Firstly, I want to say thank-you to everyone who helped me with my columnaris outbreak. It seems all clear.
And.. before I get started, the details of my situation are here.
http://www.guppylog.com/story/2005/7/13/43625/9418
As I've got what seems to be a different problem here, I figured it was appropriate to post another log.
Now, all the adult guppies are flashing quite a bit. I can't see anything wrong with their scales.
The male is acting and looks fine otherwise, and two of the females, though periodically clamp-finned, seem to be alright.
The third female, however, has been spending all of her time in a top corner of the tank, swimming sort of into the current moved by the bubblestream of a stone...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v610/lolonque/dory.jpg
Not a great shot, but hopefully it illustrates what I mean. My immediate thoughts were that she was A) scratching herself somehow on the bubbles, or B) Not getting enough oxygen. I also notice that what I assume is her swim bladder (or at least, some sort of air bubble in her body) is quite a bit larger than the others'. It seems to push against her spine, almost. She rarely stops this activity except to eat.
The ammonia is still high. I'm working on that, because the earlier medicating screwed up my cycle. I'm trying to control it until things get better. I also keep hoping that the problems with the fish will go away with that.
I'm planning a big water change tommorrow... hopefully that as well will help.
The salt levels are the highest I'm willing to submit my pleco to, but I'll add more once I do the water change.
So my questions, patient readers...
1) Is there any way to medicate the fish for this flashing that doesn't involve messing up the tank's cycle yet again? Medicated food? A salt bath, maybe? The latter I'm still not completely clear on how to go about doing.
2) I really want to put the few fry back into the main tank... am I correct in being worried that it's still not safe to?