D-Hawk Posted October 29, 2010 Report Share Posted October 29, 2010 I came home this after noon to find my previously healthy YOUNG female sword tail floating at the top of my tank with a HUGE tummy!she was about one and a half centimeters. I am scared of a plague! what do I do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueyes Posted October 29, 2010 Report Share Posted October 29, 2010 Are all your other fish acting normally? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted October 29, 2010 Report Share Posted October 29, 2010 Take it out, have a cuppa and relax. What do you mean by a huge tummy? Has this happened since you last saw her or has been swelling up for a few days or was she pregnant? When you say you are scared of a plague do you mean other fish are looking sick or you hope that whatever killed this fish isn't contagious. Often livebearer females who are heavily pregnant become totally exhausted due to being chased by more aggressive fish looking for a free meal of newborn fry. Healthy fish don't just pop their clogs out of boredom so if you can then post a picture of her, your tank and a list of inhabitants along with the water parameters (pH, KH, ammonia etc) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-Hawk Posted October 29, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2010 I have 5 longfin zebra danios. 2 bristlenose catfish. 10 neons. 3 platties. and I had 6 swordtails but one died. and heaps of snails. tank is 75cm: long 45cm:deep 35cm:wide she was pefectly healthy two days before ph is seven Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshlikesfish Posted October 29, 2010 Report Share Posted October 29, 2010 How soon were all these fish introduced? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted October 30, 2010 Report Share Posted October 30, 2010 and what sex ratio are the platys? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshlikesfish Posted October 30, 2010 Report Share Posted October 30, 2010 If you had 3 male platies and 1 female sword, the male platies would beat up the female sword Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-Hawk Posted October 30, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2010 platys are 2 males and one female. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-Hawk Posted October 30, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2010 another one just died. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted October 30, 2010 Report Share Posted October 30, 2010 How long has the tank been set up? Have you checked ammonia, nitrite and nitrate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshlikesfish Posted October 30, 2010 Report Share Posted October 30, 2010 How long has the tank been set up? Have you checked ammonia, nitrite and nitrate? +1 Take a water sample into animates. They'll tell you the levels. In my opinion, don't buy the chemicals they suggest but others might tell you they're good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-Hawk Posted October 30, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2010 it has been running for 8 weeks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted October 30, 2010 Report Share Posted October 30, 2010 Did it die of the same thing - the huge tummy? If you would like I can come over the bridge and have a look today. I'll pm you some details about me so that your parents minds are put at rest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-Hawk Posted November 1, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2010 no its scales had peeled off so we could only see the skeleton covered in a kind of gel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted November 1, 2010 Report Share Posted November 1, 2010 It sounds like you might have too much ammonia in your tank. How big is your tank and how often do you change the water? Try doing some 30% water changes daily for a week and then cut them back to every couple of days and then you can stretch them out a bit more. Ideally two water changes a week is good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshlikesfish Posted November 1, 2010 Report Share Posted November 1, 2010 It sounds like you might have too much ammonia in your tank. How big is your tank and how often do you change the water? Try doing some 30% water changes daily for a week and then cut them back to every couple of days and then you can stretch them out a bit more. Ideally two water changes a week is good. That, and what Caryl suggested. Get the water checked Its free at animates Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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