Author Topic: please help with my fish tank community question (Read 27053 times) 106 replies

Matt · « **Reply #80 on:** June 06, 2016, 10:41:18 PM »

That's a good shout Simon, if that is the case I would guess they could be pregnant or get pregnant...

jalot · « **Reply #81 on:** June 06, 2016, 10:56:15 PM »

I don't have any other guppies the just accidentally got in the bag and the shop didn't notice and neither did I till I got home the must of been in the car a good couple of hours to? :/

Fiona · « **Reply #82 on:** June 07, 2016, 07:59:56 AM »

Endlers are pretty hardy and the fact they were in with plants probably helped. If they're teeny you should be ok and they shouldn't be pregnant. I'd take em back if I were you, they'll take up room you could use for fish you actually want.

Sue · « **Reply #83 on:** June 07, 2016, 08:37:55 AM »

My first reaction is endlers as well. If they are less than half an inch long, they could even be males as they look like females till puberty when they start to colour up.

If they are females and there was even a single male in the same tank, they could be carrying sperm. Males will mate with females when they are still almost babies. These young females don't get pregnant for a while as they are too immature, but they carry the sperm until they are old enough.

A couple of hours in a bag won't harm the fish. I've bought fish from a shop a good hour's drive away.

jalot · « **Reply #84 on:** June 10, 2016, 03:35:40 PM »

I have another problem ... I have a cherry barb with something white sticking out on his belly? And I'm worried

jalot · « **Reply #85 on:** June 10, 2016, 03:45:55 PM »

This is the best pic I can get please say nothing is wrong

Sue · « **Reply #86 on:** June 10, 2016, 04:40:11 PM »

It's hard to be sure from the photo - and we all realise just how hard photographing a given fish can be

Is it a rounded lump or like a bit of white poo? The photo also makes the abdomen look swollen - is it, or is it just the angle of the photo?

jalot · « **Reply #87 on:** June 10, 2016, 04:56:12 PM »

I looks a bit swollen and more like a lump

jalot · « **Reply #88 on:** June 10, 2016, 05:00:15 PM »

I've got a better pic now

Sue · « **Reply #89 on:** June 10, 2016, 05:07:31 PM »

That doesn't look nice at all. But I have no idea what it could be, I'm afraid.

How is the fish behaving?

fcmf · « **Reply #90 on:** June 10, 2016, 06:18:44 PM »

Do you think the lump is on the outside (eg from damage through getting stuck in decor, burning against a heater or being nipped by a tankmate, or something else from the outside) or is it more coming from the inside (eg bloating) and which is so severe that it's as though it's protruding out and causing a lump and discolouration on the scales?

Can you describe the lump more eg fluffy or pus-like? Have a good think about whether there's anything non- fish-related that it resembles at all. That way it might help us work out better what it is.

[Incidentally, as I'll not get the opportunity to keep an eye on and reply to further posts this evening, if you think it might be coming from the inside and protruding through the skin, it might be that the fish is bloated from too much food or possibly swallowing some of the substrate, as I've had experience of fancy goldfish doing and then looking a bit like this. If this might be the case, and even if it isn't, it might be worth feeding some chopped pea - take the shell off and cut the two halves of the pea into as many tiny morsels as you can, and this should help unbloat the fish.]

jalot · « **Reply #91 on:** June 10, 2016, 07:27:23 PM »

He's acting normal he's with the group and he's eating but it looks like it's all fish but kind of reminds me of an abscess? I've put some aquarium salt in to try help the little fellow out but other than that I have no idea what to do... he isn't acting any differently than normal he still plays in the bubbles and everything

Sue · « **Reply #92 on:** June 10, 2016, 07:33:10 PM »

Until we can work out what it is, the best thing is water changes (clean water helps) and keep a close eye on it.

Be careful about adding salt as some fish can't tolerate it. You could try a salt bath, that is add the salt to a tub of tank water and out the fish in that for several minutes - if you can catch it.

jalot · « **Reply #93 on:** June 10, 2016, 08:26:51 PM »

Il keep an eye on him as every time I put the net in they clump together and go under the bog wood

jalot · « **Reply #94 on:** June 11, 2016, 09:10:56 PM »

Okay I have caught him and he's in a salt bath these are the pics I have managed to get

jalot · « **Reply #95 on:** June 11, 2016, 09:12:28 PM »

This aswell

Sue · « **Reply #96 on:** June 11, 2016, 09:20:24 PM »

The top view shows a bulge on the fish's side. In that case it could be an abscess. I don't know of any cure for that, I'm afraid

jalot · « **Reply #97 on:** June 11, 2016, 10:43:36 PM »

Unfortunately he didn't make it he died shortly after I put him in the medical tank

Littlefish · « **Reply #98 on:** June 11, 2016, 10:53:57 PM »

Sorry to hear about your fish.

jalot · « **Reply #99 on:** June 11, 2016, 11:09:44 PM »

Does anyone know what the best UV steriliser is for a 1000lph external filter?

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