Black spots on Swordtail! HELP!

yashinfan

yashinfan

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I had just transferred my female swordtail to my 30 gallon tank after being quarantined for fin rot for the past two months. Today is the 3rd day since then. Tonight I went to feed my fish and she was lying on the bottom of the tank. I finally got her to move and saw she was dragging her tail and that there were black spots all on her lower body (not the fins). I have never seen this before! PLZ HELP!
 
Could it be black spot disease? How do you cure it??!! Is it going to kill my fish very fast?!
 
More info plz. Water parameters? Can you get her in a net and see if they are spots or organisims. My uncle had a breeder tank and had something like it, but it was years ago. See if I can get him on the horn while you get back to me.
 
Originally posted by travelinman1969
More info plz. Water parameters?
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All the other fish are fine. I'll go do a check but it should be pH of 7.6, amonia 0, and temp 24C. I'm gonna go check, I'll write back only if it's not as I expect.
 
Okay, uncle says it is black spot. Says it usually come in tank where salt is added. I'm going to assume you do add salt. I'm not familiar with it but found this link:

http://saltaquarium.about.com/cs/compldiagnodisease/a/aa041701.htm

More for a saltwater tank but should help understand it. Jungle Labs suggests it's parasite clear product. You can get it at Petsmart in the morning. I've had a lot of luck with Jungle in my smaller tanks. Doesn't work as well with huge tanks. Good luck!!
 
Weird, I don't use salt! But everything else makes sense... Does this Jungle Lab stuff affect plants? I really don't want to kill them! Do you know what type of fish it affects? I have 10 zebra danios and another swordtail in that tank... eep!
 
Every Jungle product I've used is does not hurt plants. Check the package first. Mardel makes good stuff too. Both are available at Petsmart. Read the packages, don't listen to the help at the store. Again, Good Luck!! From experience, time is critical!!
 
She's still alive- so far. I'm going this afternoon to PetSmart and hopefully it'll work. She just lies on the gravel in a ball, it's like she can't use her tail at all. :sad
 
Salt? But I thought salt caused the problem?
Anyway, I bought the Jungle Lab meds, but I only put in 2 tabs instead of 3, but I will put the 3rd one in tonight. I'm so scared something will happen to the fish because of overdose. Well the sword had finrot before, but it had gone away! Is that a sign on the disease?
 
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