It has been a while since we updated on the status of our Guppy Tank, one of the main reasons being an epidemic had broken out in both our tanks since beginning of May.
Guppies started dying one after another, mainly suffering from fin and tail rot diseases. We tried to rescue the initial infected by isolating them into quarantine tanks and treating them with salt and Melafix, but those did nothing to help them.
Then the disease started to spread rapidly in both tanks simultaneously, the link between them unknown. The only similarity that we could determine was we stopped introducing Benefiical Bacteria and Vitamins solutions during each water change, since both had run out at roughly the same time. We thought the Ocean Free New Water solution would be sufficient to provide healthy and dechlorinated water to our fishes, but it appeared that it just wasn’t enough.
And so the guppies started to have their tails broken, leading to death gradually. From the videos/photos below, you will be able to see how our guppy population decreased drastically over a short period of time, leading to near extinction:
Taken on 2nd May 08, where many beautiful, active guppies were still swimming happily, oblivious to what tragic future was laid in front of them:
By 13th May 08, a handful of guppies had already passed away, especially the beautiful males:
On 19th May 08, the number of guppies had dropped drastically, leaving only a few surviving guppies (mostly females) still alive and kicking:
It’s saddening to see our entire collection of guppies just got hit by such an epidemic, but there was nothing much we could do.
Perhaps it’s time to bring our fish rearing hobby to another direction…?
Filed under: Incidents, R.I.P | Tagged: fin rot, guppies, tail rot
