios and 2 platys. Also 1 sailfin Molly died a couple of days ago
How long have you had the tank running? About 3-4 weeks
When did u last ad any fish? About 1 week ago. Which was the sailfin mollies and glass catfish
What filtration do u have running? I'm sorry I don't know what this means
thankyou
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what kind of filter do you have is filtration.
water quality is not just ph, its also hardness, alkilinity, nitrite, nitrate and ammonia. what is your ph number? 7.0?
water quality is not just ph, its also hardness, alkilinity, nitrite, nitrate and ammonia. what is your ph number? 7.0?
helterskelter
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Firstly the clear problem is it's a new tank and it take at least a month for them to settle down with no help.
To test your water quality you need to test for ammonia, nitrIte and nitrAte. pH is needed to be known but not important unless your wanting to keep something special that needs specific pH.
I would suspect you have had a major ammonia problem for the least 10-14 days if not longer as you have no bacteria in the filter.
You need to do several water changes of 30-50% of the water in the next week, this is why your molly would of dies as their very sensitive to poor water quality.
Do u have and bubbles or anything to circulate the water? these usualy help to keep the water clean with some filteration.
To test your water quality you need to test for ammonia, nitrIte and nitrAte. pH is needed to be known but not important unless your wanting to keep something special that needs specific pH.
I would suspect you have had a major ammonia problem for the least 10-14 days if not longer as you have no bacteria in the filter.
You need to do several water changes of 30-50% of the water in the next week, this is why your molly would of dies as their very sensitive to poor water quality.
Do u have and bubbles or anything to circulate the water? these usualy help to keep the water clean with some filteration.
Welcome to our forum Luke.
I am sorry to day that your earlier posts have eluded me far until today.
You are indeed posting chemical test results that reflect an uncycled filter on your tank.
What does that mean to you? It simply means that you will be acting as the biological filter in your tank. Whenever you find ammonia or nitrite levels above 0.25 ppm, you will do larger enough water changes to get your tank water back below those numbers. Although we have a simple fish-in thread that you can reach using the link in my signature area to get added detailed information, do not allow your levels of these poisons to exceed those simple levels. Whenever you can easily stop doing huge water changes and have the chemical poison levels stay in spec for a few days, you will have a filter that is cycled to the biological levels that you have in your present tank. After that you will be able to gradually increase the stocking level in your tank to the "optimum" level for your tank. As a conservative fish keeper. that "optimum" level will probably be larger than any I would consider acceptable in my own tanks. For that reason, please consider my statements about fish biological loading as being a bit on the conservativce side.
I am sorry to day that your earlier posts have eluded me far until today.
You are indeed posting chemical test results that reflect an uncycled filter on your tank.
What does that mean to you? It simply means that you will be acting as the biological filter in your tank. Whenever you find ammonia or nitrite levels above 0.25 ppm, you will do larger enough water changes to get your tank water back below those numbers. Although we have a simple fish-in thread that you can reach using the link in my signature area to get added detailed information, do not allow your levels of these poisons to exceed those simple levels. Whenever you can easily stop doing huge water changes and have the chemical poison levels stay in spec for a few days, you will have a filter that is cycled to the biological levels that you have in your present tank. After that you will be able to gradually increase the stocking level in your tank to the "optimum" level for your tank. As a conservative fish keeper. that "optimum" level will probably be larger than any I would consider acceptable in my own tanks. For that reason, please consider my statements about fish biological loading as being a bit on the conservativce side.
helterskelter
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Sadily yes this is coz of the water 
You need to change 50% daily while it's bad, and treat with melifix or myxazin to help stop any other fungal infections.
One thing though, do u have any filteration or anything to help keep the water clear?
and also how large is the tank?
You need to change 50% daily while it's bad, and treat with melifix or myxazin to help stop any other fungal infections.
One thing though, do u have any filteration or anything to help keep the water clear?
and also how large is the tank?
helterskelter
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Sorry you did state it was about 30 gallons.
It's good you have filtration at least. Still you have over stocked it to quickly so hope your doing the water chages and this should help to resolve.
The tank is already stocked to maximum though so dont add any more, best rule to work from is 1 inch of fish (adult size) per gallon.
It's good you have filtration at least. Still you have over stocked it to quickly so hope your doing the water chages and this should help to resolve.
The tank is already stocked to maximum though so dont add any more, best rule to work from is 1 inch of fish (adult size) per gallon.
helterskelter
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The fish you have listed will eat all the babies they find. so you need a trap or 2nd tank house them in untill their large enough to surive the other fish.
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