Sick Guppy? :(

[Fishywishy333]

Note: I just typed this all out, then my computer decided it wanted to go back a page to see the other posts! 

Devil computer!
 
Hi everyone, so one of my guppies is really sick. I don't even know why, it isn't a disease like white spot or a fungal infection. I started noticing it 2 nights ago when my guppy was staying down the bottom of the tank, hiding in between the plants and not moving. Then he started hanging about near the top, I could still coax him to eat at this point.
 
Then last night he was acing even stranger. He was at the very top of the tank resting on a big leaf. He was still upright, but he wasn't breathing well. Then he would go down to the bottom and not move, and he had very shallow breathing. I thought he would probably be dead by the morning.

 
This morning I found him at the very top again, resting on the big leaf. He has little balls inside his head which I haven't noticed before. Could this be a brain tumor? 

 Do you think I need to euthinise him? 
 
I also have 12 rummynose tetras, 5 shrimp, 2 snails and 1 more guppy in this tank and they are all acting normal. I have really good filtration and aeration in my tank. 
 
I know this is a long post but be sure to read it all before you reply. 
 
Thanks, Fishywishy. 
 
 

 

[Fishywishy333]

I really need help guys

 

[fluttermoth]

Have you tested the water and done a water change?

Do you know how old the guppy is? It sounds rather like old age, if all the other fish are fine.

 

[Fishywishy333]

Yes, I did a water change yesterday, and tested my water parameters and they are fine. 
 
I don't know how old he is but you might be right. 
 
Thanks for the post.

 

[fluttermoth]

Sorry I can't be more helpful. We all lose fish, from time to time, with nothing we can do

 

[Fishywishy333]

No worries. It probably is just his time... 

 

[Fishywishy333]

I woke up this morning and thought he was dead, but when I went to net him out, he moved. I just put him to sleep with clove oil because as he was almost dead. I think he might have actually had a brain tumor. Also one of my rummynose tetras died. It was really mysterious because he was swimming at a funny angle out of the blue, then he went up to the filter output and got blown about. I couldn't find him for ages but then I found him, and he had died.