One Guppy With Dropsy And One Guppy Listless

[Michelleuk]

1. Water parameters. (ammonia, nitrate, nitrite, PH, temp', Hardness etc) not tested
2. A full description of the fishes symptoms. - one guppy has dropsey and one is fine but listless - laying on the bottom alot
3. How often you do water changes and how much. weekly 40%
4. Any chemicals and treatments you add to the water. - stress coat, I added melafix yesterday.
5. What tank mates are in the tank. community tank - guppies,13 2 goumanis and tetras. loads of pest snails
6. Tank size. 190liters
7. Finally Have you recently added any new fish? the guppies were new a few weeks ago.
 
 

 

[star4]

It sounds like the guppies have a bacterial infection which has manifested into dropsy (possibly), I would suggest daily water changes, melafix is ok for helping wounds heal and a bit of a pick me up, for something stronger and also general try esha 2000. This is all I can suggest really with not knowing the cause, with it being the new fish it could be something from the shop, or something in your tank, difficult to say.

 

[Michelleuk]

i have no.9 anti internal bacteria ~(interpet) - is it wroth tryinng this? these serires dont tend to work. when ever i used them they seem to kill of the ill fish?

 

[Deepatlantis]

I've tried interpet no. 9 but it depends how far along the dropsy is, I think it's better for keeping the other fish healthy than healing the sick fish. My guppies tend to be less hardy than my platy and tetras, so it's a long shot.

 

[star4]

I have never used that med so I cant comment really. Lots of water changes will certainly help the other fish, dropsy is pretty difficult to cure as its an end product of an infection normally.