Sucken stomach baby guppy

[Tainobambino95]

And update I put some in last night in quarantine tank with one fish and she seems to being doing a little bit better with swimming and breathing

 

[Tainobambino95]

Test The Water
You can take a sample to a pet store and ask them to test it for you if you can't do it at home, it's not ideal but better than nothing. Otherwise you're going in blind. If the water quality is off then even if you manage to cure them this time, the problem will most likely return. You really do need to stay on top of parameters, especially with that level of overstocking. Alternatively, you could upgrade the tanks or reduce the number of fish you keep. Overstocking an uncycled or unbalanced tank (which is *probably* the case here) is always going to lead to problems.
For the time being keep doing water changes (with conditioned/dechlorinated & temperature-matched water!), but leave the filters alone (and if you do decide to clean them, just swish the media around in old tank water, NOT tap water & especially not running tap water). You can also add some live nitrifying bacteria to the filter media to help break down waste.
If the local store doesn't carry the meds you need, maybe try online...? There's plenty of stuff to choose from & it's usually quite affordable.
Best of luck

So my thing is I live upstate everything is far away and you need a car or delivery takes for ever also at the moment I'm currently struggling financially I was originally suppose to make a deal with a local pet store they buy them once there a certain size age at a cheap cheaper price but I can't make no money to save them if all are sick I have a tote with a filter in it and bladder snails been going for over a month now s what plan on doing is removing all large debri once I'm able to get my 2 cherry barbs and crayfish out my 20 gal I'm going to reset up the 20 gal for the guppies

 

[Tainobambino95]

I have pink Himalayan salt already I use it to cook with

Test The Water
You can take a sample to a pet store and ask them to test it for you if you can't do it at home, it's not ideal but better than nothing. Otherwise you're going in blind. If the water quality is off then even if you manage to cure them this time, the problem will most likely return. You really do need to stay on top of parameters, especially with that level of overstocking. Alternatively, you could upgrade the tanks or reduce the number of fish you keep. Overstocking an uncycled or unbalanced tank (which is *probably* the case here) is always going to lead to problems.
For the time being keep doing water changes (with conditioned/dechlorinated & temperature-matched water!), but leave the filters alone (and if you do decide to clean them, just swish the media around in old tank water, NOT tap water & especially not running tap water). You can also add some live nitrifying bacteria to the filter media to help break down waste.
If the local store doesn't carry the meds you need, maybe try online...? There's plenty of stuff to choose from & it's usually quite affordable.
Best of luck

So I have a tote on the side that has had bladder snails in it for I Want to say a month can I use the water from there to condition my tanks ? And I have one baby fish about 3 months in a sperate tank with a couple of fine grain pink Himalayan salt since last night and she hasn't got her appetite back but seems to be swimming a tad bit better

 

[Tainobambino95]

If I use salt (which I don't believe will help much), I use kosher, pickling or sea salt, bought from a bulk bin cooking supply store for very cheap. Pink Himalayan salt is expensive!

 

[Abaddon]

So I have a tote on the side that has had bladder snails in it for I Want to say a month can I use the water from there to condition my tanks ?

Depends - probably, as long as it's filtered and cycled. Although old stagnant water might not be a good idea due to potential bacteria and ammonia from the snail waste etc. But the thing with water conditioning is that you need to remove chlorine and chloramine, which are toxic to aquatic life and are always present in tap water (that's just what most cities use to treat their water supply). If it's just chlorine then it can be removed through evaporation (letting the water sit out for a day or two), but chloramine needs to be chemically removed/neutralized with a conditioner like Seachem Prime etc. You have no way of knowing what your local water supply uses unless they provide this info on their website (which they should).

You said you have a local pet store near you that you were planning to sell the fish to? If they keep & sell live fish, they almost definitely also have basic aquarium supplies, including conditioners, tests, meds etc. Maybe have a look there...?

Also, you need to dissolve the salt in water in a separate cup/container before adding it to the tank - just dropping in a few loose grains won't do the trick.

 

[Tainobambino95]

Depends - probably, as long as it's filtered and cycled. Although old stagnant water might not be a good idea due to potential bacteria and ammonia from the snail waste etc. But the thing with water conditioning is that you need to remove chlorine and chloramine, which are toxic to aquatic life and are always present in tap water (that's just what most cities use to treat their water supply). If it's just chlorine then it can be removed through evaporation (letting the water sit out for a day or two), but chloramine needs to be chemically removed/neutralized with a conditioner like Seachem Prime etc. You have no way of knowing what your local water supply uses unless they provide this info on their website (which they should).

You said you have a local pet store near you that you were planning to sell the fish to? If they keep & sell live fish, they almost definitely also have basic aquarium supplies, including conditioners, tests, meds etc. Maybe have a look there...?

Also, you need to dissolve the salt in water in a separate cup/container before adding it to the tank - just dropping in a few loose grains won't do the trick.

Okay noted about the desolving the salt and it wasn't stagnant water I've had a filter running in it for at least 2 1/2 weeks

 

[Tainobambino95]

Depends - probably, as long as it's filtered and cycled. Although old stagnant water might not be a good idea due to potential bacteria and ammonia from the snail waste etc. But the thing with water conditioning is that you need to remove chlorine and chloramine, which are toxic to aquatic life and are always present in tap water (that's just what most cities use to treat their water supply). If it's just chlorine then it can be removed through evaporation (letting the water sit out for a day or two), but chloramine needs to be chemically removed/neutralized with a conditioner like Seachem Prime etc. You have no way of knowing what your local water supply uses unless they provide this info on their website (which they should).

You said you have a local pet store near you that you were planning to sell the fish to? If they keep & sell live fish, they almost definitely also have basic aquarium supplies, including conditioners, tests, meds etc. Maybe have a look there...?

Also, you need to dissolve the salt in water in a separate cup/container before adding it to the tank - just dropping in a few loose grains won't do the trick.

 

[Lcc86]

Water from another tank/tote isn't the same as conditioned water. Conditioned water means water that has had something like Prime (or a similar brand) added to it to remove toxins.