Recent content by Hamslay

  Yes, I realised when I typed up the strip results that I have no ammonia reading. Luckily I ordered the full API kit at the weekend as soon as guppies looked unwell so that should be here tomorrow.   I did check the chlorine part of the test strip immediately, and the others after 60 seconds...

Just as a clue for you to see if it helps - the only thing I've noticed different in the tank is a sudden growth of black brush algae. It went from none to loads in a matter of 3 weeks.   As an update on my guppy, he still upright and still moving around, but very washed out and swimming at 45...

These guppies have only been in the tank about 12 weeks. Of course, that's not to say they weren't potentially old or sickly when purchased!    

Measures pH, Carbonate (KH), General Hardness (GH), Nitrite (NO2), Nitrate (NO3) and Chlorine (Cl2) pH – the pH value describes the acidity or alkalinity of the water, which is very important for healthy fish. A value between 6.5 and 8.5 is ideal KH – the bicarbonate hardness ensures a stable pH...

  He's definitely hanging in there. He's stuck at the bottom and paler than the others, but he's flapping his fine like crazy to move around the bottom of the tank.   The water was tested with Tetra 6-in-1 strips, which give you a colour comparison against each of the criteria, which then fall...

Thanks for the reply.   I don't know what made him ill. When he was on the bottom a day or two ago, another guppy was laying on top of the filter for a couple of hours, but today the other guppies all seem fine.   I've tested the water but only with test strips. I have an API master test kit...

One of my guppies started to spend time on the bottom of the tank about 4 days ago. He'd stay on the sand, or on a plant, for an hour or two, before returning to the other fish. Next day he was pretty much always on the bottom, but looking relatively healthy apart from the sinking (!)...