I think i have a sick fish. Help!!!

[audrey]

I have an aquarium with mixed fish. I have a female guppy which is getting very thin lately, though it still is eating something. I don't know if it reduced its atpitite i don't know how much it ate before.  I have other fish in the same aquarium such as angels, gouramies ... and i don't want the others to get sick as well.  I read on this website that it could be either tubercolosis or vitamine deficiency, and i got a little bit paniced at the idea of a TB :'( . Help me please.

 

[Padme]

Hi,
TB is getting extremely common IME, but that doesn't mean your fish has it. Does she have any red markings on her body, open wounds,... Is she swimming normally. If I were you, I'd put her in a separate tank, add some vitamins in her food (soak the flakes in a couple of drops of vitamins) and add some to the water and watch her closely.
TB is very hard to diagnose and it's a zoonoze-that means humans can get it too. You can find more info on TB here: http://members.optushome.com.au/chelmon/Myco.htm