Dizzy, Disoriented... Drunk Looking Guppy

if you defrost them first, they will sink. What you need to do to defrost (what I do) is take a cup of tank water and drop the cubes in.... let them melt. Once you are sure they are melted, pour off the excess water by pouring the cup into a fish net and plunk into the fish tank.
 
Dangerdoll said:
...and plunk into the fish tank.
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This is the most critical step in the process. Simply 'plopping' them into the tank will not work.
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Hello Everyone,
Thanks for the info so far. I apologize for being rude, I did not realise the hard/high problem was a language issue.

I think everyone who has suggested swimblatter as the root of the funny fish behavior is responding to my original post as opposed the the other person who had similar problems post, but if everyone could clearify who thier comments are meant to include that would be really helpful.

I checked this site's article files (both before and after making this thread) and didn't find anything on swimblatter ??? Is it a disease, or just a "problem"? I have heard people mention it before, and even suspected it could be going on here, but I know very little about it.

1. Is it bacterial, parasite, or viral in nature? or Is it just an accidental damage thing?
2. Any other info on treatments and background or a pointer to where such can be found would be great.

3. Again, I am not just asking "Please help, how do I save my guppy" (I would like my guppy to live, but) what I am really asking is how contagious and threating to my expensive fish that are arriving soon is it (wheather it is swimblatter issue or other problem)?
and should I risk harming or killing the exensive fish with enduring a cycle over exposing them to whatever this may be?

BTW I may *have* overfed them recently. I was acctually trying to get food in to the Cory (I ultimatly moved him out of there). THe guppies were so voraciuos that they wolfed down ALL the frozen brime (I am telling you, not one hit the bottom), plus some freeze dried bloodworms. So finnally, I droped a sinking waffer for the Cory and they went after it too, chasing the shyer cory away. I finally attmepted to distract them with a bit of freeze dried bloodworms until he could get a few bites of waffer.
Hah! I love my Corries.. they are Sooo cute and funny, but I am thinking that they are really just ornamental fish (ie they stop being part of the work crew and start just being part of the show-offs) when they live with guppies. ;)
 
my post with the diagnosis of swim bladder can be applied to both posts. Swim bladder is not a disease persay but the equivalent to say.... if you were to have a huge gas bubble in your stomach and were unable to release it. It is not contagious in nature but does affect the disability for the guppy to remain in it's natural position. Try feeding the guppies skinned peas for a couple days and see how it goes from there. Peas act as a laxative for them... if it doesn't work itself out then, I'm hesitant to say you may not be able to do anything more.... offer the fish more veggie type foods to avoid this and try not to offer flowating foods. If all you have is floating food, try soaking it before you place it in the tank to asure that the fish no longer gulp at the surface.
 
DangerDoll,
Thank you very much. This really sets my mind at ease about the coming expensive guppies. I had treated with Quick Cure for 3 days, an inital salt bath then small water changes daily, and increased tank temp at about the time of the dizzy episode, to insure that the fin rot/ possible ick in the one new fish did not spread to others before the expensive guppies arrived. I am very glad to hear that some other contagious threat is not also looming in the tank.

Thank you again,
Hypatia
 
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