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What is going on in my fish tank?

There is something weird going on in my tank; baby guppies are dying, their fins look like they are glued or something. one dead Ram cichlid, colours got dark and didn't eat at all, other one's eyes look a little popped out, Dwarf rainbowfish had something that looked like a sore on it's side, then it died, few days after that another one died too. Others started having dark spots on their "skin". My female guppy has a deformed spine and sometimes it scratches itself on plants and rocks. I got these pictures from the fish with the sore-like-thingy. http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u260/mustangi123456789/P1050464.jpg http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u260/mustangi123456789/P1050462.jpg I bet i can't even remember every single symptom my fish have had, so, what is going on!? Doesn't seem like dropsy, ich or pop-eye, used Tetra General tonic for a week, didn't do anything.

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when i was like ten i would go to the pet store every day and buy one fish cause it would die that night turns out there was a crack :[
it could be pop eye, ich, or dropsy. try to research the sytoms then get some medicine for yout tank.
Select the bottom picture, blow it up and there is a rare picture of a fluke worm. Deformed spines in female guppies is a classic example of in breeding.
Fish disease is very difficult to diagnose, even for professionals. Popeye is a common symptom of bacterial infection. There is another bacterial disease (columnaris) that looks like a fungus. Fish tuberculosis has no known cure, and particularly effects the types of fish you have. Check out the link below to see if you can determine the cause. Clicking on a possible cause will bring up more information. The best prevention of disease is hygene. Keep your water clean by performing regular water changes once every month. Remove 20 - 25% of the water from the aquarium, then replace it with fresh water treated to remove chorine/chloramine. Use a chemical/biological filter to remove pollutants, and keep fresh media (carbon/zeolite) in the filter. Have a 10 gallon tank for new arrivals to make sure they are healthy before adding them to your main tank. This 10 gal tank can also be used as a hospital tank for injured, or sick fish. Perform regular water changes to this tank as well.