Sudden Guppy Diseases & Death

Hello people,

I've just gotten 2 female guppies from Yun Feng Quarium yesterday, acclimated them into my 20G planted tank yesterday & woke up to 1 dead guppy & 1 diseased guppy with symptoms of fin rot & some white stuff taken over part of its body, probably fungus attack.

I'm using ADA aquasoil & getting a pH reading of 6-6.5. I'm wondering if this is the cause of the deaths.

I also have another 7G cube with ADA soil & pH 6-6.5 with another female showing signs of lethargy...

Anything I can do to help them? Perhaps a salt bath? Is ADA soil bad for guppies? I heard guppies require neutral-alkaline water & hard water. But ADA softens water and makes it acidic... Can I add coral chips or shells to the filter to raise the hardness & pH?

Originally Posted by jojoel

Hello people,

I've just gotten 2 female guppies from Yun Feng Quarium yesterday, acclimated them into my 20G planted tank yesterday & woke up to 1 dead guppy & 1 diseased guppy with symptoms of fin rot & some white stuff taken over part of its body, probably fungus attack.

I'm using ADA aquasoil & getting a pH reading of 6-6.5. I'm wondering if this is the cause of the deaths.

I also have another 7G cube with ADA soil & pH 6-6.5 with another female showing signs of lethargy...

Anything I can do to help them? Perhaps a salt bath? Is ADA soil bad for guppies? I heard guppies require neutral-alkaline water & hard water. But ADA softens water and makes it acidic... Can I add coral chips or shells to the filter to raise the hardness & pH?

No need do anything...just catch it out to treat. Any other fish that is easy target to fungus? Use formalin and add a little bit of meth green with salt...3 days will recover. No need to do anything to ur planted tank.

[kepala sakit]

Planted are prone to parasites (fish lices) I've seen a guppy tail eaten half (not tail rod) within 4hrs, next day fish up lolly.

[nefish]

Originally Posted by basicsimple

No need do anything...just catch it out to treat. Any other fish that is easy target to fungus? Use formalin and add a little bit of meth green with salt...3 days will recover. No need to do anything to ur planted tank.

formalin,use wif care....overdose will kill too.

Originally Posted by kepala sakit

Planted are prone to parasites (fish lices) I've seen a guppy tail eaten half (not tail rod) within 4hrs, next day fish up lolly.

Put in ur pond maybe can cure automatically.....

[kepala sakit]

Originally Posted by nefish

Put in ur pond maybe can cure automatically.....

Up lolly faster wor~, cos, fast b'coming fish food...

[nefish]

Originally Posted by kepala sakit

Up lolly faster wor~, cos, fast b'coming fish food...

Hahaha.....should be resevoir of miracle water....de 1 w/o your gold bars lah

[kepala sakit]

Originally Posted by nefish

Hahaha.....should be resevoir of miracle water....de 1 w/o your gold bars lah

My pond, got many other predatory fish...The ancient RTG especially, has been preying on my Kois. nbz, an 8'' koi can juz disappear de wor.

Guppy!!! machiam tipbits....