fish are dying! Help

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msredcorvette

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We have had so many fish die and last night my male guppy died I am going to show some pics. I hope u can see them. Today I see something white hanging from one of my swordtails. Hopefully someone can help me get the tank right. One of my swordtails might have nipped at my guppies tail. I just don't know.

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Tifftastic

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Im sorry to hear you're having issues. Could you answer a few questions so we can start to figure this out?

1) how long have you had the tank?
2) when and how much was your last water change?
3) what is your ammonia, nitrite and nitrate readings?
4) How big is the tank and what is it stocked with?
5) Tank temperature?
6) What symptoms did the fish show before they died?
 

Rbishop

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And ratios of males/females of your stock....
 

msredcorvette

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Im sorry to hear you're having issues. Could you answer a few questions so we can start to figure this out?

1) how long have you had the tank?
2) when and how much was your last water change?
3) what is your ammonia, nitrite and nitrate readings?
4) How big is the tank and what is it stocked with?
5) Tank temperature?
6) What symptoms did the fish show before they died?
I have had the tank for about a month and a half, I changed the water 2 days ago, my ammonia, nh3/nh4 was 0. the tank is 55 gals and right now I only have 2 male swordtails, 1 female swordtail and a balloon molly. I turned my heat up to 82 because I thought that would help if it was ick. One day my guppy was swimming and eating and the next day his tail was missing a little section and then he went downhill from there. My balloon molly is now staying at the top and hidden. The molly was always swimming around and eating good. I have changed around 20 to 25% of my water every week and added conditioner. Thank you for your time
 

Rbishop

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Are those readings from a good liquid test kit or dip strips? What are the same readings from your tap water?

The death good be just from bad stock actually.
 

WailuaBoy

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That guppy looks to be pretty beat up, judging from slices in tail fin; looks to be the work of a swordtail
 
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