What 2 Do?

[my fat fish]

well i am now the fater of 3 guppies (well thats hoe many i c) i notised them today a few days ago 1 of my guppies died and when it fished it out it had a big bulgy bellie that looked like it was split so i assume that was the guppie thta gave bitrh my 3 babie guppies are doing fine by the ooks of it non of the other fish seem like ther intrested in eating them what is good as i have nowhere to put them what sort of special care do these need like food ect they look relitively happy all in a nice groupe my other guppie that is an adult does not sem to intrested in them so what should i do.

also i brought 6 neon tetras today aswel ity wAS not till i got them home i notised ther tails and tfins are damaged will thye gow back? i nwould recomend that no1 buys any fish from blaby pet cnter now as they had in nippers in with ther tetras i only just reasised what happened.

 

[dwarfgourami]

Congrats on the babies. They should be able to take finely crushed flake, or you can buy special baby food (which is basically crushed flake). If you have a planted tank, they will also help themselves to little microorganisms from the plants.

As for the tetras: if their tail damage is only due to nipping they should grow back without problems as long as your water stats are good. I put a young guppy in my community tank a fortnight ago and while I was putting the lid on somebody had half its tail. Quickly whipped it out and stuck it in the fry tank- 2 weeks later and the tail has almost grown back.

If however, the damage is due to finrot, you may need to treat for that- in the first instance with finrot medication, and if that doesn't help with medication against bacterial infection.

 

[Piltdownpaul]

I was going to try blaby pet shop as well-give that a wide berth then!

 

[my fat fish]

yeah thers a good 1 in birstall friends in soggy homes

also how will i know if its fin rot?

 

[dwarfgourami]

is it a clean nip or does it look sort of ragged at the edges (more likely to be finrot in the latter case)? if it does not start healing within a few days, I would treat for finrot anyway, as secondary finrot can easily develop in a cut. be extra careful to keep water clean for them.

 

[my fat fish]

okay cheers mate and acually my babie fish are mollies looks like i have alot more to come aswell