Swordtails

[andyw823]

Some how a baby male swordtail managed to survive and get to half the size of a neon without beening eaten in my mums tank! I took it off her hands and he was doing very well, his sword as started to grow but now he looks a bit poorly. All his fins are contracted together and from time to time he will flick on a plant, he also has a few white lumps on one of the fins which does look like white spot. I have been treating for white spot but i never known fish to contract there fins together with white spot so is it something else?

 

[grumpymole]

could be stress?
from moving tanks at a young age?
just a thought.

 

[andyw823]

could be stress?
from moving tanks at a young age?
just a thought.

He has been in my tank for well over a month now and he settled in right away, he even tried his mating dance thing that they do but the cardinal tetras wasnt interested

 

[WILDER]

Clamped fins are a sign of stress, is he also laboured breathing.

 

[andyw823]

Clamped fins are a sign of stress, is he also laboured breathing.

laboured breathing? As in very slowly? Yes now you metion it, he has gone a bit skinny too and picky about what he eats.

 

[WILDER]

He's not sounding to good, is he really thin, or has he just lost weight as he's off his food.

 

[andyw823]

Yes he is very thin! But i have a clown loach thats the same but that gets picked on by the other 2. It does it eat but not much.