sick swordtail

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Jamilw1989
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My SetUp: Three tanks: 5 gallon used as a nursery; 10 gallon, has four small guppies and four micky mouse fish and three neons, 20 gallon, male, and female swordtail, male and female platy male guppy three baby guppies don't know what they are yet and three baby platies.

sick swordtail

Post by Jamilw1989 » Mon Sep 05, 2011 10:52 pm

I have a male swordtail that is acting very odd.he seemed fine last week but the last few days he hasn't been eatting and he is laying at the bottom of the tank. he only gets up when other fish agitate him enough that he finally moves. whats wrong with him? he doesn't have ick he 'Looks' ok. is there a way of telling how old he is?

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Re: sick swordtail

Post by Gerwin » Wed Sep 07, 2011 9:20 pm

lethargy is a symptom of so many things,
The asking "what is wrong with him?" is almost impossible to tell you with so little info. But sometime its just a S___ Happens situation and nothing can help and nothing will spread, not saying there is not a issue ,but just don't forget that possibility

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My SetUp: Three tanks: 5 gallon used as a nursery; 10 gallon, has four small guppies and four micky mouse fish and three neons, 20 gallon, male, and female swordtail, male and female platy male guppy three baby guppies don't know what they are yet and three baby platies.

Re: sick swordtail

Post by Jamilw1989 » Wed Sep 07, 2011 9:46 pm

Ok well I guess it just means more girls for the other guy :)

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Re: sick swordtail

Post by Doug » Wed Sep 07, 2011 10:40 pm

As aquarists, we are primarily limited to diagnosing disease based upon what we can observe externally. Parasitic spots, abrasions, cloudy eyes, fungal fluff, wasting, bloating are the most we have to go on without an autopsy post-mortem, which would be more costly than the specimen lost in most every case.

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My SetUp: Three tanks: 5 gallon used as a nursery; 10 gallon, has four small guppies and four micky mouse fish and three neons, 20 gallon, male, and female swordtail, male and female platy male guppy three baby guppies don't know what they are yet and three baby platies.

Re: sick swordtail

Post by Jamilw1989 » Thu Sep 08, 2011 2:31 pm

I dont know hes not dead yet but he isn't moving much. hey gerwin by any chance you wouldn't happen to have the tubing and ends for a 20 gallon undergravel filter? my twenty gallon came with one but it only has the piece for under the gravel. no chance i can get the tubes and stuff from you? I like the one i have in my ten gallon a lot it keeps the gravel really clean. and i want the one in the 20 gallon to run if i can get the missing parts.

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