My fish is rubbing himself on the gravel

[little fry]

Hello i'm concern about my male Guppy. he tends to rub his left side on the gravel as if he is trying to scratch something is that side of illness, or what. and if so please give me a solution.
thank you,
leroy.
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[MadridKid]

are his gills red or enflamed by any chance?

 

[homebunnyj]

He probably has parasites. It could be anything from ich, to velvet, to bigger ones you can see with the naked eye.

What are your water parameters? And get a good look at him. Does he have white dots on him, as though he's been salted? Shine a flashlight on him. Does he look as though he's dusted with gold or copper? Do you see any tiny things hanging off him? Anything else unusual about his appearance or behavior?

 

[little fry]

he stopped i added some aquarium salt

 

[little fry]

wait i'm wrong he started to get a redish gil. do you know whats wrong

 

[Frogki]

One of my mollies just recovered from ich, and the way it sounds to me, he might have been suffering from ich. I say this because now mine is over it but he has red gills... But netherless, take a water sample to a pet store you trust...

 

[little fry]

ok
thank u very much

 

[nikcasper]

i'm having sorta the same problem in my 90 gallon, usually my oscars rub sometimes, but the other day i noticed the guppies "they've been living in the tank for 2 weeks now" were rubbing themselves on the cord that goes to my water pump, so i started treating the tank for ich. but i was looking at my oscars and on their faces it looks like a circle made with little tiny holse/. about 7 at a time in a circle but it just around their face as far as i can tell right now. any ideas on what i sghould do about that? or what it is.

my tank has salt i do regular water changes etc. non of the other fish show these symptoms

 

[stoddern]

sounds like it could be hole in head to me, I hear it can be caused by the fish getting way over stressed