Swordtail Problem

[iceband]

HI, I've got 1 female swordtail in a 70l tank along with a few guppies mollies and platties. This evening I noticed she's sort of shimmying, wiggling about but not moving anywhere, about 2/3rds of the way up the tank. She's got her top fin thingy (can't you tell I'm a newbie ) down and looks very unhappy. I've noticed a white spot near her mouth, although I'm treating for whitespot, it doesn't look like the others when they had whitespot.

Nitrite levels are a tad high at 0.3
PH is at 7.5

any help would be appretiated

 

[WILDER]

Look under shimmies as it sounds like it.
If she has a whitepot on her mouth dosn't sound like whitespot to med, its bacterial, how big is the spot and does it look fluffy.
http/www.fish-disease.net/diseases.htm

 

[iceband]

Look under shimmies as it sounds like it.
http/www.fish-disease.net/diseases.htm[/url
If she has a whitepot on her mouth dosn't sound like whitespot to med, its bacterial, how big is the spot and does it look fluffy.

yeah, looks a bit fluffy. It's a bit bigger than a whitespot spot.

I read that link about shimmies, but I haven't got anything I can put her in

 

[WILDER]

Yes the spot is bacterial, just go by the article and turn temp up, there is a waterlife med for shimmies i will find it for you.

http/www.waterlife.co.uk/waterlife/treat16.htm

 

[iceband]

Yes the spot is bacterial, just go by the article and turn temp up, there is a waterlife med for shimmies i will find it for you.

Thanks.

What do I turn the temp up to? will that affect the other fish (guppies, mollies, platties) There's a couple of baby swords in there too.

 

[WILDER]

This is according to the waterlife article.
To 27°C (85°F

 

[iceband]

is it contagious?

 

[WILDER]

Yes i think so, never had it with my livebearers when i kept them, but in that article it says, parasites, fungi and bacterial, that why in the waterlife article you have to use a parasite med and a bacterial med, do you have them waterlife meds in the house.
I would treat the whole tank anyway.

http/www.waterlife.co.uk/waterlife/myxazin.htm

http/www.waterlife.co.uk/waterlife/protozin.htm

 

[iceband]

Yes i think so, never had it with my livebearers when i kept them, but in that article it says, parasites, fungi and bacterial, that why in the waterlife article you have to use a parasite med and a bacterial med, do you have them waterlife meds in the house.
I would treat the whole tank anyway.

http/www.waterlife.co.uk/waterlife/myxazin.htm

http/www.waterlife.co.uk/waterlife/protozin.htm

no I'm new to all this so getting the meds in as I need them. I'll get some tomorrow. she seems to be swimming ok at the moment.

thanks for the info