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Take a flashlight and shine it on the sides of (none / 0) (#5)
by unclescott on Thu Mar 16, 2006 at 07:42:30 AM PST

fry. If they show a sheen of tiny, tiny spots or have clamped tails, look up velvet in Immediate Help. If the white spots are bigger, look up Ich.

Hopefully your check will reveal nothing except active fry with extended fins and full tummies. It is good to look at them carefully though.

Also be careful that uneaten food is not accumulating on the tank bottom. Perhaps more fish are killed by overfeeding than any other cause.

If there is a bunch of rotting food down there, do you have a gravel vacuum you could use to clean up with? If you just have a siphon tube, try swirling it around that debris and see which you can get out. (A few pond snails are useful here too.)

Do be careful not to siphon up any fry. Since I am clumsy and do siphon fry, I got a white bucket - which is ONLY used for fishy things. The fry are visible and can be returned home. I guess that is called "playing within one's game.: ;)

All the best again!
unc

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Re: Take a flashlight and shine it on the sides of (none / 0) (#8)
by J-ME on Thu Mar 16, 2006 at 10:35:32 PM PST

when I look at the one that has the white belly it has what looks to be a small zit on it.  Is that was you are talking about.  And its tail is just as full all the others.
Happy fish keeping :-)
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Re: Take a flashlight and shine it on the sides of (none / 0) (#7)
by J-ME on Thu Mar 16, 2006 at 11:15:56 AM PST

I have a siphon tube and I clean the tank every other day and have a black mystery snail in the tank with them to eat up some of the left overs.  

Some of the guppies are now going to the top of the tank.  And they are swiming around more but I still have some that stay at the bottom.

I have one guppy who is very very light is color.  It swims around just fine and eats good but is very light.  It really stands out in the tank. Anything to worry about or just the color?
Happy fish keeping :-)
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